• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.453-458
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• 2015

We presented a quad-rotor controlling algorithm design by using sensor fusion in this paper. The controller design technique was performed by a PD controller with a Kalman filter and compensation algorithm for increasing the stability and reliability of the quad-rotor attitude. In this paper, we propose an attitude estimation algorithm for quad-rotor based sensor fusion by using the Kalman filter. For this reason, firstly, we studied the platform configuration and principle of the quad-rotor. Secondly, the bias errors of a gyro sensor, acceleration and geomagnetic sensor are compensated. The measured values of each sensor are then fused via a Kalman filter. Finally, the performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated through experimental data of attitude estimation. As a result, the proposed sensor fusion algorithm showed superior attitude estimation performance, and also proved that robust attitude estimation is possible even in disturbance.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.574-579
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• 2016

쿼드로터는 일반 무인항공기와 달리 구조가 단순하고 그 활용 가치가 매우 높아 많은 사람들의 관심을 받고 있다. 하지만 드론에 대한 관심이 높아짐에 따라 항공 안전사고 또는 분실에 대비한 비행체의 안정성과 위치파악의 중요성이 대두되고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 쿼드로터의 모델링을 수식적으로 유도하여 이를 선형화시켜 간단한 제어기로 모델을 안정화시키고 다양한 센서로부터 얻은 데이터를 필터를 거쳐 기울어진 정도를 파악하여 보다 안정한 호버링이 가능한 추적 시스템을 제안하였다. 개발된 추적시스템은 비행 중인 쿼드로터의 위치를 컴퓨터로 전송해 이를 경로로 나타내어 비행경로를 파악할 수 있고 비행속도, 고도 등의 다양한 정보를 동시에 확인할 수 있게 하였다. 그리고 실제 쿼드로터에 사용되는 센서는 외란과 진동에 의해 정확한 센서 값을 측정할 수 없기 때문에 칼만필터와 상보필터를 통한 센서 결합으로 이를 극복하여 쿼드로터 호버링의 안정성을 PID 제어를 통해 구현하였다. 이를 모의 실험을 통하여 쿼드로터의 속도, 위치, 고도 등의 다양한 정보를 실시간으로 확인하였다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제33권9호
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• pp.707-714
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• 2016

This paper describes analysis results of vibration characteristics and modal test for a small-scale quad-rotor drone. The rotor arm has a slender body with a propeller and motor at its tip. Rotor system generates excitation for an unbalanced mass. Therefore, the drone platform is involved in the possibility of resonance. For advance identification of the possibility of resonance, confirmation of eigen-mode being closest to the propeller operation range is necessary. Material properties of CFRP tubes used for the rotor arm were acquired by finding the natural frequency based on Rayleigh method. A simplified quad-rotor FE model consisting of rotor arm assembly with tip mass was built to perform numerical analysis, and a free-free boundary condition was applied to provide flight status. Modal tests for the actual platform with impact hammer instrument were performed to verify analysis results. Separation margin from hazardous eigen-mode was checked on the propeller operation range.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2015

A conventional fire detection has been developed based on images captured from a fixed camera. However, It is difficult to apply current algorithms to a flying Quad-rotor to detect fire. To solve this problem, we propose that the fire detection algorithm can be modified for Quad-rotor using Ego-motion compensation. The proposed fire detection algorithm consists of color detection, motion detection, and fire determination using a randomness test. Color detection and randomness test are adapted similarly from an existing algorithm. However, Ego-motion compensation is adapted on motion detection for compensating the degree of Quad-rotor's motion using Planar Projective Transformation based on Optical Flow, RANSAC Algorithm, and Homography. By adapting Ego-motion compensation on the motion detection step, it has been proven that the proposed algorithm has been able to detect fires 83% of the time in hovering mode.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2009

Quad-rotor is one kind of a rotorcraft in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which consists of four rotors in total and fixed-pitch blades located at the four corners. This vehicle is emerging as popular platform for UAV research due to the simplicity of its construction, the ability of hovering and the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability, etc. Because of those specific capabilities, this vehicle can be applied to many fields: search and rescue, mobile sensor networks, fire observation, etc. However a quad-rotor is much affected by the disturbance due to the characteristics of structure. So this vehicle needs attitude control for stabilizing. In this paper, we design the control law for automatic stabilization. The PID controller is used to control a brushless DC motor. And an accelerometer is used to measure the roll and pitch angles of a quad-rotor.

• 한국항공운항학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항공운항학회 2016년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.23-25
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• 2016

최근 드론이 비전문가라도 누구나 쉽게 사용할 수 있게 되면서, 드론의 관심 집중이 급격히 증가하고 있다. 특히, Pixhawk는 다른 비행제어컴퓨터들보다 고성능을 가진 독립된 모듈 기반 방식이고, 오픈 소스로 공개되어 쉽게 접근할 수 있는 편리성을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 고급 프로세서 CortexM4를 장착한 Pixhawk를 이용하여 QuadRotor 비행제어를 위한 적용방안을 제시하고자 한다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2015년도 제46회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1341-1342
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• 2015

In this paper, we propose a PID control scheme with noise reduction for attitude control of quad-rotor. To reduce the measurement noise, the disturbance observer with noise reduction is employed and then the PID controller is designed to control the attitude of quad-rotor. Finally, simulation results are provided to verify the effectiveness of the designed control scheme.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2008년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.45-46
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• 2008

There are various polluting emissions related to the air quality such as $NO_x$, $CO_2$, CO, VOCs, $O_3$, $SO_2$, $CH_4$, $H_2S$, $NH_3$, etc. We need the system that reduces emission of these environment gases and detects risk factors in modern society. Therefore, if we use the USN(Ubiquitous Sensor Network) technology and a MAV(Micro Air Vehicle) Quad Rotor which can be hovering and moving free for setting up the environment gas sensing system, the realtime measurement on environment gases is facilitated and by extension, in application of traffic watchdog, forest fire surveillance and counter-terrorism efforts, we anticipate making better use of a Quad Rotor.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.148-160
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• 2009

By the development of recent technology, a new variant of rotorcrafts having four rotors start drawing attention from aerial-robotics engineers more than before. Its potential spans from just being control device test bed to performing difficult task such as carrying surveillance device to unreachable places. In this regards, modeling a quad-rotor is significant in analyzing its dynamic behavior and in synthesizing control system for such a vehicle. This paper summarizes the modeling of a mini quad-rotor aerial vehicle. A first principle approach is considered for deriving the model based on Euler-Newton equations of motion. The result of the modeling is a simulation platform that is expected to acceptably predict the dynamic behavior of the quad-rotor in various flight conditions. Linear models associated with different flight condition can be extracted for the purpose of control synthesis.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.14-20
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• 2015

This paper describes the design of a robust H-infinity attitude controller for a quad-rotor. The linear model of a quad-rotor was estimated using PEM (Prediction Error Minimization) method with experimental input and output data. To design an attitude controller, an extended plant was constructed by adjusting several uncertainties and weighting functions. An H-infinity controller was obtained by applying H-infinity methodology to the extended plant. Through frequency-domain analysis, it was shown that the designed controller can overcome uncertainties up to 75% of the plant model. The performance and robustness of the controller were verified through time-domain simulation.