This paper describes a novel type of pendulum-like oscillation controller for micro air vehicle(MAV) hover and stare state in the presence of external disturbances,which is based on linear-quadratic regulator(LQR) and particle swarm optimization(PSO).A linear mathematical model of pendulum phenomenon based upon actual wind tunnel test data representing the hover mode is established,and a hybrid LQR and PSO approach is proposed to stabilize oscillation.PSO is applied to parameter optimization of the designed LQR controller.A series of comparative experiments are conducted,and the results have verified the feasibility,effectiveness and robustness of our proposed approach.
The controller design for hypersonic vehicle is critical and challenging because of the inherent couplings between the propulsion system and the airframe dynamics,as well as the presence of strong flexibility effects.Many researchers have investigated various strategies to mitigate the coupling by means of robust design methods.This paper reviews the recent research efforts to promote the capability of control design for hypersonic vehicle.Methodologies such as robust control,adaptive control,sliding mode control and other hybrid methods have made significant progresses in hypersonic control.Then,the main challenges of control approaches for hypersonic vehicle are systematically analyzed in detail.
Multiple unmanned air/ground vehicles heterogeneous cooperation is a novel and challenging filed.Heterogeneous cooperative techniques can widen the application fields of unmanned air or ground vehicles,and enhance the effectiveness of implementing detection,search and rescue tasks.This paper mainly focused on the key issues in multiple unmanned air/ground vehicles heterogeneous cooperation,including heterogeneous flocking,formation control,formation stability,network control,and actual applications.The main problems and future directions in this field were also analyzed in detail.These innovative technologies can significantly enhance the effectiveness of implementing complicated tasks,which definitely provide a series of novel breakthroughs for the intelligence,integration and advancement of future robot systems.
DUAN HaiBin & LIU SenQi National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Holistic Flight Control,School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering,Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Beijing 100191,China
A novel network control method based on trophallaxis mechanism is applied to the formation flight problem for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs).Firstly,the multiple UAVs formation flight system based on trophallaxis network control is given.Then,the model of leader-follower formation flight with a virtual leader based on trophallaxis network control is presented,and the influence of time delays on the network performance is analyzed.A particle swarm optimization(PSO)-based formation controller is proposed for solving the leader-follower formation flight system.The proposed method is applied to five UAVs for achieving a 'V' formation,and a series of experimental results show its feasibility and validity.The proposed control algorithm is also a promising control strategy for formation flight of multiple unmanned underwater vehicles(UUVs),unmanned ground vehicles(UGVs),missiles and satellites.
As friction, intrinsic steady-state nonlinearity poses a challenging dilemma to the control system of 3-DOF (three degree of freedom) flight simulator, a novel hybrid control strategy of nonlinear PID (proportional-integral-derivative) with additional FFC (feed-forward controller) is proposed, and the hardware-in-the-loop simu-lation results are also given. Based on the description of 3-DOF flight simulator, a novel nonlinear PID theory is well introduced. Then a nonlinear PID controller with additional FFC is designed. Subsequently, the loop structure of 3-DOF flight simulator is also designed. Finally, a series of hardware-in-the-loop simulation experiments are undertaken to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed nonlinear PID controller with additional FFC for 3-DOF flight simulator.
