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Path following controller design for miniature unmanned helicopters

  • Wei Huo*
  • , Qiang Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

This paper presents a design of path following controller for miniature unmanned helicopters which is easily realized in practice. The controller is implemented using two-time-scale separation architecture, and thus composed of an outer-loop for path following and an inner-loop for attitude control. This paper specifically focuses on the path following design in outer-loop controller. In view of the characteristics of the helicopter's manoeuvring response and stability requirement of the path following controller, the outer-loop using offset-distance and expected velocity to design the path following controller expressed by attitude angle, and then proves asymptotic stability of closed-loop system. Finally, a six degrees of freedom linear identification-based dynamical model is presented in this paper, and simulation study shows the performance of the controller.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 30th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2011
Pages3537-3542
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2011
Event30th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2011 - Yantai, China
Duration: 22 Jul 201124 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 30th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2011

Conference

Conference30th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityYantai
Period22/07/1124/07/11

Keywords

  • Miniature Unmanned helicopter
  • Offset-distance
  • Path following
  • Time-scale Separation

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