Title :
Solus: an autonomous aircraft for flight control and trajectory planning research
Author :
Atkins, Ella M. ; Miller, Robert H. ; Pelt, Tobin Van ; Shaw, Keith D. ; Ribbens, William B. ; Washabaugh, Peter D. ; Bernstein, Dennis S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
The University of Michigan has developed a fixed-wing model aircraft (Solus) with an embedded control system to develop and demonstrate UAV technology. The analytical objective of this project is the development of intelligent flight control and trajectory planning techniques, focusing on automated fault detection and recovery. Our experimental objective is to implement and evaluate these techniques on Solus for a variety of mission and fault scenarios
Keywords :
aircraft control; fault location; intelligent control; mobile robots; path planning; real-time systems; Solus; UAV technology; automated fault detection; automated fault recovery; autonomous aircraft; embedded control system; fixed-wing model aircraft; intelligent flight control; intelligent trajectory planning; Aerodynamics; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Control systems; Data systems; Instruments; System testing; Trajectory; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Vehicle dynamics;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4530-4
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.1998.703494
