• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.318-322
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• 2016

A quad-copter or quad rotor system is an unmanned flying machine having four engines, which their thrust force is produced by four propellers. Its stable control is very important and has widely been studied. It is a typical example of a nonlinear system. So, it is difficult to get a desired control performance by conventional control algorithms. In this paper, we propose the design of a vectored sum defuzzification based fuzzy logic system for the hovering control of a quad-copter. We first summarize its dynamics and introduce a vectored sum defuzzification scheme. And then we design a vectored sum defuzzification based fuzzy logic system. for the hovering control of the quad-copter. Finally, in order to check the feasibility of the proposed system we present some simulation examples.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.25-32
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• 1995

Nonlinear depth control algorithms for the hovering system of underwater vehicles are presented. In this paper, a nonlinear effect in heave motion for underwater vehicles, a deadzone effect of the flow control valve in the hovering tank and an impact disturbance are considered. In this situation, in order to choose a desirable controller, sliding mode controller and fuzzy sliding mode controller are designed and compared. The computer simulation results show that the fuzzy sliding mode control system is more suitable in order to maintain a desirable depth of an underwater vehicle with a deadzone and impact disturbance.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.1399-1411
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• 1994

A model helicopter has more versatile flight capability than the fixed-wing aircraft and it can be used as an unmaned vehicle in hazardous area. A helicopter, similar to other aircrafts, is an unstable, multi-input multi-output nonlinear system exposed to strong disturbance. So it should be controlled by robust control theories that can be applied to multivariable systems. In this study, motion equations of hovering are established, linearized and transformed into a state equation form. Various parameters are measured and calculated in other to obtain the stability derivatives in the state equation. Hovering flight controller is designed using the digital LQG/LTR(Linear Quadratic Gaussian/Loop Transfer Recovery) control theory. The designed controller is tested by the nonlinear simulations and implemented on an IBM-PC/386. Experiments were carried out on a model helicopter attached to the 3-DOF gimbal. The designed controller showed satisfactory hovering capability to maintain the hovering for more than 40 seconds.

• International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.218-224
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• 2013

This paper describes the design and control of a hovering AUV test-bed and analyzes the dynamic performance of the vehicle using simulation programs. The main purpose of this vehicle is to carry out fundamental tests of its station keeping, attitude control, and desired position tracking. Its configuration is similar to the general appearance of an ROV for underwater operations, and its dimensions are $0.75m{\times}0.5m{\times}0.5m$. It has four 450-W thrusters for longitudinal/lateral/vertical propulsion and is equipped with a pressure sensor for measuring the water depth and a magnetic compass for measuring its heading angle. The navigation of the vehicle is controlled by an onboard Pentium III-class computer, which runs with the help of the Windows XP operating system. This provides an appropriate environment for developing the various algorithms needed for developing and advancing a hovering AUV.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.19 no.9
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• pp.797-804
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• 2013

In this paper, a study of a new hovering six dof underwater robot with redundant horizontal thrusters, titled HAUV (hovering AUV), is presented. The results of study on the structure design, deployment of thrusters, and development of the developed control system of the AUV was presented. For the HAUV structure, a structure design and an analysis of the thrusting system was performed. For navigation, a sensor fusion board which can proceed various sensor signals to identify correct positions and speeds was developed and a total control system including EKF (Extended Kalman Filter) was designed. Rolling, pitching and depth control tests of the HAUV have been performed, and relatively small angle error and depth tracking error results were shown.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.40-45
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• 1997

A robust disturbance rejection controller for the hovering motion of underwater vehicles in near the surface of sea is presented. The suggested controller consists of two control parts, the one is disturbance observer for taking into account the effects of sea wave and missile-launching forces, and the other is sliding mode controller for the robust stability of underwater vehicles with model uncertainties and nonlinearities. It is shown that the sliding mode control system with disturbance observer is more effective compared with the sliding mode control system, especially in case that large sea wave force is affected.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.23-32
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• 2009

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics S
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• v.34S no.12
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• pp.41-49
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• 1997

This paper deals with the attitude control of a self-made VTOL vehicle which is round shape and has four fans and motors. Although hovering mechanisms are suitable for field work at a mountainous region or a building site etc., it is known that modeling the structure of the plant is quite difficult due to its unstable or uncertain characteristics. So, a robust controller is requried in order to cope with these uncertainties. WE first model the structure of the plant under the actual hovering setting and then determine the uncertainty of the acquired mathematical model by using system identification method as exactly as possible. We adopt the $H^{\infty}$ theory as a control algorithm because of its availability, and the structure of two-degree-of-freedom is used as a basic feedback control system to improve the transient response of the plant. Finally, we show the appropriateness of the designed controller through simulations and experiments. That is, the proposed VTOL system is able to maintain its roubust performance in spite of parameter variations and existing disturbances..

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.185-188
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• 1993

The goal of this paper is to develop an on-board controller for a model helicopter's hovering attitude control, using i8096 one-chip microcontroller. Required controller algorithm is programmed in ASM-96 assembly language and downloaded into an i8096 microcontroller. The performance of hovering flight using this system is verified by experiments with the model helicopter mounted on an instrumented flight stand where 3 potentiometers and an optical proximity sensor measure te attitude and main rotor speed of the helicopter.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.361-370
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• 1992

A controller of the hovering VTOL aircraft with four fan is constructed by SRFIMF(State Rate Feedback Implicit Model-Following)theory, in which feedback state are angle acceleration, angle velocity and angle position of the aircraft during hover With yaw control of the system, characteristics of the hovering aircraft can be analyzed by changing states feedback gain and sponse provides robust stable hovering system.