Teaching Tool for a Control Systems Laboratory Using a Quadrotor as a Plant in MATLAB

Autor/inn/en	Khan, Subhan; Jaffery, Mujtaba Hussain; Hanif, Athar; Asif, Muhammad Rizwan
Titel	Teaching Tool for a Control Systems Laboratory Using a Quadrotor as a Plant in MATLAB
Quelle	In: IEEE Transactions on Education, 60 (2017) 4, S.249-256 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Khan, Subhan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-9359
DOI	10.1109/TE.2017.2653762
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Animation; Teaching Methods; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Computer Graphics; Computer Interfaces; Computer Software; Foreign Countries; Computer Simulation; Laboratory Experiments; Navigation; Design; Pakistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Computergrafik; Ausland; Computersimulation; Laboratory work; Laborarbeit
Abstract	This paper presents a MATLAB-based application to teach the guidance, navigation, and control concepts of a quadrotor to undergraduate students, using a graphical user interface (GUI) and 3-D animations. The Simulink quadrotor model is controlled by a proportional integral derivative controller and a linear quadratic regulator controller. The GUI layout's many components can be easily programmed to perform various experiments by considering the simulation of the quadrotor as a plant; it incorporates control systems (CS) fundamentals such as time domain response, transfer function and state-space form, pole-zero location, root locus, frequency domain response, steady-state error, position and disturbance response, controller design and tuning, unity, and the use of a Kalman filter as a feedback sensor. 3-D animations are used to display the quadrotor flying in any given condition selected by the user. For each simulation, users can view the output response in the form of 3-D animations, and can run time plots. The quadrotor educational tool (QET) helps students in the CS laboratory understand basic CS concepts. The QET was evaluated based on student feedback, grades, satisfaction, and interest in CS. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01