Control of an unmanned aerial vehicle

Hassan Noura, François Bateman

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Abstract

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) have been attractive for years for many researchers and companies worldwide due to their commercial and military applications. The main problem of UAV is the absence of certification and the poor reliability that prevent their integration in the civil airspace. The problem can be overcome by improving the UAV nominal control and by designing a Fault-Tolerant Control System (FTCS). This paper deals with the design of a nominal control law of a UAV. Actually, planes are naturally unstable, that is why a particular attention must be paid in the design of a control law able to stabilize the system and let it track a predefined path. The design of a control law using eigenstructure assignment technique is developed in this paper and validated in simulation to a model of a small UAV.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISMA'10 - 7th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Print)9789948427186
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event7th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications, ISMA'10 - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Duration: Apr 20 2010Apr 22 2010

Publication series

NameISMA'10 - 7th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications

Other

Other7th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications, ISMA'10
Country/TerritoryUnited Arab Emirates
CitySharjah
Period4/20/104/22/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

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