Cyclocopter Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV)

The all-terrain cyclocopter achieves motion on surface of water by thrust vectoring its four cyclorotors. Control inputs in aquatic mode include:

Throttle: adjusts rotational speed of all four cyclorotors
Pitch: collective thrust vectoring for forward/backward translation
Yaw: differential thrust vectoring to achieve rotation

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cyclorotor, cyclocopter, cycloidal rotor, UAV, MAV, UxV, USV, transformer drone, all-terrain, multi-modal locomotion, Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center, University of Maryland, UMD