Education
Educational topics that may be exploited on this attractive bench include
- control loop design
- PID controller tuning
- process model identification
- process model simulation
- using Matlab / Simulink scientific computational platform
- using Scilab / Xcos open-source scientific computational platform
- signal processing
- dynamic simulation of control loops
- computer vision – image processing
- 3D modeling and printing
- drone physical modeling
- electronics and avionics
- real-time control and its on-line debugging
- visualization design – primary flight display, process views
- SCADA server installation and database parametrization
- …
Attractive affordable laboratory stands
- suitable for university as well as high school
- from a simple one low-cost quadrocopter drone bench
- up to large swarm of intercommunicating special on-measure multi-rotor drones
- stands for drones aviailable
Example of basic drone control lecture experiment
Examples of controller tuning experiments with DRONTECHLAB
Basic manuver tests of student’s DRONTECHLAB sub drone project
Scientific computational platform for programming and analysis of control algoritms – Scilab / Xcos, Matlab / Simulink (tool under development).
- flight control algorithms programmed using functional diagrams in dynamic simulator Xcos or Simulink.
- dynamic simulation of control algorithms available
- advanced control structures available – RST controller, state-space, gain-scheduling control.
Attractive user interface for control design and visualization
- control design via control function diagrams
- open freely-programmable web-based visualization
- easy-to-use signal graphs, trends
- animations, numbers, texts, images, buttons
