Experimental Study on Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with Solar Tracker
Abstract
A research continuation for a next stage of our recent completed project on investigation of flight dynamic and control for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) mounting a dual-axis solar tracker. Due to design complexity reason, in this project a multirotor and a serial dual-axis tracker will be used. The system is called multi rigid-body UAV. The control purpose is to have the tracker mechanism track the sun and the UAV flies simultaneously. During a flight mechanism with movable support and second is to build a prototype of UAV with solar tracker for testing. For the first part, the mechanism is mounted on a support plate, which has 3 axes of rotation and can be rotated manually. We will investigate the control performance of the mechanism. By considering the dynamic of the tracker mechanism, a model-based controller is designed and implemented for a tracking purpose. We will also simulate the dynamic model of the mechanism with using the controller and compare simulation result with experimental result. For the second part, a prototype of the multi rigidbody is built for experiment. An existing flight controller for a UAV will be used while the tracker is controlled by our controller.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- May 10, 2022
- Source ID
- FA23862114009XX49
Entities
People
- Sarot Srang
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Institute of Technology of Cambodia
- United States Air Force