The Transition Phase of a Gun-Launched Micro Air Vehicle

Corentin Chauffaut (1) , Juan Escareno (1) , Rogelio Lozano (2, 1)

1 Heudiasyc - Heuristique et Diagnostic des Systèmes Complexes [Compiègne]
2 LAFMIA - Laboratoire Franco-Mexicain d'Informatique et d'Automatique

The present paper addresses the transition stage of a Gun-Launched Micro Air Vehicle (GLMAV) whose main goal is to rapidly position a rotorcraft MAV over a high-risk scene (Prison riots, blind zones: e.g. over-the-hill, etc.). The development of this robotic platform is part of an overall ongoing project (GLMAV) headed by the St. Louis French- German Research Institute (ISL). The vehicle is launched at a distance of 500 m and a height of 100 m, where the GLMAV will collect and transmit visual information from the scene. Issues raising from the use of the gun-based launching technique are discussed in detail. A control strategy is proposed to overcome such problems and to stabilize the GLMAV. High- fidelity simulations, covering ballistic and transition phases, validate the control policy adopted to face the MAV gun- launching problem.

Domaines: Automatique; Automatique / Robotique

Corentin Chauffaut, Juan Escareno, Rogelio Lozano. The Transition Phase of a Gun-Launched Micro Air Vehicle. International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS 2012), Jun 2012, Philadelphia, United States. ⟨hal-00776229⟩