Design of Control Laws and State Observers for Fixed-Wing UAVs: Simulation and Experimental Approaches

Design of Control Laws and State Observers for Fixed-Wing UAVs: Simulation and Experimental Approaches provides readers with modeling techniques, simulations, and results from real-time experiments using linear and nonlinear controllers and state observers. The book starts with an overview of the history of UAVs and the equations of motion applied to them. Following chapters analyze linear and nonlinear controllers, state observers, and the book concludes with a chapter discussing testbed development and experimental results, equipping readers with the knowledge they need to conduct their own stable UAV flights whether in simulation or real-time.

• Presents aerodynamic models for fixed-wing UAVs that can be used to design control laws and state observers
• Applies linear and nonlinear control theories and state observers to fixed-wing UAVs
• Provides real-time flight and simulation test results of fixed-wing UAVs with linear and nonlinear controllers

Arturo Tadeo Espinoza-Fraire has been a professor and researcher in the Faculty of Engineering, Science, and Architecture, University Juárez of the Durango State, Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico since 2016. He obtained his BSc degree in Electronic Engineering from the Superior Technological Institute of Lerdo, Cd. Lerdo Durango Mexico, in 2007, and the MSc and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Technological Institute of La Laguna, Torreon Coahuila Mexico, in 2011 and 2015, respectively. His research interests are linear and nonlinear control theory, navigation, and control of UAVs and embedded systems. Prof. Espinoza-Fraire has been a member of the Technical International Commit of the International Conference of Unmanned Aerial Systems since 2014 as well as the Research National System with the distinction of level-I in Mexico. He is also an honorific level of the National System of Research in Durango Stater, Mexico.

Alejandro Enrique Dzul López has been a research professor in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Technological Institute of La Laguna, Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico since 2003. He earned a B.S. in Electronic Engineering and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de La Laguna in Torreón, México, in 1993 and 1997, respectively, and a Ph.D. in Automatic Control from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne in Compiègne, France, in 2002. His current research interests include nonlinear dynamics and control and real-time control with applications to unmanned aerial systems.

Ricardo Pavel Parada Morado has been a professor in the Academy of Engineering in Manufacturing Technologies, Polytechnic University of Gómez Palacio, Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico since 2016. He obtained his B.S. in Electronic Engineering and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de La Laguna, Torreón, México, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. His current research interests include state observers, nonlinear dynamics and control, and real-time control with applications to unmanned aerial systems.

José Armando Sáenz Esqueda is currently a professor and a researcher in the Faculty of Engineering, Science, and Architecture, University Juárez of the Durango State, Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico. He graduated from Laguna Institute of Technology in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico, with a B.E. in Mechatronic Engineering in 2011, an M.Sc. in 2013, and a Ph.D. in 2018. His research interests are kinematic and dynamic modeling, robot control, visual serving, and nonlinear systems control.