An open-source real-time UAS flight control prototyping and testing platform with fractional-order horizontal controller example
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
2016 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)
Publisher
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Location
Arlington, VA
Publication Date
6-7-2016
Abstract
Safety and reliability are key if unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are to move from research and become an everyday part of our lives. How can safety and reliability be maintained when cost and timeliness are such pressing factors in small UAS development? In this paper, it is shown that with open-source flight control software (provided by the authors), sophisticated testing practices (hardware-in-the-loop) can provide rapid pre-flight verification of experimental control system designs. Using these methods increases the reliability of flight control software developed in many ways if tested properly Both PID and auto-generated PIλD control schemes are compared as examples of flight software under test, and simulated flight performance is shown.
Recommended Citation
Coopmans, Calvin; Podhradsky, Michal; and Hoffer, Nathan V., "An open-source real-time UAS flight control prototyping and testing platform with fractional-order horizontal controller example" (2016). Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications. Paper 184.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/ece_facpub/184
