The document discusses aerial inspection robots being developed at the Autonomous Systems Lab in Zurich. The robots use a coaxial rotor system with a single motor and swashplate for control. They have a composite airframe and sensors for visual inspection and contact-based inspection of structures like plant walls and coal nozzles. The lab is developing physically consistent flight models through system identification to understand the robot's dynamics and compensate for resonances during inspection maneuvers like docking and sliding along vertical and lateral surfaces.
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AIRobots Coaxial Rotor System
Coaxial Rotor Configuration
Single BLDC-Motor
Collective/Cyclic Pitch Mixing
Swashplate
Bell-Hiller Flybar
Composite Airframe
High/Low-Level Pocessing & Sensing Units
4. AutonomousSystemsLab
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Understanding the Flight System
Specific Free-Flight Dynamics
Rotor Flapping Dynamics
Inflow Dynamics
Bell-Hiller Flybar
Derive Physically Consistant Flight Model
Aerodynamics
Structural Dynamics
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Understanding the Flight System
First-Principles Modeling
Support Mechanical Design Process
Initialize and Constrain System ID
System ID
Match Vehicle Flight Data
System Identification under Constraints
Prediction using Physical Parameters
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Resonance Excitation Model Fidelity and Compensation
Resonance Compensation Activation
Implementation of a Notch Filter at
its frequency.
Adjust the controller gains based on
rate of rotation
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p, q experimental responses
p, q identified model predictions
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Hybrid Model:
Free-Flight Dynamics
Dynamics during Contact
Collision dynamics
Hybrid Model
Ensure global stability of
the system Perform Wall
Inspection Maneuvers
Receding Horizon Control
Coupled Gain
Scheduled Loops
with Resonance
Compensation
Attitude Control
[Position, Orientation]
[Force]
Hybrid Modeling & Control
Hybrid Model of the global Free Flying Contact
dynamics account for collisions
Hybrid Receding Horizon Control Strategy to
ensure global stability
Unified controller for free-flight trajectory control
and Wall Inspection Maneuvers (i.e.
Docking/Sliding)