Fast Adaptive Maneuvering Experiment (Fame)

Abstract

The Fast Adaptive Maneuvering Experiment (FAME) is designed to provide neural network (NN) researchers with a physical, non-linear system of modest dimensionality with coupled dynamics. The system to be controlled is a commercially available model electric helicopter (Whisper) which is secured to a commercially-available stand (Flitemaster, Jr.) which has been modified to limit its range of motion and make it suitable for laboratory operation. The stand has been instrumented with potentiometers to measure all 6 degrees-of-freedom (6- DOF). In order to make the interface to the system as simple as possible a Motorola MC68HCll microcontroller unit (MCU) has been employed to implement the RS-232 communications protocol, convert the voltages on the potentiometers into angles (8-bit quantization), perform the coordinate conversions to a Cartesian space, reply to requests from the NN controller for helicopter position, and translate commands from the NN controller into appropriate servo commands.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 1992
Accession Number
ADA265203

Entities

People

  • Kenneth J. Hintz

Organizations

  • George Mason University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calibration
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Compilers
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Connectors
  • Conversion
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Helicopters
  • Linear Systems
  • Measurement
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Design
  • Software Development

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - Neural Networks
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers