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Autonomous landing system for a UAV / Autonomous landing system for a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited / This thesis is part of an ongoing research conducted at the Naval Postgraduate School to achieve the autonomous shipboard landing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Two main problems are addressed in this thesis. The first is to establish communication between the UAV's ground station and the Autonomous Landing Flight Control Computer effectively. The second addresses the design and implementation of an autonomous landing controller using classical control techniques. Device drivers for the sensors and the communications protocol were developed in ANSI C. The overall system was implemented in a PC104 computer running a real-time operating system developed by The Mathworks, Inc. Computer and hardware in the loop (HIL) simulation, as well as ground test results show the feasibility of the algorithm proposed here. Flight tests are scheduled to be performed in the near future. / Lieutenant Junior Grade, Mexican Navy

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/1655
Date03 1900
CreatorsLizarraga, Mariano I.
ContributorsRoberto Cristi, Isaac Kaminer, Hutchins, Robert G., Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
PublisherMonterey California. Naval Postgraduate School
Source SetsNaval Postgraduate School
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatxviii, 127 : ill. (chiefly col.), application/pdf
RightsCopyright is reserved by the copyright owner

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