Control Systems

Laboratory platform for stabilization and attitude control of an electrical helicopter
(from august 2003 to june 2004)

• Members:
  • Geovany Araújo Borges
  • Antônio Padilha Lanari Bo (B.Sc. student, Mechatronics Eng.)
  • Hélio Henrique Fonseca Miranda (B.Sc. student, Mechatronics Eng.)
• Goals: Modelling and attitude stabilization of a low-cost RC helicopter mounted on a 3-D universal joint. IBM-PC interface for data visualization and attitude reference through an off the shelf joystick.
• Activities: mechanical design of the universal joint, electronc intrumentation, real-time programming, microcontroller interface, atittude control design, neural-network-based prediction model identification.
• Documents:
  • Antônio Padilha Lanari Bo and Hélio Henrique Fonseca Miranda, "CONCEPÇÃO DE UMA PLATAFORMA EXPERIMENTAL PARA ESTUDO DE CONTROLE DE UM MODELO REDUZIDO DE HELICÓPTERO", B.Sc. conclusion report in Mechatronics Eng., june 2004. (PDF). (in brazilian portuguese).
• Photos:

Helicopter and a view of the system

• Videos:
  • Open loop test (WMV)
  • Open loop test with human operators (WMV)
  • Closed loop PID control (WMV)
  • Closed loop PID control with disturbing (WMV)