Design and implementation of a hybrid control strategy for a small scale coaxial rotor helicopter
Abstract
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) currently represent one of the most dynamic research areas for control systems engineering, due to their potential use in areas that are unaccessible or dangerous to humans. Small scale coaxial rotor helicopters have the capability of vertical take off and landing, combined with the advantage of good payload and closed space flight capabilities. PUC-fly is a small scale coaxial rotor helicopter, developed at Purdue University Calumet as part of the research effort in the filed of UAVs. In this thesis a hybrid fuzzy-PID control system for PUC-fly is presented together with the implementation steps taken. A sensor, actuator and embedded system test platform is designed with respect to the control system requirements. The communication link between the hardware components is developed. The proposed control strategy is validated via simulation. The complete hardware and software infrastructure is tested with good results.
Degree
M.S.E.
Advisors
Houshangi, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Aerospace engineering|Electrical engineering
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