Design of an autonomous unmanned aircraft flight path controller

Author

Albaker, B.M. ; Rahim, N.A.

Author_Institution

UMPEDAC Res. Centre, Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

21-22 June 2011

Firstpage

229

Lastpage

232

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a flight path controller for an unmanned aircraft. Innovative control technique based on nested Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) loops is introduced in the design. The flight characteristics of the airframe used in the controller development is analyzed using a three degree of freedom point mass equation of motion. Simulation results of flight controller together with aircraft dynamics are demonstrated in order to show and validate the effectiveness of the proposed controller.

Keywords

aerospace robotics; aircraft; closed loop systems; control system synthesis; path planning; position control; remotely operated vehicles; three-term control; aircraft dynamics; autonomous unmanned aircraft; equation of motion; flight path controller design; innovative control technique; nested proportional-integral-derivative loops; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Aircraft manufacture; Atmospheric modeling; Mathematical model; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Vehicle dynamics; PID control and autonomous flight; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle; flight path controller;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical, Control and Computer Engineering (INECCE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pahang

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-229-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INECCE.2011.5953881

Filename

5953881