A FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SMART TILT-ROTOR DRONE

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14779272

Authors

  • Nickolay Zosimovych Professor, National Aviation University NAU, Liubomyra Guzara Ave., 1, NAU, kor 7, 03058, Kyiv, Ukraine

Keywords:

Tilt-rotor drone (TRD), vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), control, vehicle control language (VCL), vision, strategy, inertial navigation system (INS), global positioning system (GPS).

Abstract

This paper presents a hierarchical flight control system for smart tilt-rotor drones. The proposed approach performs high-level mission goals by gradually confirming them into machine-level instructions. The learned data from numerous sensors is spread backside to the greater levels for sensitive decision making. Each vertical take-off and landing drone is linked through regular wireless communication rules for an accessible multi-agent facility. The proposed flight control system has been effectively employed on several types of smart tilt-rotor drones and has been validated in some applications. Solutions from waypoint navigation, a probabilistic chase-evasion competition, and vision-based object chasing show the capability of the recommended method for intelligent drones

Published

2025-01-31

How to Cite

Zosimovych, N. (2025). A FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SMART TILT-ROTOR DRONE. SADI International Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology (SIJSET), 12(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14779272

Issue

Section

Original Peer Review Articles

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