Title :
Modelling, simulation and navigation experiments of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Author :
Enomoto, Mitsuru ; Yamamoto, Yoshio
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Tokai Univ., Hiratsuka, Japan
Abstract :
UAV is an aircraft without pilot which can fly autonomously. It can fly at a desired altitude, velocity and point exactly by using GPS, attitude system and barometer in a vehicle. It is also able to follow an arbitrary trajectory by designating way-points. The UAV targeted in the current study is a solar-powered UAV which is a joint research project between Tokai University and King Abdulaziz University of Saudi Arabia. Study of solar UAV started about 40 years ago. As the joint research effort Sunfalcon 1 was developed. This report describes modelling of the aircraft to be used for building a flight simulator. Then the model obtained is tested for an altitude tracking control simulation.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; aerospace simulation; aircraft control; aircraft navigation; attitude control; autonomous aerial vehicles; barometers; trajectory control; GPS; King Abdulaziz University; Saudi Arabia; Tokai University; UAV modelling; UAV navigation; UAV simulation; aircraft; altitude tracking control simulation; arbitrary trajectory; attitude system; barometer; flight simulator; research project; solar UAV; solar-powered UAV; unmanned aerial vehicle; way-points; Aircraft; Aircraft manufacture; Aircraft navigation; Atmospheric modeling; MATLAB; Trajectory; Vehicles; ArduPilot; Datcom+ Pro; Flight test; Mission Planner; Simulation; UAV;
Conference_Titel :
Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7097-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICMA.2015.7237533
