Modular scalable system for operation and testing of UAVs

Autor: Andreas Klöckner, Marc Schwarzbach, Gertjan Looye, Maximilian Laiacker, Ingo Kossyk, Dominik Sommer, Konstantin Kondak
Rok vydání: 2013
Předmět:
mass 100 kg
Engineering
mechanical engineering computing
control law integrated design
software-in-the-loop-simulations
Scheduling (computing)
modular scalable system
Mathematical model
Software
mobile robots
execution monitoring
MATLAB
computer.programming_language
media_common
control engineering computing
Perzeption und Kognition
System monitoring
debugging
Flugzeug-Systemdynamik
Atmospheric modeling
control law integrated analysis
autonomous aerial vehicles
mass 10 kg
rotary wing UAV
system monitoring
solar powered high altitude platform
computer debugging
take-off mass
media_common.quotation_subject
ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS
aerospace computing
Hardware
Modelica-models. The
fixed wing UAV
ELHASPA
Integrated design
business.industry
aerospace components
vehicle dynamics
Hardware-in-the-loop simulation
Adaptation models
Modular design
Matlab-Simulink-models
scheduling monitoring
mission software modification
hardware-in-the-loop simulations
Debugging
Embedded system
communication monitoring
Solid modeling
control software modification
business
computer
Actuators
Zdroj: ACC
DOI: 10.1109/acc.2013.6580042
Popis: In this paper we present a system for operation and testing of different UAVs. The system allows easy development and modification of control and mission software. The system is composed of hard- and software modules with a standardized interface. We have been using the system with rotary and fixed wing UAVs with a take-off mass between 10 and 100 kg. For larger platforms the system can be used in a redundant setup. The software modules are integrated in a special real-time framework, which supports execution, scheduling, communication and system monitoring. A modular simulation and control infrastructure allows for flexible, integrated design and analysis of control laws. The code for the computational part of the modules can be generated from Matlab/Simulink-models or from Modelica-models. The system supports debugging, soft- and hardware in the loop simulations, operator training as well as real flight experiments. The main design concepts are explained at hand of our solar powered high altitude platform ELHASPA and the 10 years experience in development and operation will be summarized.
Databáze: OpenAIRE