A practical survey on the flight control system of small-scale unmanned helicopter

Author

Wang, Xiaodong ; Zhao, Xiaoguang

Author_Institution

Inst. of Autom., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing

fYear

2008

fDate

25-27 June 2008

Firstpage

364

Lastpage

369

Abstract

The current and on-going research on small-scale autonomous helicopter flight control system (FCS) design is introduced, various control methodologies included classical control, robust multi-variable control( H_infin loop shaping and structured singular value mu - synthesis), dynamic inversion and neural-based adaptive control are described and compared from a standpoint of engineering implementation, whose advantages and disadvantages are also pointed out. Finally, the difficulties to be solved under development are analyzed and the future development of unmanned helicopter is forecasted.

Keywords

H^infin control; adaptive control; aircraft control; control system synthesis; helicopters; mobile robots; multivariable control systems; neurocontrollers; remotely operated vehicles; robust control; singular value decomposition; H_infin loop shaping; autonomous helicopter flight control system; dynamic inversion; neural-based adaptive control; robust multivariable control; small-scale unmanned helicopter; structured singular value mu-synthesis; Actuators; Aerodynamics; Aerospace control; Control systems; Helicopters; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Shape control; Tail; Vehicle dynamics; Velocity control; dynamic inversion; flight control; neural network; robust control; unmanned helicopter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Control and Automation, 2008. WCICA 2008. 7th World Congress on

Conference_Location

Chongqing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2113-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2114-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCICA.2008.4592952

Filename

4592952