Collision Recovery Control of a Foldable Quadrotor

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Autori principali: Patnaik, Karishma, Mishra, Shatadal, Chase, Zachary, Zhang, Wenlong
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Pubblicazione: 2021
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author Patnaik, Karishma
Mishra, Shatadal
Chase, Zachary
Zhang, Wenlong
author_facet Patnaik, Karishma
Mishra, Shatadal
Chase, Zachary
Zhang, Wenlong
contents Autonomous missions of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are prone to collisions owing to environmental disturbances and localization errors. Consequently, a UAV that can endure collisions and perform recovery control in critical aerial missions is desirable to prevent loss of the vehicle and/or payload. We address this problem by proposing a novel foldable quadrotor system which can sustain collisions and recover safely. The quadrotor is designed with integrated mechanical compliance using a torsional spring such that the impact time is increased and the net impact force on the main body is decreased. The post-collision dynamics is analysed and a recovery controller is proposed which stabilizes the system to a hovering location without additional collisions. Flight test results on the proposed and a conventional quadrotor demonstrate that for the former, integrated spring-damper characteristics reduce the rebound velocity and lead to simple recovery control algorithms in the event of unintended collisions as compared to a rigid quadrotor of the same dimension.
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spellingShingle Collision Recovery Control of a Foldable Quadrotor
Patnaik, Karishma
Mishra, Shatadal
Chase, Zachary
Zhang, Wenlong
Robotics
Systems and Control
Autonomous missions of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are prone to collisions owing to environmental disturbances and localization errors. Consequently, a UAV that can endure collisions and perform recovery control in critical aerial missions is desirable to prevent loss of the vehicle and/or payload. We address this problem by proposing a novel foldable quadrotor system which can sustain collisions and recover safely. The quadrotor is designed with integrated mechanical compliance using a torsional spring such that the impact time is increased and the net impact force on the main body is decreased. The post-collision dynamics is analysed and a recovery controller is proposed which stabilizes the system to a hovering location without additional collisions. Flight test results on the proposed and a conventional quadrotor demonstrate that for the former, integrated spring-damper characteristics reduce the rebound velocity and lead to simple recovery control algorithms in the event of unintended collisions as compared to a rigid quadrotor of the same dimension.
title Collision Recovery Control of a Foldable Quadrotor
topic Robotics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.12273