The Transition Phase of a Gun-Launched Micro Air Vehicle

The present paper addresses the transition stage of a Gun-Launched Micro Air Vehicle (GLMAV) whose main goal is to rapidly position a rotorcraft MAV over a high-risk scene (Prison riots, blind zones: e.g. over-the-hill, etc.). The development of this robotic platform is part of an overall ongoing pr...

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Published in:Journal of intelligent & robotic systems 2013-04, Vol.70 (1-4), p.119-131
Main Authors: Chauffaut, Corentin, Escareno, Juan, Lozano, Rogelio
Format: Article
Language:English
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Automatic
Engineering Sciences
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Summary:The present paper addresses the transition stage of a Gun-Launched Micro Air Vehicle (GLMAV) whose main goal is to rapidly position a rotorcraft MAV over a high-risk scene (Prison riots, blind zones: e.g. over-the-hill, etc.). The development of this robotic platform is part of an overall ongoing project (GLMAV) headed by the St. Louis French-German Research Institute (ISL). The vehicle is launched at a distance of 500 m and a height of 100 m, where the GLMAV will collect and transmit visual information from the scene. Issues raising from the use of the gun-based launching technique are discussed in detail. A control strategy is proposed to overcome such problems and to stabilize the GLMAV. High-fidelity simulations, covering ballistic and transition phases, validate the control policy adopted to face the MAV gun-launching problem.
ISSN:0921-0296
1573-0409
DOI:10.1007/s10846-012-9732-3