Uniform System for the Rapid Prototyping and Testing of Controllers for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

Abstract

The field of control systems has witnessed an explosion in state-space techniques addressing a variety of critical design issues facing control engineers today. Modem computational tools, such as the MATRIX(x) Product Family developed by Integrated Systems Incorporated, allow the designer to quickly design, test and implement control systems based on these state-space techniques. These new computing advances shorten the time required to complete a control design from a few years to a few months. However, as the design process progressed new inputs and outputs were required, which usually resulted in a confusing mess of connections that were hard to follow. Therefore, a universal system was needed that could be used on any controller design to aid in the understanding and tracking of the controller's inputs and outputs. A description of this system is given along with a detailed step by step process on how it was implemented on a Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA322382

Entities

People

  • James A. Zanino

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Integrated Systems
  • Product Prototyping
  • Software Prototyping
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control
  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers