Robust and Randomized Control Design of Mini-UAVs: The MH1000 Platform

Author

Lorefice, Laura ; Pralio, Barbara ; Tempo, Roberto

Author_Institution

Politecnico di Torino, Turin

fYear

2007

fDate

9-13 July 2007

Firstpage

159

Lastpage

164

Abstract

Mini-UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) have been the subject of a large number of successful designs aimed to research, commercial and military purposes. Although a Mini-UAV platform can be considered as a miniaturized aircraft, due the presence of plant uncertainties, flight dynamic analysis and control system design are critical, and suitable robustness techniques need to be elaborated. In this paper, within the frame of the design of a Mini-UAV platform for environmental monitoring, fire detection and prevention, we present an innovative strategy based on powerful methods provided by the theory of randomized algorithms.

Keywords

aircraft control; control system synthesis; remotely operated vehicles; robust control; environmental monitoring; fire detection; fire prevention; flight dynamic analysis; military purpose; mini unmanned aerial vehicle; miniaturized aircraft; plant uncertainty; randomized control system design; robust control system design; Aerospace control; Control design; Control system analysis; Control systems; Military aircraft; Robust control; System analysis and design; Uncertainty; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

American Control Conference, 2007. ACC '07

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

0743-1619

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0988-8

Electronic_ISBN

0743-1619

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACC.2007.4283162

Filename

4283162