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8.1 FUTURE WORKS 211<br />

recommendations are meant as future guidelines for those working on the continuation<br />

<strong>of</strong> the project. <strong>The</strong> recommendations are split into two parts, i.e. the improvement on<br />

test frame, and finally recommendation on the control system.<br />

Several recommendations on the test rig design improvement are listed in particular<br />

order as follows:<br />

1. <strong>The</strong> U-bent section on the upper part structure <strong>of</strong> the test frame needs to be<br />

replaced with a better mechanism design to allow easier roll movement <strong>of</strong> the<br />

helicopter without affecting the yaw rotation.<br />

2. <strong>The</strong> caster wheels on the SCARA arms need to be replaced before implementing/testing<br />

the horizontal translational movement control. It is a bit difficult to<br />

rotate the caster wheels when the helicopter changes direction, thereby imposing<br />

unwanted dynamics on the helicopter flight. <strong>The</strong> caster wheels are recommended<br />

to be replaced with Omni wheels that can slide laterally with ease. Other alternatives<br />

such as fitting the SCARA arm with ball transfer units can also be<br />

considered to improve the translational movement <strong>of</strong> the helicopter.<br />

3. To prevent cable twist issues, the current design needs to have additional mechanical<br />

constraints to limit yaw rotation.<br />

<strong>Based</strong> on the flight validation <strong>of</strong> the NN based system identification and the<br />

approximate model predictive controller for autonomous hovering, the identification<br />

methods and controller scheme have potential to be used on various UAV platforms.<br />

However, the performance <strong>of</strong> the controller can be further improved. Some <strong>of</strong> the<br />

possible improvements are listed below:<br />

1. <strong>The</strong> current system employs a single MIMO controller architecture for the pitch<br />

and roll channels with two separate SISO (Single-Input-Single-Output) controller<br />

architectures for the yaw and altitude channels. It is possible to improve the<br />

NNAPC controller performances using a single MIMO type controller as the<br />

main controller to handle the regularisation problem <strong>of</strong> the helicopter control.<br />

However, the lack <strong>of</strong> real-time processor computational resources prevented the

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