Micro air vehicle control design : a comparison of classical and dynamic inversion techniques

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1999.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Patrick D. (Patrick Daniel), 1975-
Other Authors: Marc W. McConley.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8791
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spelling mit-1721.1/87912019-04-10T15:44:53Z Micro air vehicle control design : a comparison of classical and dynamic inversion techniques Brown, Patrick D. (Patrick Daniel), 1975- Marc W. McConley. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Aeronautics and Astronautics. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1999. Includes bibliographical references (p. 145). Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) are envisioned as autonomous aerial robots capable of flying into an urban environment to perform reconnaissance, targeting, and remote sensing. These vehicles are significantly smaller than current aircraft, with maximum dimensions of 15 centimeters, presenting challenges to vehicle packaging and vehicle control. This thesis describes the design and analysis of control algorithms for a rotorcraft MAV using classical and dynamic inversion approaches. Classical control algorithms were developed based on linear, single input/single output analysis and were successfully implemented in hover, climb, and forward flight simulations. A dynamic inversion routine was then applied to the inner-loop control, providing improved inner-loop performance compared to the classical approach for nominal flight conditions. Finally, the two approaches were compared on the basis of their performance, disturbance rejection, and robustness. Dynamic inversion generally outperformed the classical approach for non-linear, state-coupled flight conditions, but suffered when subject to unmodeled dynamics and modeling errors. by Patrick D. Brown. S.M. 2005-08-23T15:21:45Z 2005-08-23T15:21:45Z 1999 1999 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8791 48197054 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 145 p. 8993693 bytes 8993450 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Brown, Patrick D. (Patrick Daniel), 1975-
Micro air vehicle control design : a comparison of classical and dynamic inversion techniques
title Micro air vehicle control design : a comparison of classical and dynamic inversion techniques
title_full Micro air vehicle control design : a comparison of classical and dynamic inversion techniques
title_fullStr Micro air vehicle control design : a comparison of classical and dynamic inversion techniques
title_full_unstemmed Micro air vehicle control design : a comparison of classical and dynamic inversion techniques
title_short Micro air vehicle control design : a comparison of classical and dynamic inversion techniques
title_sort micro air vehicle control design a comparison of classical and dynamic inversion techniques
topic Aeronautics and Astronautics.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8791
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