UCSC_ASL/IST_ISR VTOL UAV Control Testing - I

UC Santa Cruz (Autonomous Systems Lab) and Instito Superior Technico (Instituto Superior Robotica) demonstrate their VTOL UAV under closed loop control. A pilot is closing the position loop at low bandwidth, the control gains are being adjusted, and at the end of the video, the ESC overheats and causes the port motor to die towards the end (the suspension system catches the plane). The middle excursion shows that the control system can only keep the plane stabilized within approximately 30 degrees of vertical (due to the non-linearities creeping in).

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• UCSC
• ASL
• IST
• ISR
• VTOL
• UAV
• Feedback
• Control
• Autonomous
• Flight