• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.230-237
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• 2017

Various drones have extended application area very fast. In this paper, we define two contradictions in designing a portable-size drone by using TRIZ technique. The first is a physical contradiction between high rigidity and good portability, and the second is a technical contradiction between high stability and good portability. Through TRIZ technique, six design principles, which guide direction for optimal design, were driven. Consequently, an umbrella mechanism and design criteria were proposed for a portable-size drone. Detail design is verified through finite element method. Test results for the portable-size prototype drone show good performance, and prove its usefulness to be equivalent to a general full-size drone.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.49 no.10
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• pp.821-828
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• 2021

Quadrotors relatively smaller and lighter than other aircraft have a disadvantage of being sensitive to the external disturbances. In order to solve this disadvantage, many studies have been conducted by various control techniques robust to disturbances. In this paper, CMGs (Control Moment Gyros) introducing relatively large control torque with an identical amount of electric powers are applied to cancel the external disturbances. Two CMGs are considered to control the attitude of quadrotors so that a multi-copter installed with two CMGs and four rotors are introduced for this work. Finally, to verify the control performance of the proposed system by the CMGs, a numerical simulation conducted in the given harsh environment.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.1269-1274
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• 2018

In this paper, it covers technical aspect of drone by introducing the drone hovering. Arduino Uno and 3-axis attitude and azimuth sensor are the two main components of the drone. Arduino Uno is used as a main controller and 3-axis attitude and azimuth sensor are used to collect axial (X,Y,Z) data, which is massaged to determine the pitch (fore and aft tilt) and the bank (side to side tilt). Furthermore, drone stabilizes horizontal attitude by correcting these tilted angle through PID control.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.40-46
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• 2021

In this study, an aerodynamic configuration design and study on performance enhancement of a tilt-rotor UAV were conducted for improving mission capabilities compared to multi-copter type UAV, MC-1/2/3 developed for disaster and policing operation. To improve performance, a new TR5X configuration was developed by modifying the fuselage and tail shape of TR60 UAV and additionally attaching an extended wing to the nacelle. Aerodynamic performances of TR60 and TR5X were compared through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. In addition, flight performance analysis of full aircraft was conducted. Results showed that main performance requirements of TR5X were satisfied.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.74-80
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• 2022

The utilisation of small drones is becoming increasingly widespread particularly in the military sector. In this study, STANAG 4586, a standard interface for military unmanned aerial vehicles, was applied to a multicopter-type small drone to examine the suitability of the military system. To accomplish this, a small multi-copter vehicle was designed and manufactured, integrating a flight control computer, ground control system, and data link. Furthermore, flight control and ground control equipment software were developed by applying the STANAG 4586 interface, followed by HILS and flight tests.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.56-61
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• 2022

Various convergence technologies discovered through the 4th industrial revolution are permeating the industry. Drones are being used in industries such as construction, transportation, and national defense based on convergence technology. Quart-copter drone control is being used in a wide range of fields from the visual field of operation with the naked eye to the remote field of view using GCS. If we classify those who operate industrial drones, there are general pilots who directly use drones, instructors who train drone pilots, and mechanics who check the status of drones and use them for a long time. Depending on the shape of the screen of the drone GCS, a user's quick response or key data can be acquired. Accordingly, in this study, GUI characteristics were analyzed for the mission planner GCS and a screen composition method according to the user was proposed.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.376-382
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• 2014

In this paper, we propose a advanced attitude PID controller and sensor fusion method robust to the vibration of the quadcopter unmanned air vehicle using four BLDC motors. When the gyro sensor and acceleration sensor are fused, a complementary filter is designed to ignore the vibrations generated by the motors and to complement the drawbacks. As a result, we obtain accurate results than using each sensor. Also, it is possible to obtain a low delay results in robust to vibration than the low-pass filter or moving average filter, which is generally used for quadcopter. And we improved D controller, which have being used for attitude control of quadcopter, to quadcopter using gyro sensor. it was confirmed that the attitude is stabilized and error is reduced By using gyro sensor output instead of variation of estimated angle in D control.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.7
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• pp.673-679
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• 2015

In this study, the nondominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) is used to obtain the optimized proportional-integral-derivative (PID) gain value that can quickly recover the motion of a quadcopter after a disturbance. Prior to PID control, the four-rotor quadcopter interval was defined using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Through the definition of this model, the PID control algorithm was generated. To construct a response surface model, D-optimal programming was used for the generation of experimental points. For this purpose, a gain value that satisfies both the roll and altitude PID gain values is obtained. Using the NSGA-II, the gain value of shorten time of the quadcopter motion control can be optimized.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.517-526
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• 2015

This paper presents the results of study for improving the reliability of quadrotor attitude control by applying a multi-sensor along with a data fusion algorithm. First, a mathematical model of the quadrotor dynamics was developed. Then, using the quadrotor mathematical model, simulations were performed using the improved reliability multi-sensor data as the inputs. From the simulation results, we designed a Gimbal-equipped quadrotor system. With the quadrotor in a hover state, we performed experiments according to the angle change of the user's specifications. We then calculated the attitude control data from the actual experimental data. Furthermore, with additional simulations, we verified the performance of the designed quadrotor attitude control system with multiple sensors.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.591-598
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• 2017

The changes of technology and the size of markets for unmaned aerial vehicle are getting bigger presently. Damage happens because of user's poor operation since accesses to the drones are easy. To minimize the damage, drone's stabilized flight skills are required, and controlling the motor to balanced speed is also needed. Thus, the essay shows that we use Arduino as a main control device for controlling a drone, and used acceleration sensor and gyro sensor for the drone stabilization. Also, we made it able to hover at a certain height by using a sonar sensor. We also controlled a drone by using an Android application, and made the drone hover stably at 0~2 meters.