A Reconfiguration Control Scheme for a Quadrotor Helicopter via Combined Multiple Models

In this paper, an optimal reconfiguration control scheme is proposed for a quadrotor helicopter with actuator faults via adaptive control and combined multiple models. The combined models set contains several fixed models, an adaptive model and a reinitialized adaptive model. The fixed models and th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fuyang Chen, Qingbo Wu, Gang Tao, Bin Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-08-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5772/58833
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Summary:In this paper, an optimal reconfiguration control scheme is proposed for a quadrotor helicopter with actuator faults via adaptive control and combined multiple models. The combined models set contains several fixed models, an adaptive model and a reinitialized adaptive model. The fixed models and the adaptive model can describe the failure system under different fault conditions. Moreover, the proposed reinitialized adaptive model refers to the closest model of the current system and can improve the speed of convergence effectively. In addition, the reference model is designed in consideration of an optimal control performance index and the principle of the minimum cost to achieve perfect tracking performance. Finally, some simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed reconfiguration control scheme for faulty cases.
ISSN:1729-8814