Design of Control Laws and State Observers for Fixed-Wing UAVs

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.

1. Introduction 2. Aerodynamic principles 3. Equations of Motion of a fixed-wing UAV 4. Linear controllers 5. Nonlinear controllers 6. State observers 7. Testbed and experimental results

A   Mathematical review B   Kinematics and dynamics background C   Stability in the Lyapunov sense D   Fundamentals of linear and nonlinear controllers E   Discrete-time Kalman filter F   Linear and nonlinear controllers: programs for the embedded system G   Linear and nonlinear state observers: programs for the embedded system H   MATLAB® program to graph I    Altimeter program