Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

The growth of autonomous systems and mobile robotics is driving demand for efficient, intelligent, and reliable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designs. This UAV system leverages Renesas' advanced processing, motor control, and battery management to deliver seamless operation, high-precision control, and extended operational time. With AI-powered vision processing, robust motor control, and scalable battery management, the design supports a wide range of applications, including aerial surveillance, industrial inspection, agriculture, and logistics.

In this design, an advanced motor control electronic speed controller (ESC) can be built with an MCU, which simultaneously accepts a commanded setpoint and streams motor control data (e.g., phase currents, RPM, voltage) to the Flight Management Unit. It can also be expanded to control gimbal motors in addition to propeller-driving motors.

System Benefits:

• AI-powered vision processing accelerates real-time image recognition, obstacle avoidance, and autonomous decision-making, enhancing safety and performance.
• Supports multi-sensor integration and system monitoring.
• Ultra-high speed hardware AI inference (DRP-AI) with up to 80 TOPS meets the needs of vision AI applications.