Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-02-22T20:15:09Z No. of bitstreams: 1 JoaoGutembergBarbosaDeFariasFilho_DISSERT.pdf: 3897527 bytes, checksum: ee9805fc353cbac5ca3716f673a21d0c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-03-08T22:09:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 JoaoGutembergBarbosaDeFariasFilho_DISSERT.pdf: 3897527 bytes, checksum: ee9805fc353cbac5ca3716f673a21d0c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-08T22:09:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoaoGutembergBarbosaDeFariasFilho_DISSERT.pdf: 3897527 bytes, checksum: ee9805fc353cbac5ca3716f673a21d0c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-30 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / O trabalho trata da aplica??o do Controle Preditivo com o proposto M?todo da Compensa??o de N?o-Linearidades para o controle de um quadric?ptero. Esse m?todo consiste de utilizar o modelo n?o-linear do sistema para prever e inserir n?o-linearidades na formula??o do controle preditivo por meio de uma estrutura afim. Dentro do contexto de controle de um quadric?ptero, o controlador proposto ? comparado, atrav?s de simula??es num?ricas, com o controlador preditivo linear tradicional. Posteriormente experimentos s?o feitos com um quadric?ptero real montado em uma bancada de testes. Como resultado o uso do m?todo proposto trouxe um ganho de desempenho consider?vel quando o estado do sistema se distanciou do ponto de opera??o em que foi linearizado. / This study analises the application of Model Predictive Control (MPC) with the proposed Nonlinear Compensation Method in order to control a quadcopter. This method is based on the use of the system?s nonlinear model to predict and insert nonlinearities in the predictive control formulation by means of an affine structure. With respect to the control of a quadcopter, the proposed controller is compared, using numerical simulations, to the traditional linear predictive controller. After that, experiments were made with a real quadcopter mounted in a test bench. As a result, the use of the proposed method brought a considerable perfomance improvement when the system?s state were farther apart from the operation point in which it was linearized.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-12-15T16:27:02Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ManoelPedroDeMedeirosNeto_DISSERT.pdf: 3664081 bytes, checksum: f1856f73174bde3b90b40604d7d1ae0e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-12-15T16:36:27Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 ManoelPedroDeMedeirosNeto_DISSERT.pdf: 3664081 bytes, checksum: f1856f73174bde3b90b40604d7d1ae0e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-15T16:36:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ManoelPedroDeMedeirosNeto_DISSERT.pdf: 3664081 bytes, checksum: f1856f73174bde3b90b40604d7d1ae0e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-29 / Ve?culos n?o tripulados est?o cada vez mais presentes no cotidiano das empresas e das pessoas, pois esse tipo de ve?culo est? de forma crescente desempenhando atividades que anteriormente eram apenas executadas por seres humanos. No entanto, para se compreender melhor o potencial de ve?culos n?o tripulados, ? importante conhecer seus tipos, caracter?sticas, aplica??es, limita??es e desafios, pois somente com esse conhecimento pode-se entender as potencialidades do uso de ve?culos dessa natureza em aplica??es variadas. Nesse contexto, na primeira parte desta pesquisa foram estudados os diferentes tipos de ve?culos n?o tripulados, i.e. terrestres, aqu?ticos, a?reos e h?bridos. Durante a segunda fase da pesquisa, foi realizado um aprofundamento tendo como foco as interfaces de usu?rio para controle dos ve?culos a?reos n?o tripulados. Esses dois levantamentos iniciais do dom?nio, permitiram a identifica??o de desafios e oportunidades para o desenvolvimento de novas aplica??es para esse contexto. Com base no conhecimento adquirido com esses estudos, ent?o, foi desenvolvido um sistema de entrega automatizada de objetos para o campus de Universidades, denominado de PostDrone University, e desenvolvido um ve?culo a?reo n?o tripulado para realizar as entregas, denominado de PostDrone University UAV K-263. O sistema possui uma interface de usu?rio de f?cil uso, que n?o requer conhecimentos de dom?nios espec?ficos como avia??o ou controle de aeronaves para sua opera??o. Por fim, diversos testes foram realizados com o intuito de validar e identificar as limita??es da solu??o desenvolvida nesta pesquisa. / Unmanned vehicles are increasingly present in the daily of companies and people, because this kind of vehicle is performing ever more tasks that were previously only executed by human beings. However, to better understand the potential of unmanned vehicles, it is important to know their types, features, applications, limitations and challenges, thus with this knowledge it is possible to comprehend the possibilities of use of these vehicles in several applications. In this context, the first step of the present research consists in studying the different kinds of unmanned vehicles, i.e., ground, surface and underwater, aerial, and hybrid. During the second step of the research, a deepening study was accomplished, with focus on user interfaces of unmanned aerial vehicles. These two initial reviews of the domain allowed the identification of challenges and opportunities to the development of new applications for this context. Based on the acquired knowledge from these studies, then, an automated goods delivery system was developed for universities? campuses, called PostDrone University, and an unmanned vehicle to make the deliveries, called PostDrone University UAV K-263, was also developed. The system has an easy use UI, which does not require the user to have knowledge about specific domains, as aviation or aircraft control, for the operation of the system. Lastly, several test were accomplished aiming to validate the solution proposed in the present research and identify its limitations / 2018-03-31