Design of an Autonomous Drone
Wu Yu · 2025
This project mainly focuses on the design of an Autonomous Drone, which consist of the control system, a simulation, and the aerodynamic properties. eVTOL aircraft constitute a large family with various configurations. In this project, the object of discussion is a quadrotor drone. The control system is the central part of the autonomous drone, and so that is the main point of discussion. The control system includes the PID controllers, LQR controllers, and some other relative control methods. In this sense, the main difficulty involves building the systems and performing correct operation. MATLAB and SOLIDWORKS are applied to assess and discuss the system and it properties. In this project, the drone is first designed by using SOLIDWORKS. After that, the model is utilized to perform the analysis and simulation. The results show that the system can achieve the target value in a short timeframe. Also, the flight trajectory largely conforms to the projected expectations. The simulation results from MATLAB show that the control accuracy and stability of the PID controllers can meet the needs of a simple autonomous drone control system.