scholarly journals Simple Adaptive Control With an Adaptive Anti-Windup Compensator for the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Attitude Control

IEEE Access ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 52323-52332
Author(s):  
Wendong Gai ◽  
Yecheng Zhou ◽  
Maiying Zhong ◽  
Chunyang Sheng ◽  
Jing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Control ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Attitude Control ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

scholarly journals Geometric L1 Adaptive Attitude Control for a Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

2019 ◽  
Vol 142 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prasanth Kotaru ◽  
Ryan Edmonson ◽  
Koushil Sreenath
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Control ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Attitude Control ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Adaptive Controller ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
L1 Adaptive Control ◽  
Attitude Tracking ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
L1 Adaptive Controller

Abstract In this paper, we study the quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attitude control on special orthogonal group (SO(3)) in the presence of unknown disturbances and model uncertainties. L1 adaptive control for UAVs using Euler angles/quaternions is shown to exhibit robustness and precise attitude tracking in the presence of disturbances and uncertainties. However, it is well known that dynamical models and controllers that use Euler angle representations are prone to singularities and typically have smaller regions of attraction while quaternion representations are subject to the unwinding phenomenon. To avoid such complexities, we present a geometric L1 adaptation control law to estimate the uncertainties. A model reference adaptive control approach is implemented, with the attitude errors between the quadrotor model and the reference model defined on the manifold. Control laws for the quadrotor and reference models are developed directly on SO(3) to track the desired trajectory while rejecting the uncertainties. Control Lyapunov function-based analysis is used to show the exponential input-to-state stability of the attitude errors. The proposed L1 adaptive controller is validated using numerical simulations. Preliminary experimental results are shown comparing a geometric proportional-derivative controller to the geometric L1 adaptive controller. Experimental validation of the proposed controller is carried out on an Autel X-star quadrotor.

Robust linear parameter varying attitude control of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle with state constraints and input saturation subject to wind disturbance

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 1083-1096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Soltanpour ◽  
Farshad Hasanvand ◽  
Reza Hooshmand
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Attitude Control ◽  
Input Saturation ◽  
Disturbance Attenuation ◽  
Linear Matrix ◽  
Linear Parameter ◽  
Linear Parameter Varying ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Parameter Varying ◽  
Parameter Dependent

In this paper, a gain scheduled [Formula: see text] state-feedback controller has been designed to control the attitude of a linear parameter varying (LPV) model of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The scheduling parameters vector, which consists of some states and the control inputs, must vary in a specified polyhedron so that the affine LPV model would be analyzable; therefore, some pre-assumed constraints on states and input saturation have been taken into account in design process. The stabilization and disturbance attenuation conditions are obtained via elementary manipulations on the notion of [Formula: see text] control design. The resulting parameter dependent linear matrix inequalities are solved through a Robust LMI Parser (Rolmip) – which works jointly with YALMIP (A toolbox for modeling and optimization in MATLAB)– by transforming polynomial parameter dependent matrices into multi-simplex domain, to best deal with nonconvex problems. In the end, simulation results have been presented and compared with existing literature to examine the capability of such method in the presence and absence of wind disturbances.

Roll aerodynamic characteristics study of an unmanned aerial vehicle based on circulation control technology

2017 ◽  
Vol 233 (3) ◽  
pp. 871-882
Author(s):  
Kun Chen ◽  
Zhiwei Shi ◽  
Jiachen Zhu ◽  
Haiyang Wang ◽  
Junquan Fu
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Flight Control ◽  
Attitude Control ◽  
Aerodynamic Force ◽  
Flight Test ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Maximum Efficiency ◽  
Control Technology ◽  
Circulation Control ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

To explore the control efficiency of circulation flow control technology, a circulation control actuator with an independent gas source has been designed and applied in roll attitude control of a small unmanned aerial vehicle. The circulation control devices are arranged at the two ends of the wing on an unmanned aerial vehicle scale model, the changes in aerodynamic force and aerodynamic moment caused by turning on the actuator are measured in a wind tunnel, and the flow field characteristics are analysed using particle image velocimetry technology. The flight control effect of the roll attitude is verified via a flight test. Experimental and flight test results show that the control of roll attitude can be achieved by turning on the circulation control actuator on one side, and the maximum efficiency that the circulation control generates is equivalent to 8° aileron deflection with production of a favorable yaw moment to achieve a coordinated turn. The circulation control actuator can increase lift and reduce drag when opened on both sides simultaneously. The maximum lift-to-drag ratio of the UAV increased from 5 to 9, and this approach can also suppress flow separation and delay stall at high angles of attack. The aileron or trailing edge flaps can be replaced with circulation control actuators, and the circulation control technology can also be applied to aerodynamic performance improvement and flight control in other types of aircraft.

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