Enhanced robust adaptive flight control for a convertible VTOL UAV
In this paper, we propose less conservative formulations for candidate controllers of robust adaptive mixing control (RAMC) strategies. The RAMCs are employed to solve the trajectory tracking problem throughout the full flight envelope, with guaranteed stability, of a convertible plane (CP) vertical...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dnet:idus________::e499a940a1326b65b96cb4dd0738e489 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/167457 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfranklin.2024.106663 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Convertible UAV Tiltrotor Robust control Adaptive mixing control Hardware-In-the-Loop |
| Sumario: | In this paper, we propose less conservative formulations for candidate controllers of robust adaptive mixing control (RAMC) strategies. The RAMCs are employed to solve the trajectory tracking problem throughout the full flight envelope, with guaranteed stability, of a convertible plane (CP) vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Initially, the multi-body nonlinear dynamic model of the CP VTOL UAV is obtained using the Euler–Lagrange formalism, from which a linear parameter-varying (LPV) model is derived to be used in the design of the RAMC candidate controllers. The new formulations of the candidate controllers are proposed considering two approaches: a (i) Parallel Distributed Compensation (PDC); and (ii) a parameter-dependent Lyapunov function. Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) experiments are performed in a high-fidelity flight simulator to verify the fulfillment of real-time constraints, ensuring a computationally lightweight control strategy ready for implementation in a low-cost embedded computational system. |
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