2011
Autores
Couceiro, MS; Fonseca Ferreira, NMF; Tenreiro Machado, JAT;
Publicação
COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ENGINEERING SYSTEMS: EMERGENT APPLICATIONS
Abstract
Dragonflies demonstrate unique and superior flight performances than most of the other insect species and birds. They are equipped with two pairs of independently controlled wings granting an unmatchable flying performance and robustness. In this paper it is studied the dynamics of a dragonfly-inspired robot. The system performance is analyzed in terms of time response and robustness. The development of computational simulation based on the dynamics of the robotic dragonfly allows the test of different control algorithms. We study different movement, the dynamics and the level of dexterity in wing motion of the dragonfly. The results are positive for the construction of flying platforms that effectively mimic the kinematics and dynamics of dragonflies and potentially exhibit superior flight performance than existing flying platforms.
2012
Autores
Couceiro, MS; Ferreira, NMF; Tenreiro Machado, JAT;
Publicação
COMMUNICATIONS IN NONLINEAR SCIENCE AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION
Abstract
Dragonflies show unique and superior flight performances than most of other insect species and birds. They are equipped with two pairs of independently controlled wings granting an unmatchable flying performance and robustness. In this paper, it is presented an adaptive scheme controlling a nonlinear model inspired in a dragonfly-like robot. It is proposed a hybrid adaptive (HA) law for adjusting the parameters analyzing the tracking error. At the current stage of the project it is considered essential the development of computational simulation models based in the dynamics to test whether strategies or algorithms of control, parts of the system (such as different wing configurations, tail) as well as the complete system. The performance analysis proves the superiority of the HA law over the direct adaptive (DA) method in terms of faster and improved tracking and parameter convergence.
2012
Autores
Couceiro, MS; Figueiredo, CM; Luz, JMA; Ferreira, NMF; Rocha, RP;
Publicação
International Journal of Robots, Education and Art
Abstract
2011
Autores
Lebres, C; Santos, V; Fonseca Ferreira, NMF; Tenreiro Machado, JAT;
Publicação
NONLINEAR SCIENCE AND COMPLEXITY
Abstract
This paper studies the application of fractional algorithms in the control of a quad-rotor rotorcraft. The development of a flight simulator provide the evaluation of the controller algorithm. Several basic maneuvers are investigated, namely the elevation and the position control.
2010
Autores
Ferreira, NMF; Couceiro, MS; Tenreiro MacHado, JA;
Publicação
Journal of Control Science and Engineering
Abstract
Dragonflies demonstrate unique and superior flight performances than most of the other insect species and birds. They are equipped with two pairs of independently controlled wings granting an unmatchable flying performance and robustness. In this paper, the dynamics of a dragonfly-inspired robot is studied. The system performance is analyzed in terms of time response and robustness. The development of computational simulation based on the dynamics of the robotic dragonfly allows the test of different control algorithms. We study different movements, the dynamics, and the level of dexterity in wing motion of the dragonfly. The results are positive for the construction of flying platforms that effectively mimic the kinematics and dynamics of dragonflies and potentially exhibit superior flight performance than existing flying platforms. Copyright © 2010 Micael S. Couceiro et al.
2010
Autores
Couceiro, MS; Ferreira, NMF; Machado, JAT;
Publicação
COMMUNICATIONS IN NONLINEAR SCIENCE AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION
Abstract
In this paper. it is studied the dynamics of the robotic bird in terms of time response and robustness. It is analyzed the wing angle of attack and the velocity of the bird, the tail influence, the gliding flight and the flapping flight. The results are positive for the construction of flying robots. The development of computational simulation based on the dynamic of the robotic bird should allow testing strategies and different algorithms of control such as integer and fractional controllers. Crown Copyright
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