Hovering Control of a Tail-Sitter VTOL Aerial Robot
Author(s) -
Koichi Kita,
Atsushi Konno,
Masaru Uchiyama
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.2009.p0277
Subject(s) - robot , position (finance) , computer science , tracking (education) , control theory (sociology) , trajectory , control (management) , mobile robot , artificial intelligence , physics , psychology , pedagogy , finance , astronomy , economics
This paper describes system development and hovering control of a tail-sitter VTOL aerial robot. The tail-sitter VTOL aerial robot developed from model aircraft parts, sensors, microcomputers, and other components hovers autonomously thanks to attitude, altitude, and position control. Attitude control error averages 1-2°and altitude control error several centimeters. The aerial robot demonstrated both fixed-point hovering and trajectory tracking in hover mode.
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