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Publication date: 6 March 2017

Halit Firat Erdogan, Ayhan Kural and Can Ozsoy

The purpose of this paper is to design a controller for the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to design a controller for the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Design/methodology/approach

In this study, the constrained multivariable multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) model predictive controller (MPC) has been designed to control all outputs by manipulating inputs. The aim of the autopilot of UAV is to keep the UAV around trim condition and to track airspeed commands.

Findings

The purpose of using this control method is to decrease the control effort under the certain constraints and deal with interactions between each output and input while tracking airspeed commands.

Originality/value

By using constraint, multivariable (four inputs and seven outputs) MPC unlike the relevant literature in this field, the UAV tracked airspeed commands with minimum control effort dealing with interactions between each input and output under disturbances such as wind.

Details

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 89 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1748-8842

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