• DocumentCode
    720515
  • Title

    Helicopter GNC system for autonomous landing by using a tether in a GPS denied scenario

  • Author

    Alarcon, Francisco ; Santamaria, Daniel ; Viguria, Antidio ; Ollero, Anibal ; Heredia, Guillermo

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Adv. Aerosp. Technol., La Rinconada, Spain
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    9-12 June 2015
  • Firstpage
    1067
  • Lastpage
    1073
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) system for the autonomous landing of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft Helicopter (RPAS) in a GPS-denied scenario by using a tether in the landing. A new control and sensor fusion strategy has been designed for landing accurately by means of relative position and velocity commands. The system uses on-board the RPAS a device with a cardan joint providing the angles between the tether and the helicopter frame and a force sensor giving the tension of the tether.
  • Keywords
    Global Positioning System; helicopters; navigation; telecontrol; GPS; RPAS; autonomous landing; guidance; helicopter GNC system; navigation; remotely piloted aircraft helicopter; tether; Aircraft navigation; Global Positioning System; Helicopters; Joints; Switches; Tethered autonomous helicopter; autonomous landing; control systems; navigation systems; sensor fusion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2015 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-6009-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICUAS.2015.7152398
  • Filename
    7152398