Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion(INDI)is a control approach that has gained popularity in flight control over the past decade.Besides the INDI law,several common additional components complement an INDI-based c...Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion(INDI)is a control approach that has gained popularity in flight control over the past decade.Besides the INDI law,several common additional components complement an INDI-based controller.This paper,the second part of a two-part series of surveys on INDI,aims to summarize the modern trends in INDI and its related components.Besides a comprehensive components specification,it addresses their most common challenges,compares different variants,and discusses proposed advances.Further important aspects of INDI are gain design,stability,and robustness.This paper also provides an overview of research conducted concerning these aspects.This paper is written in a tutorial style to familiarize researchers with the essential specifics and pitfalls of INDI and its components.At the same time,it can also serve as a reference for readers already familiar with INDI.展开更多
This paper,the first-part of a two part series of surveys on Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion(INDI),provides an overview of the evolution and developments in INDI.Written in a tutorial style,it presents differe...This paper,the first-part of a two part series of surveys on Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion(INDI),provides an overview of the evolution and developments in INDI.Written in a tutorial style,it presents different basic INDI variants and their specifics,such as modelbased INDI,sensor-based INDI,and hybrid INDI.Furthermore,it sets these different approaches in context with each other.Later developments of INDI explicitly consider actuator dynamics.Those concepts are summarized and discussed in detail.Subsequently,studies that relate INDI to other control methods are summarized.Finally,an overview of various applications of INDI is given,covering different types of control loops and various types of vehicles and plants.This paper seeks to set these developments into context with each other.The purpose of this paper is twofold.INDI is already well-known in the domain of flight control but less so in other fields.Therefore,the paper is written in a comprehensive tutorial style to provide easy access to readers unfamiliar with the topic.On the other hand,the paper can serve as a reference for readers familiar with the topic.展开更多
Harvesting wind energy is promising for extending long-endurance flights,which can be greatly facilitated by a flight technique called dynamic soaring.The presented study is concerned with generating model-based traje...Harvesting wind energy is promising for extending long-endurance flights,which can be greatly facilitated by a flight technique called dynamic soaring.The presented study is concerned with generating model-based trajectories with smooth control histories for dynamic soaring maneuvers exploiting wind gradients.The desired smoothness is achieved by introducing a trigonometric series parameterization for the controls,which are formulated with respect to the normalized time.Specifically,the periodicity of the trigonometric functions is leveraged to facilitate the connection of cycles and streamline the problem formulation.Without relying on a specified wind profile,a freefinal-time quadratic programming-based control strategy is developed for the online correction of the flight trajectory,which requires only the instant wind information.Offline and online numerical studies show the trade-off to achieve the smoothness and demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in a varying wind field.展开更多
The increasing gross weight of electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) poses a challenge in practical applications. The range and endurance of the electric UAV are limited by the fixed mass of the battery package. In th...The increasing gross weight of electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) poses a challenge in practical applications. The range and endurance of the electric UAV are limited by the fixed mass of the battery package. In this work, a design optimization method for the battery package topology of small electric UAV is proposed to enhance the performance. To improve the accuracy of the method, the dynamic battery model and simplified electric component models are presented.These models are utilized by the trajectory optimization method, which takes the dynamic characteristic into consideration to calculate the aircraft performance. The direct optimal control method is used for solving the trajectory optimization problem, and this method is tested on a small blended-wing-body electric aircraft. The test result shows that the range and energy-consumption are mainly influenced by the parallel topology of the battery package, while the flight time in climb phase is more sensitive to the series topology. It is deduced that the range-and energy-optimal design points can be considered concurrently in design optimization. The work proves the feasibility of integrating the trajectory optimization and battery package design.展开更多
This study is dedicated to the development of a direct optimal control-based algorithm for trajectory optimization problems that accounts for the closed-loop stability of the trajectory tracking error dynamics already...This study is dedicated to the development of a direct optimal control-based algorithm for trajectory optimization problems that accounts for the closed-loop stability of the trajectory tracking error dynamics already during the optimization.Consequently,the trajectory is designed such that the Linear Time-Varying(LTV)dynamic system,describing the controller’s error dynamics,is stable,while additionally the desired optimality criterion is optimized and all enforced constraints on the trajectory are fulfilled.This is achieved by means of a Lyapunov stability analysis of the LTV dynamics within the optimization problem using a time-dependent,quadratic Lyapunov function candidate.Special care is taken with regard to ensuring the correct definiteness of the ensuing matrices within the Lyapunov stability analysis,specifically considering a numerically stable formulation of these in the numerical optimization.The developed algorithm is applied to a trajectory design problem for which the LTV system is part of the path-following error dynamics,which is required to be stable.The main benefit of the proposed scheme in this context is that the designed trajectory trades-off the required stability and robustness properties of the LTV dynamics with the optimality of the trajectory already at the design phase and thus,does not produce unstable optimal trajectories the system must follow in the real application.展开更多
Recent advances in networked cooperative autonomous sys-tems offer the potential to significantly improve system quality for a wide range of applications.Progress in embedded processor,sensor,communication,and network...Recent advances in networked cooperative autonomous sys-tems offer the potential to significantly improve system quality for a wide range of applications.Progress in embedded processor,sensor,communication,and networking technology in the last few decades has accelerated interest in networked cooperative autonomous systems,multirobot systems,and distributed sensor networks for applications such as manufacturing,logistics,pro-cess monitoring,enhanced situational awareness,plant safety,inspection,security,and rescue operations.展开更多
文摘Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion(INDI)is a control approach that has gained popularity in flight control over the past decade.Besides the INDI law,several common additional components complement an INDI-based controller.This paper,the second part of a two-part series of surveys on INDI,aims to summarize the modern trends in INDI and its related components.Besides a comprehensive components specification,it addresses their most common challenges,compares different variants,and discusses proposed advances.Further important aspects of INDI are gain design,stability,and robustness.This paper also provides an overview of research conducted concerning these aspects.This paper is written in a tutorial style to familiarize researchers with the essential specifics and pitfalls of INDI and its components.At the same time,it can also serve as a reference for readers already familiar with INDI.
文摘This paper,the first-part of a two part series of surveys on Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion(INDI),provides an overview of the evolution and developments in INDI.Written in a tutorial style,it presents different basic INDI variants and their specifics,such as modelbased INDI,sensor-based INDI,and hybrid INDI.Furthermore,it sets these different approaches in context with each other.Later developments of INDI explicitly consider actuator dynamics.Those concepts are summarized and discussed in detail.Subsequently,studies that relate INDI to other control methods are summarized.Finally,an overview of various applications of INDI is given,covering different types of control loops and various types of vehicles and plants.This paper seeks to set these developments into context with each other.The purpose of this paper is twofold.INDI is already well-known in the domain of flight control but less so in other fields.Therefore,the paper is written in a comprehensive tutorial style to provide easy access to readers unfamiliar with the topic.On the other hand,the paper can serve as a reference for readers familiar with the topic.
基金supported in part by the TUM University Foundation Fellowshipin part by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy(BMWi)within the Federal Aeronautical Research Program LuFo VI-1through Project“RAUDY”(No.20E1910B)。
文摘Harvesting wind energy is promising for extending long-endurance flights,which can be greatly facilitated by a flight technique called dynamic soaring.The presented study is concerned with generating model-based trajectories with smooth control histories for dynamic soaring maneuvers exploiting wind gradients.The desired smoothness is achieved by introducing a trigonometric series parameterization for the controls,which are formulated with respect to the normalized time.Specifically,the periodicity of the trigonometric functions is leveraged to facilitate the connection of cycles and streamline the problem formulation.Without relying on a specified wind profile,a freefinal-time quadratic programming-based control strategy is developed for the online correction of the flight trajectory,which requires only the instant wind information.Offline and online numerical studies show the trade-off to achieve the smoothness and demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in a varying wind field.
基金China Scholarship Council for the support during his study and research。
文摘The increasing gross weight of electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) poses a challenge in practical applications. The range and endurance of the electric UAV are limited by the fixed mass of the battery package. In this work, a design optimization method for the battery package topology of small electric UAV is proposed to enhance the performance. To improve the accuracy of the method, the dynamic battery model and simplified electric component models are presented.These models are utilized by the trajectory optimization method, which takes the dynamic characteristic into consideration to calculate the aircraft performance. The direct optimal control method is used for solving the trajectory optimization problem, and this method is tested on a small blended-wing-body electric aircraft. The test result shows that the range and energy-consumption are mainly influenced by the parallel topology of the battery package, while the flight time in climb phase is more sensitive to the series topology. It is deduced that the range-and energy-optimal design points can be considered concurrently in design optimization. The work proves the feasibility of integrating the trajectory optimization and battery package design.
基金supported in part by the TUM University Foundation Fellowshipin part by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy(BMWi)within the Federal Aeronautical Research Program LuFo V-3 through Project“HOTRUN”(No.20E1720A)。
文摘This study is dedicated to the development of a direct optimal control-based algorithm for trajectory optimization problems that accounts for the closed-loop stability of the trajectory tracking error dynamics already during the optimization.Consequently,the trajectory is designed such that the Linear Time-Varying(LTV)dynamic system,describing the controller’s error dynamics,is stable,while additionally the desired optimality criterion is optimized and all enforced constraints on the trajectory are fulfilled.This is achieved by means of a Lyapunov stability analysis of the LTV dynamics within the optimization problem using a time-dependent,quadratic Lyapunov function candidate.Special care is taken with regard to ensuring the correct definiteness of the ensuing matrices within the Lyapunov stability analysis,specifically considering a numerically stable formulation of these in the numerical optimization.The developed algorithm is applied to a trajectory design problem for which the LTV system is part of the path-following error dynamics,which is required to be stable.The main benefit of the proposed scheme in this context is that the designed trajectory trades-off the required stability and robustness properties of the LTV dynamics with the optimality of the trajectory already at the design phase and thus,does not produce unstable optimal trajectories the system must follow in the real application.
文摘Recent advances in networked cooperative autonomous sys-tems offer the potential to significantly improve system quality for a wide range of applications.Progress in embedded processor,sensor,communication,and networking technology in the last few decades has accelerated interest in networked cooperative autonomous systems,multirobot systems,and distributed sensor networks for applications such as manufacturing,logistics,pro-cess monitoring,enhanced situational awareness,plant safety,inspection,security,and rescue operations.
