L1 Adaptive Control for Wind Gust Rejection in Quad-Rotor UAV Wind Turbine Inspection

Suárez Fernández, Ramón ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4102-5899, Domínguez Cabrerizo, Sergio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9498-5407 and Campoy Cervera, Pascual ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9894-2009 (2017). L1 Adaptive Control for Wind Gust Rejection in Quad-Rotor UAV Wind Turbine Inspection. In: "2017 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)", 13-16 June 2017, Dallas, Texas, USA. ISBN 978-1-5090-4494-8. pp. 1840-1849.

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Title: L1 Adaptive Control for Wind Gust Rejection in Quad-Rotor UAV Wind Turbine Inspection
Author/s:
Item Type: Presentation at Congress or Conference (Article)
Event Title: 2017 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)
Event Dates: 13-16 June 2017
Event Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Title of Book: 2017 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)
Date: 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5090-4494-8
Subjects:
Faculty: E.T.S.I. Industriales (UPM)
Department: Automática, Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica e Informática Industrial
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

This work presents preliminary results of the control method developed for autonomous inspection of wind turbines. High wind gusts are a major deterrent of outdoor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operations, in which, common classical control methods such as Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control do not perform well. Therefore, more robust adaptive control methods must be employed. We propose the use of an L1 adaptive velocity controller that is capable of fast adaptation and guaranteed robustness while withstanding any disturbances encountered during flights. Considerable increase in performance of the L1 adaptive controller is demonstrated by comparing the proposed approach to a Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) method in simulation and a benchmark PID controller in several real flight experiments with added wind gusts

Funding Projects

Type
Code
Acronym
Leader
Title
Government of Spain
RTC-2014-1977-3
AEROS
Unspecified
INSPECCION AUTONOMA DE AEROGENERADORES EN FUNCIONAMIENTO
Government of Spain
DPI2014-60139-R
Unspecified
Unspecified
AUTONOMIA VISUAL PARA VEHICULOS AEREOS NO TRIPULADOS EN ENTORNOS DINAMICOS

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Item ID: 50730
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/50730/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:50730
Official URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.js...
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 23 Jul 2018 17:46
Last Modified: 23 Jul 2018 17:46
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