TY - GEN
T1 - Linear quadratic optimal trajectory-tracking control of a longitudinal thrust vectoring-enabled unmanned Tri-TiltRotor
AU - Papachristos, Christos
AU - Alexis, Kostas
AU - Tzes, Anthony
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The optimal trajectory-tracking control of a Tri-TiltRotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is the subject of this paper. This specific UAV design possesses the capability to control the orientation of its main rotors, thus enabling operation in both the Vertical Take-Off and Landing as well as the Fixed-Wing flight mode configuration. The translational controller developed is based on a Linear-Quadratic tracking scheme. Additionally to the proposed controller, the newly introduced capability for rotor-tilting, and thus thrust vectoring, as provided by this design is proposed for its utilization in the control of the longitudinal degree-of-freedom of the UAV. Simulation and experimental results are presented, demonstrating both the overall proposed controller's efficiency, as well as the clear advantage gained by the aforementioned proposed strategy, with regard to the controlled system's longitudinal control performance.
AB - The optimal trajectory-tracking control of a Tri-TiltRotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is the subject of this paper. This specific UAV design possesses the capability to control the orientation of its main rotors, thus enabling operation in both the Vertical Take-Off and Landing as well as the Fixed-Wing flight mode configuration. The translational controller developed is based on a Linear-Quadratic tracking scheme. Additionally to the proposed controller, the newly introduced capability for rotor-tilting, and thus thrust vectoring, as provided by this design is proposed for its utilization in the control of the longitudinal degree-of-freedom of the UAV. Simulation and experimental results are presented, demonstrating both the overall proposed controller's efficiency, as well as the clear advantage gained by the aforementioned proposed strategy, with regard to the controlled system's longitudinal control performance.
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U2 - 10.1109/IECON.2013.6699805
DO - 10.1109/IECON.2013.6699805
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893552144
SN - 9781479902248
T3 - IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
SP - 4174
EP - 4179
BT - Proceedings, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
T2 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013
Y2 - 10 November 2013 through 14 November 2013
ER -