Dead reckoning and Kalman filter design for trajectory tracking of a quadrotor UAV

Qing Li Zhou, Youmin Zhang, Yao Hong Qu, Camille Alain Rabbath

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Abstract

The dynamic equations of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), namely Qball-X4, are analyzed and built, trajectory tracking control design based on an inner/outer loop control structure is proposed in this paper. The method of analytic geometry is used in dead-reckoning, discrete Kalman filter has been applied to trajectory tracking for improving the accuracy of estimated location. Integrated online waypoints pre-planning and trajectory tracking control have been carried out. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2010 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, MESA 2010
Pages119-124
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event2010 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, MESA 2010 - QingDao, China
Duration: 15 Jul 201017 Jul 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2010 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, MESA 2010

Conference

Conference2010 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, MESA 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityQingDao
Period15/07/1017/07/10

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