Xu, Jeffrey (University of Kansas), Keshmiri, Shawn (University of Kansas)

Flight Test Validation and Verification of the Novel Ln Guidance for Unmanned Aerial Systems

Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Session "Reliability of UAS " (ThB1), Thursday, June 17, 2021, 15:00−15:20, Macedonia Hall

2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), June 15-18, 2021, Athens, Greece

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on April 24, 2024

Abstract

This paper presents the validation and verification of a novel fixed-wing UAS guidance logic designed to accurately follow paths given complex missions and tight turns with no oscillations or overshoots. Expanding on the existing popular L1 and L2+ guidance logics, the novel Ln guidance logic tracks multiple reference points on the desired path, resulting in a robust guidance logic with anticipatory ability and no steady state errors. The novel Ln is implemented, where several successful real-world flight tests were conducted and compared with L1 and L2+ guidance logics.