Nonlinear control of a tethered UAV: The taut cable case

• Autores: M.C. Nicotra, Roberto Nardi, Emanuele Garone
• Localización: Automatica: A journal of IFAC the International Federation of Automatic Control, ISSN 0005-1098, Vol. 78, 2017, págs. 174-184
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Abstract This paper focuses on the design of a stabilizing control law for an aerial vehicle physically connected to a ground station by means of a tether cable. By taking advantage of the tensile force acting along the taut cable, it is shown that the tethered UAV can maintain a non-zero attitude while hovering in a constant position. The control objective is to stabilize the desired configuration while simultaneously ensuring that the cable remains taut at all times. This leads to a nonlinear control problem subject to constraints. This paper provides a two-step solution. First, the system is stabilized using a cascade control scheme based on thrust vectoring. Then, constraint satisfaction is guaranteed using a novel Reference Governor scheme.