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Presentation
Low cost implementation of a biomimetic approach for UAV health management
2016 American Control Conference (ACC) (2016)
  • Diego Garcia, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
  • Hever Moncayo, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
  • Andres Perez, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
  • Chirag Jain, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
Abstract
This paper presents in-flight testing results of the implementation of a biomimetic architecture for health monitoring of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) quadrotor. A non-linear dynamic inversion (NLDI) based controller has been developed and implemented for stability of the UAV. The system includes an autopilot, a sensor fusion solution and control algorithms that are fully integrated using a low cost research testbed for fast prototyping and implementation. The developed non-linear control laws were preliminary designed and tested in simulation and their stabilization capabilities demonstrated during in-flight experiments. This paper discusses tracking error response, robustness to different failures and performance of the bio-inspired health monitoring system for on-line diagnosis of the UAV system operating under upset conditions.
Keywords
  • aerospace testing,
  • autonomous aerial vehicles,
  • condition monitoring,
  • nonlinear control systems,
  • sensor fusion,
  • stability,
  • vehicle dynamics,
  • Vehicle dynamics,
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles,
  • Pulse width modulation,
  • Monitoring,
  • Dynamics,
  • Artificial intelligence,
  • biomimetic approach low cost implementation,
  • UAV health management,
  • in-flight testing,
  • unmanned aerial vehicle quadrotor,
  • nonlinear dynamic inversion based controller,
  • NLDI based controller,
  • UAV stability,
  • autopilot,
  • sensor fusion solution,
  • nonlinear control laws,
  • tracking error response,
  • bio-inspired health monitoring system,
  • UAV system online diagnosis
Publication Date
July 1, 2016
Location
Boston, MA
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2016.7525255
Citation Information
Diego Garcia, Hever Moncayo, Andres Perez and Chirag Jain. "Low cost implementation of a biomimetic approach for UAV health management" 2016 American Control Conference (ACC) (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hever_moncayo/77/