• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.343-352
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• 2016

A multi-rotor vehicle is an unmanned vehicle consisting of multiple rotors. A multi-rotor vehicle can be categorized as tri-, quad-, hexa-, and octo-rotor depending on the number of the rotors. Multi-rotor vehicles have many advantages due to their agile flight capabilities such as the ability for vertical take-off, landing and hovering. Thus, they can be widely used for various applications including surveillance and monitoring in urban areas. Since multi-rotors are subject to uncertain environments and disturbances, it is required to implement robust attitude stabilization and flight control techniques to compensate for this uncertainty. In this research, an advanced nonlinear control algorithm, i.e. sliding mode control, was implemented. Flight experiments were carried out using an onboard flight control computer and various real-time autonomous attitude adjustments. The feasibility and robustness for flying in uncertain environments were also verified through real-time tests based on disturbances to the multi-rotor vehicle.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.571-577
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• 2012

In this paper, we design a flight controller using a dynamic compensator for a small unmanned aerial vehicle. The proposed method ensures flight stability during altitude holding and waypoints passing by improving the transient response and steady state error. The control system consists of dual feedback loops with an inner loop and a outer loop. The inner loop has a PD controller to improves the transient response and the outer loop has a dynamic compensator to reduce overshoot in the transient response and improve the steady state error. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated by flight test on a small UAV.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2010

The tilt-rotor Smart UAV(Unmanned Air Vehicle) has been developed by KARI(Korea Aerospace Research Institute) for civil purposes. In order to prove the reliabilities of total system of Smart UAV, the series of ground tests were performed including system interface test, aircraft HILS(Hardware In the Loop Simulation) Test, ground power test, 4-DOF (Degrees of Freedom)rig test, and tethered hover test. Many unexpected problems occurred at each ground test. With clearing these problems, the total Smart UAV systems were matured and the airworthiness was proven enough. After complete of additional ground test proposed by FRRB(Flight Readiness Review Board), the first flight test will be performed in this year. This paper presents the procedures and the analysis results of the ground tests for the tilt-rotor Smart UAV.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.58-58
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• 2003

과학위성 1호의 컴퓨터 시스템은 지상국 명령 및 데이터 처리, 위성 자세 제어, 위성체 운용, 상태 감시, 탑재체 운용, 배터리의 충방전 제어 등을 담당하며, 우리별 3호 위성을 통하여 검증된 컴퓨터 시스템을 기반으로 개발되었다 과학위성 1호의 컴퓨터 시스템은 탑재 컴퓨터(On-board Computer)와 비행 소프트웨어(Flight Software)로 구성된다. 과학위성 1호의 탑재 컴퓨터는 우리별 3호의 탑재 컴퓨터에 비하여 FPGA를 사용함으로써 크기 및 무게의 소형화를 추구하였고, 네트워크 제어기를 내장함으로써 통신 성능의 개선을 이루었다. 그리고 EEPROM을 장착하여 위성 운용 기간 도중에 발생할 수 있는 소프트웨어의 변경에도 대응하였다 과학위성 1호의 비행 소프트웨어는 우리별 3호의 비행 소프트웨어를 기반으로 하여 과학위성 1호의 명령 및 데이터 처리 시스템과 임무에 적합하도록 개발되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.83-84
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• 2009

최근 다양한 센싱장치와 HCI 디바이스를 결합하여 로봇이나 기계장치를 구동하려는 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 또한 기존의 RC방식의 무인비행체 조작은 관련분야의 전문성을 필요로 할 만큼 접근하기 어려운 면이 있었다. 이에 본 논문에서는 소형 무인비행체(UAV)의 움직임 제어를 위해 데이터 글로브의 손가락 구부러짐을 인식하여 이를 통해 무인비행체를 조작하는 원격조종장치에 관한 시스템 구조 및 프로토콜을 제안한다. 이 시스템을 통해 비전문가로 하여금 무인비행체의 접근성을 높이며 다양한 분야에 활용 할 수 있는 가능성을 제시하고자 한다. 이를 위해 데이터 글로브의 센싱 데이터에 대한 조합 및 해석방식을 정의하고, 이를 데이터 글로브의 손가락 구부러짐 해석에 적용하였다. 또한 조합된 명령신호를 전송하는 무인비행체의 구동 제어를 위한 비동기 Uplink 프로토콜을 제안하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.45 no.12
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• pp.1039-1047
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• 2017

This paper presents a test development of a Fly-By-Wireless flight control system for a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Fly-By-Wireless system (FBWLS) refers to a system that uses a wireless network instead of a wired network to connect sensors and actuators with a flight control computer (FCC), reducing considerable amount of wires. FBWLS enables to design a much lighter aircraft along with decreased maintenance time and cost. In this research we developed a Zigbee-based FWBLS UAV in which sensors (GPS and AHRS) are wirelessly connected via a FCC to aileron and elevator servo motors. In order to see the effect of time delay due to wireless signal on the flight stability of the UAV, several flight tests were conducted. From the tests, it was confirmed that the effect is minor by comparing the flight response of the FBWLS with the corresponding Fly-By-Wire system.

• ICROS
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.57-64
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• 2008

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.87-97
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• 2015

In general, such ground based methods are utilized to validate maneuvering and attitude control logics of a spacecraft by a simulation with a flight software at a design phase and a integrated function test with actual hardwares at a system level. Recently, varification researches using operating simulators are getting increase using compact and precise components under a ground condition. The present paper investigates and summarized the development trend of cold gas propulsion systems for the spacecraft simulators and their major performance characteristics to derive fundamental data which are necessary for a conceptual design of the simulator.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.63-71
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• 2003

This paper presents a robust slewing control of a flexible space structure based on sliding surface design. A sliding surface is designed for a single-axis rest-to-rest slewing in view of target angle, target angular velocity, and root monent of the flexible appendage. In comparison with the Lypunov control law, both controllers guarantee the stability and command tracking capabilities for nominal system. It is also shown that the designed control law provides further robustness to internal/external uncertainties. Extending the results of a single-axis maneuver, a sliding mode control law was sought for an arbitrary three-axis maneuver. Quaternion was used to determine the attitude of a space structure and sliding surfaces were designed for each axis, thereby a robust control law was derived considering the coupling effects between each rotational axis during the maneuver. Several numerical examples were demonstrated to show the effectiveness of the designed control law.

• ICROS
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• v.6 no.5
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• pp.10-16
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• 2000