Dynamic and control of micro bio-inspired UAV

• Grant number: 23/07344-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2023
• End date: June 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics of Solids
• Principal Investigator: Douglas Domingues Bueno
• Grantee: João Pedro Godoy Nunes da Cunha
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia (FEIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Ilha Solteira. Ilha Solteira , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/03128-7 - Aeroelastic analysis and control of bio-inspired UAVs for engineering applications, AP.PNGP.PI

Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have increasingly gained notoriety as a multipurpose technology. In particular, bioinspired UAV is a class of these vehicles with very different characteristics in comparison with those traditional models with rotating or fixed wings. They have flapping wings as a mechanism for lift and thrust, like birds do. In this context, the present project involves the dynamics and control of a bioinspired UAV. The system is described by two degrees of freedom using the state space representation. A feedback controller is designed in the time domain to fly the UAV in a pre-defined trajectory. The project involves numerical simulations to evaluate the approaches employed to control the aerial vehicle.