Control of attitude angle for a tilted quadrotor

Atsushi Arakawa; Tomohiko Hasegawa; Keigo Watanabe; Isaku Nagai

doi:10.1109/ICMA.2018.8484436

Control of attitude angle for a tilted quadrotor

Atsushi Arakawa, Tomohiko Hasegawa, Keigo Watanabe, Isaku Nagai

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Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been studied as a means of information gathering in the event of a disaster. Among them, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) type UAVs called quadrotor attract high attention. A quadrotor has four rotors and has the feature of controlling the attitude and the position by changing the number of revolutions in each rotor. In addition, it can perform VTOL and hovering, and is relatively superior to other UAVs in maneuverability. However, it is inferior to fixed-wing type UAVs in flight speed and cruising distance. In the event of a disaster like an earthquake that causes major damage to the environment, it needs not only take-off and landing in narrow space but also quick and widespread information gathering. In this research, we aim to develop the quadrotor that can perform not only VTOL and hovering, but also high-speed flight and long distance flight by mounting a tilt mechanism to each rotor in the conventional quadrotor. In this paper, we describe the outline of a tilted quadrotor and the control method of attitude angles. In addition, we report real machine experiments to verify the usefulness of the aircraft.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1844-1849
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538660720
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2018.8484436
Publication status	Published - Oct 5 2018
Event	15th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2018 - Changchun, China Duration: Aug 5 2018 → Aug 8 2018

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Other	15th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2018
Country/Territory	China
City	Changchun
Period	8/5/18 → 8/8/18

Keywords

Quadrotor
Tilt mechanism
UAV

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biomedical Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Control and Optimization

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Control of attitude angle for a tilted quadrotor. / Arakawa, Atsushi; Hasegawa, Tomohiko; Watanabe, Keigo et al.

Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. p. 1844-1849 8484436.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Arakawa, A, Hasegawa, T, Watanabe, K & Nagai, I 2018, Control of attitude angle for a tilted quadrotor. in Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2018., 8484436, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1844-1849, 15th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2018, Changchun, China, 8/5/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2018.8484436

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