QUADROTOR CONTROL SYSTEM

MARK WILSON - 200800005

UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

STUDY LEADER – PROF. FRANCOIS DU PLESSIS

CONTENTS

• PROBLEM STATEMENT• POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS• QUADROTOR• CONTROL• SCOPE• PROGRESS

PROBLEM STATEMENT

COAL PILE VOLUME MEASUREMENT

50°23’36’’, 33°45’22’’52°43’30’’, 32°55’13’’

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

QUADROTOR

IMAGE PROCESSING

QUADROTOR

QUADROTOR

• CONTROL SYSTEMS• COMPUTER SYSTEM AND SENSOR

INTEGRATION• IMAGE PROCESSING• POWER MANAGEMENT,

CONSTRUCTION AND TELEMENTARY SYSTEM

QUADROTOR CONTROL

• Pitch and Roll Stabilisation• Yaw Control

• Altitude Control

• Positional Co-ordination

SCOPE

RISK RISK RISK

SAFETY RIGS

SCOPE

TEMPORARY PLATFORM

CONTROL DESIGN METHODS

• Model Based Design

• Non-Model Based Design-PID Design

-MATLAB Simulink Model-MATLAB Simulink PID Autotune

-Control Testing on Safety Rig and Temp Platform-Parameter Tuning-Loops within Loops

PROGRESS

MOTOR TEST PLATFORM

PROGRESS

MATLAB SIMULINK MODEL

PROGRESS

TEMPORARY CONTROL TEST PLATFORM

ARDUINO BASED

PROGRESS

TEST RIG

SUMMARY

• QUADROTOR SOLUTION FOR COAL PILE VOLUME MEASREUMENT

• PROGRESS – MATLAB MODEL, MOTOR TESTING, ARDUINO PLATFORM, ROLL AND PITCH TEST RIG

• PID AND MATLAB MODEL BASED• QUADROTOR CONTROL

TO DO

• WORK ON ARDUINO• BUILD TEST RIG FOR ALTITUDE

CONTROL TESTING• CONTINUE CONTROL

DESIGN ON MATLAB• TEST TEST TEST

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS