Development of Model Predictive Controller for a Tail-Sitter VTOL UAV in Hover Flight

Development of Model Predictive Controller for a Tail-Sitter VTOL UAV in Hover Flight

This paper presents a model predictive controller (MPC) for position control of a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) tail-sitter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in hover flight. A ‘cross’ configuration quad-rotor tail-sitter UAV is designed with the capabilities for both hover an...

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Main Authors: Boyang Li, Weifeng Zhou, Jingxuan Sun, Chih-Yung Wen, Chih-Keng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Sensors
Subjects:
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL)
tail-sitter
model predictive control (MPC)
hardware-in-loop (HIL) simulation
flight experiment
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/9/2859

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