Thrust Vectoring Control for Heavy UAVs, Employing a Redundant Communication System

Recently, various research studies have been developed to address communication sensors for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs). In particular, when pondering control difficulties, communication is a crucial component. To this end, strengthening a control algorithm with redundant linking sensors ensures...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-06, Vol.23 (12), p.5561
Main Authors: Ale Isaac, Mohammad Sadeq, Ragab, Ahmed Refaat, Luna, Marco Andrés, Ale Eshagh Khoeini, Mohammad Mehdi, Campoy, Pascual
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actuators
Aircraft
Attitude stability
Aviation
Communications systems
Control equipment
Control theory
Drone aircraft
Propellers
Robust control
Sensors
sliding mode
sommunication
Thrust vector control
thrust vectoring control
UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Summary:Recently, various research studies have been developed to address communication sensors for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs). In particular, when pondering control difficulties, communication is a crucial component. To this end, strengthening a control algorithm with redundant linking sensors ensures the overall system works accurately, even if some components fail. This paper proposes a novel approach to integrate several sensors and actuators for a heavy Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Additionally, a cutting-edge Robust Thrust Vectoring Control (RTVC) technique is designed to control various communicative modules during a flying mission and converge the attitude system to stability. The results of the study demonstrate that even though RTVC is not frequently utilized, it works as well as cascade PID controllers, particularly for multi-rotors with mounted flaps, and could be perfectly functional in UAVs powered by thermal engines to increase the autonomy since the propellers cannot be used as controller surfaces.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s23125561