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[Studies in Computational Intelligence 481] Artur Babiarz, Robert Bieda, Karol Jędrasiak, Aleksander Nawrat (auth.), Aleksander Nawrat, Zygmunt Kuś (eds.) - Vision Based Systemsfor UAV Applications (2013, Sprin

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Prototyp<strong>in</strong>g the Autonomous Flight Algorithms<br />

Us<strong>in</strong>g the Prepar3D® Simulator<br />

Krzysztof Daniec, Paweł Iwaneczko, <strong>Karol</strong> <strong>Jędrasiak</strong>, and <strong>Aleksander</strong> <strong>Nawrat</strong> *<br />

Abstract. This article concerns prototyp<strong>in</strong>g of the control algorithms for unmanned<br />

fly<strong>in</strong>g objects us<strong>in</strong>g the virtual reality. More specifically, there is<br />

discussed an <strong>in</strong>tegration between simulation environment and unmanned aerial<br />

vehicle (<strong>UAV</strong>) control software. This <strong>in</strong>tegration is based on software <strong>in</strong> the loop<br />

simulation. The control software uses PI controllers cascade, which stabilize<br />

the aircraft <strong>in</strong> the simulated air. Used simulator is Prepar3D® from Lockheed<br />

Mart<strong>in</strong> corporation. Implemented algorithms that are used to control the <strong>UAV</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />

simulation environment can be used to future prototype of vision based algorithms.<br />

All implemented algorithms are presented along with the developed software,<br />

which we are us<strong>in</strong>g to navigate the fly<strong>in</strong>g object on real map.<br />

1 Introduction<br />

Nowadays, more and more military and government organizations are supply<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>in</strong> the unmanned fly<strong>in</strong>g objects. S<strong>in</strong>ce they can be used <strong>in</strong> difficult and dangerous<br />

circumstances, they are becom<strong>in</strong>g more popular. <strong>UAV</strong> (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)<br />

objects have a wide range of possible uses: they can be used by emergency<br />

services to search for miss<strong>in</strong>g people, can be used for patroll<strong>in</strong>g and monitor<strong>in</strong>g a<br />

specific area and as well are applied as a means of transport a various types of<br />

cargo, <strong>in</strong> the particular case these dangerous, such as radioactive wastes and unexploded<br />

ordnance. Most of these aircraft are equipped with advanced devices for<br />

image acquisition.<br />

Krzysztof Daniec . Paweł Iwaneczko . <strong>Karol</strong> <strong>Jędrasiak</strong> . <strong>Aleksander</strong> <strong>Nawrat</strong><br />

Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Automatic Control,<br />

Akademicka 16, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland<br />

e-mail: {pawel.iwaneczko,karol.jedrasiak,krzysztof.daniec,<br />

anawrat}@polsl.pl<br />

A. <strong>Nawrat</strong> and Z. <strong>Kuś</strong> (Eds.): <strong>Vision</strong> <strong>Based</strong> Systems for <strong>UAV</strong> <strong>Applications</strong>, SCI <strong>481</strong>, pp. 219–232.<br />

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00369-6_14 © Spr<strong>in</strong>ger International Publish<strong>in</strong>g Switzerland <strong>2013</strong>

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