Bi-copter VTOL Electronic Speed Controller for a Novel Swashplateless Mechanism
Project Description
The Bi-copter vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is called the aircraft that “tries to have its cake and eat it”. Unlike other multirotor aircraft, bi-copter aircraft is the most efficient layout. When taking off and landing, it does not need a runway and can hover at any time. This endows the aircraft with great application prospects in industrial inspection, logistics, and other fields. In this project, you will investigate and develop the hardware design and the control algorithm of the electronic speed controller (ESC) for a bi-copter VTOL aircraft with the novel underactuated swashplateless mechanism,we only use two actuators to control the 6 DOF of the robot.
Supervisor
SHI, Ling
Quota
1
Course type
UROP1000
UROP1100
UROP2100
UROP3100
UROP3200
UROP4100
Applicant's Roles
(1) Design an field-oriented control ESC to the required specification of the underactuated mechanism
(2) Fabricate the ESC and implement FOC algorithm
(3) Integrate the ESC to the mechanism and realize its control
(4) Further integrate the swahsplateless system to the bi-copter VTOL
(2) Fabricate the ESC and implement FOC algorithm
(3) Integrate the ESC to the mechanism and realize its control
(4) Further integrate the swahsplateless system to the bi-copter VTOL
Applicant's Learning Objectives
Throughout the project period, applicants are expected to learn and apply necessary UAV system development skills including PCB design and fabrication, finite element simulation analysis, embedded system programming, as well as to perform software and hardware debugging.
Complexity of the project
Challenging