Title
Nonlinear $\boldsymbol{\mathcal{H}}_{\boldsymbol\infty}$ Control of UAVs for Collision Avoidance in Gusty Environments
Abstract
This paper proposes a nonlinear $\mathcal{H}_{\infty}$ controller for stabilization of velocities, attitudes and angular rates of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a windy environment. The suggested controller aims to achieve a steady-state flight condition in the presence of wind gusts such that the host UAV can be maneuvered to avoid collision with other UAVs during cruise flight with safety guarantees. This paper begins with building a proper model capturing flight aerodynamics of UAVs. Then a nonlinear controller is developed with gust attenuation and rapid response properties. Simulations are conducted for the Shadow UAV to verify performance of the proposed controller. Comparative studies with the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers demonstrate that the proposed controller exhibits great performance improvement in a gusty environment, making it suitable for integration into the design of flight control systems for cruise flight of UAVs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1007/s10846-012-9753-y
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
Keywords
DocType
Volume
host UAV,steady-state flight condition,cruise flight,great performance improvement,Gusty Environments,proposed controller,suggested controller,flight control system,flight aerodynamics,nonlinear controller,Shadow UAV,Collision Avoidance
Journal
69
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1-4
0921-0296
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.63
3
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xilin Yang1264.21
Luis Mejias214315.42
timothy l molloy3219.43