Robust nonlinear control of a variable-pitch quadrotor with the flip maneuver

This paper presents robust nonlinear control of a variable-pitch quadrotor with the flip maneuver. Backstepping approach is chosen for nonlinear control design. A control allocation loop dynamically computes the blade pitch angle of each rotor. A systematic method to select controller gains is presented that ensures closed-loop stability. Detailed analysis of the flip maneuver in the presence of input saturation is presented for the first time. Performance of the proposed control law is first verified through simulation. This is then implemented on a PixHawk open source autopilot board and flight tests are performed on an off-the-shelf variable-pitch quadrotor frame.     

基于扩张状态观测器和反步滑模法的四旋翼无人机轨迹跟踪控制

为了解决欠驱动四旋翼无人机（UAV）在实际飞行中存在的外界干扰问题,同时提高在系统参数摄动情况下的精确轨迹跟踪效果,设计了一种基于扩张状态观测器（ESO）和积分型反步滑模算法的飞行控制策略。首先,根据系统的半耦合特性和严反馈结构特点,采用反步法设计姿态内环和位置外环控制器;然后,将抗干扰能力较强的滑模控制融入其中,使得系统的鲁棒性得到增强;接着,为了减小系统的稳态误差,引入积分环节;最后,利用ESO实时估算出系统的内、外总扰动并对控制量进行补偿。通过Lyapunov稳定判据,可以说明该系统是一个全局渐进稳定的系统,并通过仿真分析验证了所提控制方法的有效性和鲁棒性。     

Tracking rigid bodies using only position data: A shadowing filter approach based on newtonian dynamics

Tracking a moving object like a ship, vehicle, aircraft or even an animal or human is challenging especially when given only noisy observations of the path. To successfully track such an object the method used needs to infer the unknown information, for example the acceleration, from noisy position data. Here we present such a method based on a shadowing filter algorithm. In comparison with other filters such as Kalman and Particle filters the shadowing filter solves the tracking problem based on deterministic dynamics instead of statistics. The algorithm presented shows how to track rigid bodies having an unknown moment of inertia and we validate the performance of the filter and explore how the two important parameters of the filter impact on its performance.     

复杂环境下多无人机协作式地面移动目标跟踪

针对多无人机(UAV)协同地面移动目标跟踪问题展开研究.提出一种基于主动感知的问题求解框架,建立多UAV协同目标跟踪问题模型;在此基础上,采用分布式无色信息滤波实现目标状态融合估计与预测;然后,基于预测目标状态,结合滚动时域控制与遗传算法设计一种多UAV在线协同航迹规划算法.仿真结果表明:结合预测目标状态在线优化UAV...     

Tracking control of second‐order chained form systems by cascaded backstepping

A design methodology is presented for tracking control of second‐order chained form systems. The methodology separates the tracking‐error dynamics, which are in cascade form, into two parts: a linear subsystem and a linear time‐varying subsystem. The linear time‐varying subsystem, after the first subsystem has converged, can be treated as a chain of integrators for the purposes of a backstepping controller. The two controllers are designed separately and the proof of stability is given by using a result for cascade systems. The method consists of three steps. In the first step we apply a stabilizing linear state feedback to the linear subsystem. In the second step the second subsystem is exponentially stabilized by applying a backstepping procedure. In the final step it is shown that the closed‐loop tracking dynamics of the second‐order chained form system are globally exponentially stable under a persistence of excitation condition on the reference trajectory. The control design methodology is illustrated by application to a second‐order non‐holonomic system. This planar manipulator with two translational and one rotational joint (PPR) is a special case of a second‐order non‐holonomic system. The simulation results show the effectiveness of our approach. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于Kinect的四旋翼无人机体感控制

针对无人机（ UAV）远程控制中操作复杂、专业性高的问题,基于Kinect传感器提出了一种无人机体感控制方案,并进行了验证。利用Kinect传感器提取操作者身体的骨骼节点数据,设计并识别操作者体势动作,进而生成对应的四旋翼飞行控制指令,通过无线数传模块传输控制指令,对无人机进行远程控制。实验结果表明：设计的识别算法可以准确地识别体势动作,对无人机进行实时的控制,控制方式直观简单、效果良好。     

基于扩张状态观测器的反馈线性化无人飞行器姿态控制

随着集成电子等技术逐渐成熟,无人飞行器得到了广泛的关注和应用;其中,由于飞行器在飞行阶段具有高响应速度、耦合动力学和非线性等特点,使其在飞行阶段的姿态控制成为该领域重点研究的方向之一;针对该研究方向,文章提出了一种基于反步法技术的反馈线性化无人飞行器姿态跟踪控制方案来解决其在受到环境干扰的条件下可以精准跟踪姿态角度的问题;在该方法中,设计了反步法技术拆分简化模型和反馈线性化减少调节参数,并利用扩张状态观测器(ESO)来对扰动进行估计和补偿,同时给出了ESO的收敛性和闭环系统的稳定性来证明该方法的可实施性;最后给出了仿真结果,验证了该方法在干扰的环境下仍可以精准控制无人飞行器姿态。     

基于反步法的一类非线性切换系统控制器设计

研究一类子系统是纯反馈非线性系统的切换系统控制器设计问题．基于多Lyapunov函数和反步法,提出一种状态反馈控制律及切换规则设计方法。通过递推设计可得到使非线性切换系统稳定的反馈控制律和切换规则．将所提出的方法应用于该类非线性切换系统含有不确定性的情形,仿真算例结果表明了所提出方法的有效性．     

Robust linear output feedback controller for autonomous landing of a quadrotor on a ship deck

Ship deck landing control of a quadrotor requires certain robustness with respect to ship heave motion. Typical systems only provide relative height, therefore do not have relative heave rate information. In this paper, a linear output feedback control consisting of a full state feedback controller and a Luenberger observer is formulated. Invariant ellipsoid method is used to formulate an estimation of a bound on the response of a linear output feedback-controlled system subjected to external disturbances and measurement noise. The gains that result in a minimum bound are optimized using a gradient descent iterative approach proposed in this paper where the invariant ellipsoid condition is linearized into a tractable LMI condition. This approach is applied to a simulation of a quadrotor landing on a ship deck and results are compared with other gains. The gains selected using the proposed approach exhibits improved robustness to external disturbances and measurement noise.     

Robust adaptive fuzzy tracking control for a class of strict-feedback nonlinear systems based on backstepping technique

In this paper, the robust adaptive fuzzy tracking control problem is discussed for a class of perturbed strict-feedback nonlinear systems. The fuzzy logic systems in Mamdani type are used to approximate unknown nonlinear functions. A design scheme of the robust adaptive fuzzy controller is proposed by use of the backstepping technique. The proposed controller guarantees semi-global uniform ultimate boundedness of all the signals in the derived closed-loop system and achieves the good tracking performance. The possible controller singularity problem which may occur in some existing adaptive control schemes with feedback linearization techniques can be avoided. In addition, the number of the on-line adaptive parameters is not more than the order of the designed system. Finally, two simulation examples are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

Robust adaptive fuzzy tracking control for a class of strict-feedback nonlinear systems based on backstepping technique

In this paper, the robust adaptive fuzzy tracking control problem is discussed for a class of perturbed strict-feedback nonlinear systems. The fuzzy logic systems in Mamdani type are used to approximate unknown nonlinear functions. A design scheme of the robust adaptive fuzzy controller is proposed by use of the backstepping technique. The proposed controller guarantees semi-global uniform ultimate boundedness of all the signals in the derived closed-loop system and achieves the good tracking performance. The possible controller singularity problem which may occur in some existing adaptive control schemes with feedback linearization techniques can be avoided. In addition, the number of the on-line adaptive parameters is not more than the order of the designed system. Finally, two simulation examples are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

Flight control of a rotary wing UAV using backstepping

This paper presents a novel application of backstepping controller for autonomous landing of a rotary wing UAV (RUAV). This application, which holds good for the full flight envelope control, is an extension of a backstepping algorithm for general rigid body velocity control. The nonlinear RUAV model used in this paper includes the flapping and servo dynamics. The backstepping‐based controller takes advantage of the ‘decoupling’ of the translation and rotation dynamics of the rigid body, resulting in a two‐step procedure to obtain the RUAV control inputs. The first step is to compute desired thrusts and flapping angles to achieve the commanded position and the second step is to compute control inputs, which achieve the desired thrusts and flapping angles. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the inclusion of a flapping angle correction term in control. The performance of the proposed algorithm is tested using a high‐fidelity RUAV simulation model. The RUAV simulation model is based on miniature rotorcraft parameters. The closed‐loop response of the rotorcraft indicates that the desired position is achieved after a short transient. The Eagle RUAV control inputs, obtained using high‐fidelity simulation results, clearly demonstrate that this algorithm can be implemented on practical RUAVs. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于目标状态估计的UAV路径重规划决策模型

变结构离散动态贝叶斯网络能感知突发固定威胁,但难以应用于状态未知的突发机动威胁.针对此问题,提出一种新的无人机路径重规划决策模型.该模型以变结构离散动态贝叶斯网络为基础,在机动威胁目标状态未知情况下,结合Kalman滤波理论,得到基于动态贝叶斯网络的目标状态估计模型,并将其作为一个模块加入路径重规划模型中,实现路径重规划决策.仿真结果证明了所提出的无人机路径重规划决策模型的正确性.     

基于专家PID的带臂四旋翼无人机控制方法

相较于未带臂的无人机,带臂无人机（UAV）的飞行轨迹会出现较大偏差,更难以稳定控制。为了解决带臂UAV的精确轨迹控制问题,提出基于专家PID的带臂四旋翼无人机控制方法。首先,将机械臂搭载于UAV上把它们作为整体,并通过拉格朗日方程建立了带臂UAV的运动学和动力学系统模型;其次,设计专家PID控制器用于对系统的稳定控制;然后利用五次多项式对带臂UAV的机械臂进行轨迹规划;最后,通过仿真验证专家PID控制方法对带臂UAV稳定控制的有效性。实验结果表明,相较于常规PID控制,所提基于专家PID的控制方法提高了系统的响应速度,且能够有效地抑制外部扰动;该方法对于动作情况下的机械臂能够稳定地跟踪其轨迹,且具有很好的抗扰性和鲁棒性。     

Path planning approach based on flock dynamics of moving particles

A novel method based on the behaviour of a flock of moving particles is proposed in order to solve the path planning problem of a mobile robot in two-dimensional dynamical sceneries. The mentioned particles search free obstacles zones into the scenery using a set of collective behaviour rules. The positions of the members of the flock form the search space. A heuristic method, referred to as dynamical particle chain (DPC), is used to join the position of the robot with the target through consecutive connections among the particles of the flock. The result is a free obstacle path, which is able to adapt its structure to environmental changes. The feasibility of the proposed method and its comparison with other algorithms are also discussed and illustrated.     

Vision-based tracking control of quadrotor for a moving target with nonlinear angular velocity observer

In this article, an automatic tracking process for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system to follow the target with maneuverability is developed, and a vision-based control method is proposed. At first, the image-based visual servoing (IBVS) position control technology is applied without any prior target information for the algorithm practicability. Besides, consider the situation with unavailable angular velocity measurement, a thorough nonlinear attitude controller with an observer based on contraction is proposed. Finally, the whole UAV system stability is demonstrated to be uniformly ultimately bounded, and the bound can be arbitrarily small. Simulation and experiment results are presented to show effectiveness of the designed controller.     

利用直接数据域的双基机载雷达地面动目标检测方法

双基机载雷达的杂波存在严重的距离依赖性,从距离上获得的样本不能够准确估计杂波加噪声协方差矩阵,从而导致空时自适应处理(STAP)的杂波抑制性能严重下降。针对该问题,提出了利用直接数据域(DDD)的双基机载雷达地面动目标检测方法。因为DDD算法是在单个距离门对目标滤除后进行空时平滑来获得足够多的样本,所以不需要对双基雷达杂波距离依赖性进行补偿。仿真实验验证了该方法的有效性。     

Improved adaptive fuzzy backstepping control of a magnetic levitation system based on Symbiotic Organism Search

Magnetic levitation systems have become very important in many applications. Due to their instability and high nonlinearity, such systems pose a challenge to many researchers attempting to design high-performance and robust tracking control. This paper proposes an improved adaptive fuzzy backstepping control for systems with uncertain input nonlinear function (uncertain parameters and structure), and applies it to a magnetic levitation system, which is a typical representative of such systems. An adaptive fuzzy system is used to approximate unknown, partially known or uncertain input nonlinear functions of a magnetic levitation system. An adaptation law is obtained based on Ljapunov analysis in order to guarantee closed-loop stability and good tracking performance. Initial adaptive and control parameters have been initialized with Symbiotic Organism Search optimization algorithm, due to strong non-linearity and instability of the magnetic levitation system. The theoretical background of the proposed control method is verified with a simulation study and implementation on a laboratory experimental application.     

Clutter suppression and ground moving target imaging approach for hypersonic vehicle borne multichannel radar based on two-step focusing method

In this paper, a novel clutter suppression and ground moving target imaging approach is proposed for hypersonic vehicle (HSV) borne multichannel (MC) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system. Compared with the traditional MC SAR ground moving target indication (GMTI) methods, the proposed algorithm can suppress clutter and decrease the moving target energy loss based on the improved MC clutter suppression method in the chirp Fourier transform (CFT) domain. Moreover, the moving target can be accurately focused by compensating the range curvature and the third order phase item. In addition, the motion parameters can be estimated precisely and the moving target can be focused accurately. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is validated by the simulation examples.     

Robust control scheme based on an uncertainty and disturbance estimator for a quadrotor with motor failures

This paper proposes a new robust fault tolerant control architecture based on a disturbance observer. The control architecture is composed of a nominal controller and a rotor's fault observer capable to identify and estimate motors' degradation performance. Besides, is designed for a quadrotor vehicle and validated in critical and noncritical motors' failures. For both failure cases, each motor performance is analyzed to counteracted the failure and restore the system stability. If the practical stability is not recovered (critical case) a control reconfiguration is performed for safe landing. Experimental tests are carried out in real time to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed architecture when confronting the stability of the system with aggressive disturbances or uncertainties.