Motion Equations and Attitude Control in the Vertical Flight of a VTOL Bi-Rotor UAV

[EN] This paper gathers the design and implementation of the control system that allows an unmanned Flying-wing to perform a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) maneuver using two tilting rotors (Bi-Rotor). Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) operating in this configuration are also categorized as Hybr...

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Autores: Garcia-Nieto, Sergio|||0000-0002-2722-742X, Salcedo-Romero-de-Ávila, José-Vicente|||0000-0003-1577-5039, Simarro Fernández, Raúl|||0000-0002-7311-2025, Velasco-Carrau, Jesús, Paredes-Valles, Federico
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/192846
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/192846
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tilt rotors
Nonlinear dynamics
Simulation
Hardware-in-the-loop
Vertical take off
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Sumario:[EN] This paper gathers the design and implementation of the control system that allows an unmanned Flying-wing to perform a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) maneuver using two tilting rotors (Bi-Rotor). Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) operating in this configuration are also categorized as Hybrid UAVs due to their ability of having a dual flight envelope: hovering like a multi-rotor and cruising like a traditional fixed-wing, providing the opportunity of facing complex missions in which these two different dynamics are required. This work exhibits the Bi-Rotor nonlinear dynamics, the attitude tracking controller design and also, the results obtained through Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) simulation and experimental studies that ensure the controller's efficiency in hovering operation.