Control of heading direction and floating height of a flying robot

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the heading direction and floating height control in a flying robot. A scale-model radio controlled helicopter is used as the platform. Normally, the human pilot controls it via a radio transmitter. The objectives are to make the flying robot have the ability to maintain the desired heading and height in flight. The conventional Proportional plus Derivative controller (PD) is used for these purposes. The research is accomplished, the results show that the simple PD controller can be used to control the heading and floating height of the flying robot.