1A2-O11 Development and Flight Control of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle That Has a Vertical Canard(Aerial Robot and Mechatronics)
Kenta Go, Atsushi Konno, Takaaki Matsumoto, Atsushi Oosedo, Kouji Masuko, Masaru Uchiyama · The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) · 2011
Recent downsizing and high performing of the computer enable aircrafts to fly without pilot. Such aircrafts are called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). UAVs are mainly operating risky mission which is difficult to execute by manned aircrafts. In particular, the aerial photography is primary mission of UAVs. The conventional aircraft rolls when it changes direction and heading. But, a roll angle change causes a swing of the onboard camera and a poor reception of the GPS. Thus, a lateral directional motion without rolling is required. It is called a lateral translation mode. In this research, the UAV capable of a lateral translation mode was developed. It has a vertical canard as a means of a lateral translation mode. In addition, a control scheme that enables lateral translation is proposed and we carried out a lateral translation flight experiment.