Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Embedded Control

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Aerodynamic Configurations and Dynamic Models

1.1. Aerodynamic configurations

1.2. Dynamic models

1.3. Bibliography

Chapter 2. Nested Saturation Control for Stabilizing the PVTOL Aircraft

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Bibliographical study

2.3. The PVTOL aircraft model

2.4. Control strategy

2.5. Other control strategies for the stabilization of the PVTOL aircraft

2.6. Experimental results

2.7. Conclusions

2.8. Bibliography

Chapter 3. Two-Rotor VTOL Mini UAV: Design, Modeling and Control

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Dynamic model

3.3. Control strategy

3.4. Experimental setup

3.5. Concluding remarks

3.6. Bibliography

Chapter 4. Autonomous Hovering of a Two-Rotor UAV

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Two-rotor UAV

4.3. Control algorithm design

4.4. Experimental platform

4.5. Conclusion

4.6. Bibliography

Chapter 5. Modeling and Control of a Convertible Plane UAV

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Convertible plane UAV

5.3. Mathematical model

5.4. Controller design

5.5. Embedded system

5.6. Conclusions and future works

5.7. Bibliography

Chapter 6. Control of Different UAVs with Tilting Rotors

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Dynamic model of a flying VTOL vehicle

6.3. Attitude control of a flying VTOL vehicle

6.4. Triple tilting rotor rotorcraft: Delta

6.5. Single tilting rotor rotorcraft: T-Plane

6.6. Concluding remarks

6.7. Bibliography

Chapter 7. Improving Attitude Stabilization of a Quad-Rotor Using Motor Current Feedback

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Brushless DC motor and speed controller

7.3. Quad-rotor ...