ALTITUDE TRACKING CONTROL OF AN UNMANNED HELICOPTER

Tri-Quang Le; Nguyen Thi Nhung

Tri-Quang Le Hung Yen University of Technology and Education
Nguyen Thi Nhung Hung Yen University of Technology and Education

Keywords: Unmanned helicopter, flight controller, simulation, fuzzy logic, iterative control

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive study on the design and simulation of an altitude tracking control system fo an unmanned helicopter. The primary objective of this research is to develop a flight controller that capable of precisely maintaining the helicopter’s desired altitude, enabling to perform various critical missions such as surveillance, search and rescue. A proposed method combined fuzzy logic control and iterative learning control, then verified by developed software-in-the-loop under ideal and turbulence environments encountered during flight.

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