Modeling, Filtering and Control Design for Draganfly Helicopters

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been receiving rapidly growing interest in research and industry applications, including military reconnaissance, remote sensing, aerial photography, educational use, mining inspections, traffic monitoring, and environment monitoring. Practical applications of UAVs will demand highly accurate position control. The main goal of this project is three‐fold: (1) To set up the accurate dynamic model of the UAV designed and manufactured by Draganfly Innovations Inc; (2) to develop novel filtering algorithms to estimate the state information; and (3) to design advanced control systems to achieve desirable flight control performance.

Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Yang Shi

Student:

Jian Wu

Partner:

Draganfly Developments Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

University of Saskatchewan