适应不可观测性以控制光流的飞行态度
Guido C H E de Croon1, Julien J G Dupeyroux2, Christophe De Wagter2
1Micro Air Vehicle Laboratory, Control and Simulation, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands. g.c.h.e.decroon@tudelft.nl.
Nature
|October 19, 2022
概括
飞行昆虫可能不需要重力感来控制姿态. 这项研究表明光流和运动模型如何在机器人中实现稳定的飞行控制,
科学领域:
- 机器人技术
- 生物启发工程
- 控制系统
背景情况:
- 飞行机器人通常使用加速度计来估计机态.
- 飞行昆虫缺乏重力感, 它们的姿态稳定机制还没有完全被理解.
- 昆虫依赖内部重力估计的态度控制仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 在没有重力感应的情况下,研究光流与运动模型的态度估计.
- 分析这种控制系统的稳定性,特别是在不可观察的条件下.
- 探索昆虫规模机器人中无加速器自动驾驶的潜力,并对昆虫态度控制提出假设.
主要方法:
- 开发一种从光流中提取态度的控制系统,以及与加速方向相关的运动模型.
- 分析系统稳定性,包括无法观察的条件.
- 进行飞行机器人和生物灵感飞翼机器人的实验以验证这一方法.
主要成果:
- 态度可以从光流和运动模型中提取,即使暂时无法观察.
- 在飞行机器人中,控制系统表现出稳定的,虽然稍微振荡的态度控制.
- 机器人的高频振荡可以提高机器人的态度.
结论:
- 使用光流和运动模型进行态度控制的新方法被介绍,为加速度计提供了潜在的替代方案.
- 这种方法使机器人能够稳定地飞行,
- 这些发现支持开发昆虫规模的自主飞行机器人,并为昆虫态度估计和控制提出假设.
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