Flight Dynamics And Control Uavs

Understanding of flight control systems, including dynamic models for UAVs, low level autopilot design, trajectory following, and path planning. The essential physics and sensors of UAV problems, including low-level autopilot for stability and higher-level autopilot functions of path planning will be explored. Rigid-body dynamics through aerodynamics, stability augmentation, and state estimation using onboard sensors, to maneuvering through obstacles. Files include simulation projects using the MATLAB/Simulink environment. Projects start from modeling rigid-body dynamics, then add aerodynamics and sensor models. Furthermore, low-level autopilot code, extended Kalman filters for state estimation, path-following routines, and high-level path-planning algorithms.