Line-of-Sight Path Following Control on UAV with Sideslip Estimation and Compensation

Yintao Zhang, Youmin Zhang, Zhixiang Liu, Ziquan Yu, Yaohong Qu

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Abstract

This paper presents a new online reconfigurable line-of-sight (LOS) path following control approach for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). First, a time-varying lookahead distance mechanism is developed for guaranteeing agile and abrupt actions of the UAV by moving it towards the desired path from which the UAV is far away, while generating more smooth operations of the UAV to reduce the fluctuations when it is close to the demanded path. Then, a self-adjustable integral LOS guidance strategy is devised to effectively compensate the steady-state errors and sideslip angles which are caused by the negative impacts from wind. The neural network technique is employed for learning and regulating control parameters of the proposed guidance law online in order to precisely counteract the adverse effects of time-varying wind-induced sideslips. Finally, extensive simulation studies are carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed path following methodology.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 37th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2018
EditorsXin Chen, Qianchuan Zhao
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages4711-4716
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9789881563941
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Oct 2018
Event37th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2018 - Wuhan, China
Duration: 25 Jul 201827 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameChinese Control Conference, CCC
Volume2018-July
ISSN (Print)1934-1768
ISSN (Electronic)2161-2927

Conference

Conference37th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period25/07/1827/07/18

Keywords

  • Environmental disturbance
  • Line-of-sight
  • Path following
  • Unmanned aerial vehicle

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