Title :
Development of an Experimental Testbed for Multiple Vehicles Formation Flight Control
Author :
Shan, Jinjun ; Liu, Hugh H T
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Aerosp. Studies, Toronto Univ., Ont.
Abstract :
This paper presents the development of an experimental testbed for multiple vehicles formation control. This four 3-DOF helicopter-testbed in the Flight Systems and Control (FSC) Laboratory of University of Toronto can be applied to validate the effectiveness of formation flight and cooperative (coordination) control strategy. Each helicopter has three degrees of freedom, in elevation, pitch and travel motion respectively. Two experimental schemes and results of the classical leader-follower and cooperative configurations are presented and discussed
Keywords :
aircraft control; attitude control; helicopters; motion control; position control; cooperative configuration; cooperative control; coordination control; elevation; flight control; formation flight; helicopter; leader-follower configuration; multiple vehicle formation control; pitch; travel motion; Aerospace control; Control systems; DC motors; Helicopters; Laboratories; Multichip modules; Power capacitors; Propellers; Testing; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 2005. CCA 2005. Proceedings of 2005 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9354-6
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.2005.1507118
