Design of a robust flight control for an unmanned aerial vehicle

This project proposal describes a new approach for the design, implementation, and testing of a robust flight control for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) such as a hexcopter. The motivation for this work is driven by the limitations of the current commercial controllers (e.g., the difficulty to deal with variable payloads and challenging environments). This project provides theoretical and practical solutions, as well as alternatives to current control approaches for a UAV. The new UAV design is intended for different types of operations such as transporting medicine and food to isolated remote areas in Canada, and providing an aerial base station for remote communications in Africa.

Faculty Supervisor:

Witold Kinsner

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Partner:

Buoyant Aircraft Systems International

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Manitoba

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