Introduction to Multicopter Design and Control

• Main Author: Quan, Quan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Automation.; Robotics and Automation.; Control.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

This book is the first textbook specially on multicopter systems in the world. It provides a comprehensive overview of multicopter systems, rather than focusing on a single method or technique. The fifteen chapters are divided into five parts, covering the topics of multicopter design, modeling, sta...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• PART I DESIGN
• Basic Composition
• Configuration and Structural Design
• Modeling and evaluation of propulsion system
• PART II MODELING
• Coordinate system and attitude representation
• Dynamic model and parameter identification
• PART III ESTIMATION
• Sensor model and calibration
• Observability and Kalman filter
• State estimation
• PART IV CONTROL
• Stability and Controllability
• Low-Level Flight Control
• Position Control based on SemiAutonomous Autopilot
• PART V DECISION
• Mission Decision-Making
• Health Evaluation and Failsafe
• Outlook.