{"title":"Stabilization and Optimal Trajectory Generation for a Compact Aerial Manipulation System with a Delta-type Parallel Robot","authors":"G. B. Haberfeld, Donglei Sun, N. Hovakimyan","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453444","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the design, modeling, and control of a quadcopter equipped with a Delta-type parallel manipulator. Such systems present demanding challenges in both control theory and task planning, which are addressed with novel mechanical features, modern flight controllers, and optimal trajectory generation. They are primarily designed for versatile indoor pick-and-place tasks where the characteristics of the proposed solution introduce useful kinematic properties. We explore these traits to address critical deficiencies found in previous approaches. First, we introduce and discuss the mechanical design of the coupled system. Second, we derive the kinematic and dynamic relationships between all bodies. Third, we develop the flight controller, where the baseline, feedforward, and adaptive components are combined and used in unison with an optimal trajectory generation algorithm. Finally, we present simulation results which reflect the feasibility of the concepts.","PeriodicalId":246293,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127915994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seongheon Lee, Taemin Shim, SungJoong Kim, Junwoo Park, Kyungwoo Hong, H. Bang
{"title":"Vision-Based Autonomous Landing of a Multi-Copter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using Reinforcement Learning","authors":"Seongheon Lee, Taemin Shim, SungJoong Kim, Junwoo Park, Kyungwoo Hong, H. Bang","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453315","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents vision-based landing guidance of multi-copter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) using reinforcement learning. In this approach, the guidance method is not designed or proposed by a human, but deployed by a neural network trained in simulated environments; which contains a quad-copter UAV model with Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) Controller, ground looking camera model that gives pixel deviation of targeting landing location from the center of an image frame, and laser rangefinder that gives altitude above ground level. Since we aimed for various types of multi-copter UAVs to track targeting ground location, reinforcement learning method has been used to generate proper roll and pitch attitude commands in multiple situations. Series of flight experiments show that a multi-copter UAV equipped with a proper attitude controller and trained artificial intelligence pilot can guide a multi-copter UAV to a ground target position.","PeriodicalId":246293,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129684020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonlinear Flight Control Design for Maneuvering Flight of Quadrotors in High Speed and Large Acceleration","authors":"K. Peng, F. Lin, S. K. Phang, Ben M. Chen","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453408","url":null,"abstract":"The nonlinear flight control design with the hierarchical dynamic inversion (HDI) and recursive control (RC) approaches is presented based on the comprehensive model of a quadrotor to implement the maneuvering flight in high speed and large acceleration. The flight control design comprises the kinematical control, command generation and dynamic control design. The command generation is to convert the required acceleration from the kinematical control into the flight commands of the roll, pitch angles and the heave load acceleration that the dynamic control laws can easily track. The designed nonlinear flight control laws are verified in simulation based on the comprehensive model of the quadrotor. The simulation results demonstrate that the resulting closed-loop system can successfully implement the maneuvering flight in high speed and large acceleration as well as its robustness against the model uncertainties is well. The introduction of the derivative commands of the roll and pitch angles yields a novel flight mode in which the quadrotor head points to a designated direction while the quadrotor conducts the maneuvering flight.","PeriodicalId":246293,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114458448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrated Navigation Based on DME+VOR/INS Under the Integrated Radio Condition","authors":"L. Yu, Zhu Haifeng, Wei Huabo, Wu Min, Zhu Huizhu","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453337","url":null,"abstract":"In view of the lack of accuracy of INS/GNSS integrated navigation system under the condition of missing satellite navigation (GNSS) signals in specific environment, this paper proposes a DME+VOR/INS integrated navigation method, which tightly coupled INS information and DME+VOR information. For the problem that DME+VOR positioning accuracy is not high and there is a great deal of uncertainty, DME+VOR navigation information is corrected by high dynamic INS navigation information in advance. In view of the existence of the integrate radio system, the information of DME+VOR is uncertain, such as the update time, the new cycle measurement, and the bad environmental interference. By introducing the Sigmoid confidence function, the confidence degree of the information calculated by DME+VOR is extracted. Finally, through the calculation of INS, DME+VOR and electronic compass, the state equation and measurement equation based on EKF are established. The simulation results show that DME+VOR/INS integrated navigation can significantly improve the navigation accuracy of the system, and to meet the navigation and location requirements of the aircraft in the absence of other auxiliary navigation sources such as GNSS signal.","PeriodicalId":246293,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122316346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptive Path Planning for Unmanned Aircraft Using In-flight Wind Velocity Estimation","authors":"S. Benders, A. Wenz, T. Johansen","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453341","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453341","url":null,"abstract":"Small fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle’s path following performance is highly dependent to the local prevailing wind conditions because of their limited airspeed and flight envelope. In the proposed approach the path following performance is improved, not by optimized control algorithms, but by using wind adaptive path planning. We use a wind velocity estimation, which is capable of estimating steady and turbulent wind using a basic set of small unmanned aircraft on-board sensors. The path planning algorithm considers the aircraft’s kinematics, flight envelope and wind estimate. Simulation results show an improved path following performance and a better exploitation of the flight performance of an unmanned aircraft by the use of the wind adaptive path planning algorithm.","PeriodicalId":246293,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"44 25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133339890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vision-based Integrated Navigation System and Optimal Allocation in Formation Flying","authors":"J. Giribet, I. Mas, Patricio Moreno","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453429","url":null,"abstract":"This article proposes an integrated navigation system for multiple micro aerial vehicles flying in formation. A data fusion algorithm uses measurements from an inertial measurement unit, a GPS receiver, and a camera allowing to use the positioning information of the surrounding vehicles to improve its estimation. A measure of the navigation performance of the formation is defined. Based on such measure, the position where each vehicle should be located in the formation is studied to guarantee the best overall navigation quality.","PeriodicalId":246293,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132538807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vibration-Based Propeller Fault Diagnosis for Multicopters","authors":"Behnam Ghalamchi, M. Mueller","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453400","url":null,"abstract":"We present a method for detecting faults in a multicopter's motor/propeller by analysis of the vibration spectrum as measured by an onboard accelerometer. Physical damage to a propeller causes additional vibration in the system during operation, and early detection of such faults may prevent further damage and potentially later catastrophic failure. In the proposed method, only a built-in accelerometer (as typically used by a multicopters flight computer) is used to provide vibration data of the vehicle, and no additional sensors are required. We exploit the fact that the motors rotate at different speeds during different phases of maneuvers, allowing a spectral analysis of measured vibrations to isolate a damaged motor. This method is shown to be effective at identifying multiple damaged propellers as well, and experimental results are presented to validate the concept.","PeriodicalId":246293,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133150937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Fast Obstacle Collision Avoidance Algorithm for Fixed Wing UAS","authors":"Zijie Lin, L. Castano, Huan Xu","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453307","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a novel fast collision avoidance algorithm for navigation in 3D space of fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). This algorithm is aimed at increasing the ability of aircraft operations to complete mission goals by enabling fast collision avoidance of multiple obstacles. The new algorithm, named Flexible Geometric Algorithm (FGA), combines geometric avoidance of obstacles and selection of a critical avoidance start time based on kinematic considerations. FGA reduced computational time by 90% when compared to current waypoint generation methods for collision avoidance. The starting point for the avoidance time window is determined by collision likelihood. Using this algorithm, the (Unmanned Air Vehicle) UAV is able to avoid static and dynamic obstacles while still being able to recover its original trajectory after successful collision avoidance. Simulations for different mission scenarios show that this method is much more efficient at avoiding multiple obstacles than other methods. Algorithm effectiveness validation is provided with Monte Carlo simulations and parametric results. In addition, this algorithm does not have specific requirements on the sensor data types and can be applied to cooperative and non-cooperative intruders.","PeriodicalId":246293,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115697276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptive Neural Network Based Intelligent Control for Unmanned Aerial Systems with System Uncertainties and Disturbances","authors":"Mohammad Jafari, Hao Xu","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453450","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes an adaptive neural network based intelligent controller to stabilize the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) under complex environment including system uncertainties, unknown noise and/or disturbance. The proposed adaptive neural network controller is based on a class of artificial neural network, named Radial Basis Function (RBF) networks. Firstly, we develop a neural network based identifier that can handle the unknown dynamics and uncertainties in the system. Then, a neural network based controller is generated based on both the identified model of the system and the linear or nonlinear controller. The linear or nonlinear controller is utilized to ensure the stability of the system during its online training phase. The learning capability of the proposed intelligent controller makes it a promising approach to take system uncertainties, noises and/or disturbances into account. The satisfactory performance of the proposed intelligent controller is validated based on the computer based simulation results of a benchmark UAS with system uncertainties and disturbances, such as wind gusts disturbance.","PeriodicalId":246293,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115697997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coordinated Standoff Tracking of a Ground Moving Target and the Phase Separation Problem","authors":"Nick-Marios T. Kokolakis, N. Koussoulas","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453292","url":null,"abstract":"We extend existing results regarding the kinematics stability of the cooperative standoff tracking of a stationary target by a single UAV as well as a team of UAVs based on a guidance vector field. Furthermore, we examine the so called phase separation problem and by treating simultaneously the convergence toward the desired standoff radius, heading and angular difference between the tracking vehicles, we arrive at guidance laws that are globally asymptotically stable and at the same time reveal a tradeoff between overshoot and speed of convergence to the loitering circle. Simulations are performed to verify the results and demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed guidance laws.","PeriodicalId":246293,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117232188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}