A simple control scheme for Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Author

Ficola, A. ; Fravolini, M.L. ; Brunori, V. ; La Cava, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Perugia Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

28-30 June 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper some results of an ongoing research program on mini UAV control are reported. It is proposed a simple control scheme that can be implemented on a low cost-low weight UAV, with limited feedback information. The control scheme is composed of feedforward term, which generates the trim control commands for the particular mission, and a decoupled feedback controller to stabilize the flight around the trajectory. The performance of the proposed scheme has been evaluated by simulation in various flight conditions

Keywords

aircraft control; control system synthesis; feedback; feedforward; matrix algebra; remotely operated vehicles; space vehicles; stability; aircraft control; control scheme; decoupled feedback controller; feedforward term; flight stability; mini UAV control; mini unmanned aerial vehicles; trim control commands; Aerospace control; Aircraft propulsion; Attitude control; Control systems; Military aircraft; Motion control; Navigation; Trajectory; Turning; Unmanned aerial vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control and Automation, 2006. MED '06. 14th Mediterranean Conference on

Conference_Location

Ancona

Print_ISBN

0-9786720-1-1

Electronic_ISBN

0-9786720-0-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MED.2006.328768

Filename

4124907