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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2017.45.5.401

Design and Validation of Low-cost Flight Control Computer for Multi-rotor UAVs  

Lee, Dasol (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Shim, David Hyunchul (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.45, no.5, 2017 , pp. 401-408 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes development and validation processes of a low-cost hardware based flight control computer designed for multi-rotor UAVs. The developed flight control computer controls multi-rotors stable and can handle complex flight missions using an integrated high-performance Linux computer. A complementary filter generates a navigation solution with 500 Hz, and a proposed observer significantly reduces measurement noise. A control algorithm utilizes a feed-forward term computed by a three-dimensional curve fitting method, and it increases tracking performance. The developed flight control system has been fully tested through several test flights, and it can apply to real flight environments.
Keywords
Low-cost Hardware; Flight Control Computer; Multi-rotor; Complementary Filter;
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