Geometric Control of a Quadcopter

dc.contributor.advisor Chyba, Monique
dc.contributor.author Gray, Christopher
dc.contributor.department Mathematics
dc.date.accessioned 2023-09-28T20:15:06Z
dc.date.available 2023-09-28T20:15:06Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.description.degree Ph.D.
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10125/106124
dc.subject Applied mathematics
dc.subject Basic Motions
dc.subject Equations of Motion
dc.subject Optimal Control
dc.subject Quadcopters
dc.title Geometric Control of a Quadcopter
dc.type Thesis
dcterms.abstract In recent years, with the rise of affordable commercial grade quadcopters, there has been a lot of research done on modeling the motion of quadcopters, however much of it has been focused on creating robust control schemes for quadcopters. This dissertation works to bridge the gap this has left between motion planning and optimal control, with a focus mainly on two areas. First we work towards creating a model of the equations of motion as realistic as possible and connect the work done in geometric control theory in the past on underwater vehicles, to quadcopters. We also study possible simplifications, a specific control scheme and properties of basic motions. Secondly using an affine control model version of the equations of motion we study the time minimization problem with an emphasis on singular extremals. We observe numerically the possibility for optimal control to have an infinite number of switches in a finite time interval.
dcterms.extent 95 pages
dcterms.language en
dcterms.publisher University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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