An autonomous flight control strategy study of a small-sized unmanned aerial vehicle

Huaiyu Wu; Dong Sun; Hongbing Zhu; Zhaoying Zhou

doi:10.1093/ietele/e88-c.10.2028

Author(s)

Huaiyu Wu
Dong Sun
Hongbing Zhu
Zhaoying Zhou

Detail(s)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2028-2035
Journal / Publication	IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Volume	E88-C
Issue number	10
Publication status	Published - Oct 2005

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DOI	DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/ietele/e88-c.10.2028 Final Published version
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of the development, implementation and performance analysis of an autonomous flight control strategy for a 1-meter small-sized unmanned aerial vehicle. Firstly, a learning algorithm based open-loop control is proposed by simulating a skilled human operator's manipulation of the aircraft. This is aimed to generate a set of command data inputs and investigate the multi-channel control characteristics with the open-loop control. Secondly, a feedforward plus a proportional and derivative (PD) feedback control is employed to control the vehicle in following the command data to complete the loitering flight. The PD control gains are tuned automatically according to the attitude of the vehicle using the fuzzy logic theory. Thirdly, autonomous flight experiments conducted on a 1-meter small-sized aerial vehicle demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright © 2005 The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers.

Research Area(s)

Autonomous flight, Fuzzy logic control, Small-sized unmanned aerial vehicle

Citation Format(s)

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An autonomous flight control strategy study of a small-sized unmanned aerial vehicle. / Wu, Huaiyu; Sun, Dong; Zhu, Hongbing et al.
In: IEICE Transactions on Electronics, Vol. E88-C, No. 10, 10.2005, p. 2028-2035.

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Wu, H, Sun, D, Zhu, H & Zhou, Z 2005, 'An autonomous flight control strategy study of a small-sized unmanned aerial vehicle', IEICE Transactions on Electronics, vol. E88-C, no. 10, pp. 2028-2035. https://doi.org/10.1093/ietele/e88-c.10.2028

Wu, H., Sun, D., Zhu, H., & Zhou, Z. (2005). An autonomous flight control strategy study of a small-sized unmanned aerial vehicle. IEICE Transactions on Electronics, E88-C(10), 2028-2035. https://doi.org/10.1093/ietele/e88-c.10.2028

Wu H, Sun D, Zhu H, Zhou Z. An autonomous flight control strategy study of a small-sized unmanned aerial vehicle. IEICE Transactions on Electronics. 2005 Oct;E88-C(10):2028-2035. doi: 10.1093/ietele/e88-c.10.2028

Wu, Huaiyu ; Sun, Dong ; Zhu, Hongbing et al. / An autonomous flight control strategy study of a small-sized unmanned aerial vehicle. In: IEICE Transactions on Electronics. 2005 ; Vol. E88-C, No. 10. pp. 2028-2035.