This paper presents an experimental study of the soft-landing problem in quadrotors using the induced wind modeling approach. The landing phase has been typically one of the critical phases in drone flight. Landing complexity drastically increases when the drone needs to land on sensitive sites, such as platforms or rack of pipes in refineries (for inspection purposes), in which explosive material is running through or there exist flammable/explosive material in the environment. Multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV s) are usually lightweight platforms and they are significantly disturbed by the aerodynamic ground effect while landing; so, near the ground, those drones are subjected to an external disturbance in proximity to the ground. In this situation, the airflow can be reflected after reaching the ground, disturbing the performance of the rotors significantly. This paper aims to model the induced wind velocity, caused by the propellers to see and consider the ground effect during the landing. The reduction of the total thrust near the ground provides a smooth landing and avoids bumping. The complex wind modeling formulation and limitation of the commercialized autopilots make the implementation a challenging task. Herein we propose how to incorporate the proposed soft-landing algorithm within an existing UA V autopilot. Experimental results show that the proposed approach successfully replicates the wind modeling which leads to a soft-landing.


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    Title :

    Experimental Investigation of Soft-Landing of Quadrotors via Induced Wind Modeling Approach




    Publication date :

    2021-10-01


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    718487 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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