A control system focused on minimizing drift: specification of a VTOL

• Grant number: 12/13641-1
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Effective date (Start): November 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): January 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computer Systems
• Principal researcher: Kalinka Regina Lucas Jaquie Castelo Branco
• Grantee: Natassya Barlate Floro da Silva
• Home Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 13/18562-5 - Improving control algorithms with data estimation, BE.EP.DD

Abstract

This project has the objective to develop a new control system focused on the application of pesticides on crops to minimize drift. The applications of pesticides currently performed in rural areas of Brazil, still is characterized by high energy and products waste, coupled with the inefficiency of the control results. The increasing costs of chemicals, labor and energy, coupled with growing concern regarding the impacts environmental and social damage caused by using improper application of such products and equipment, have highlighted the need for improvement of the methods, techniques, processes and equipment, as well as to establish appropriate procedures for spraying pesticides on crops. The majority of applications involving UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) in agriculture uses it as a platform for remote sensing. This project differs because UAV is used for direct sensing, ie, he has contact with the object sensed. The usefulness of aerial spraying in countries with large cultivated areas such as Brazil can not be questioned. The development of a new control system for a VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) UAV type will be conducted to the construction of a system that is stable enough to allow monitoring the manned aircraft flight responsible for spray (taking into account the characteristics of strong wind and other parameters). (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SILVA, NATASSYA B. F.; FONTES, JOAO V. C.; INOUE, ROBERTO S.; BRANCO, KALINKA R. L. J. C.. Dynamic Inversion and Gain-Scheduling Control for an Autonomous Aerial Vehicle with Multiple Flight Stages. JOURNAL OF CONTROL AUTOMATION AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, v. 29, n. 3, p. 328-339, JUN 2018. (12/13641-1)

SILVA, NATASSYA B. F.; PIGATTO, DANIEL F.; MARTINS, PAULO S.; BRANCO, KALINKA R. L. J. C.. Case studies of performance evaluation of cryptographic algorithms for an embedded system and a general purpose computer. JOURNAL OF NETWORK AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, v. 60, p. 130-143, JAN 2016. (08/57870-9, 12/08498-5, 12/13641-1, 12/16171-6)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SILVA, Natassya Barlate Floro da. Development of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle specification of a fixed-wing vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. 2018. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC/SB) São Carlos.