PhD candidate takes centre stage in third week of research seminar series
Mohammed Raju Hossain, a PhD candidate with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland, will be the featured presenter in week three of the Research Seminar Series.
The weekly seminar series highlights graduate student research and offers a different speaker each Friday at the S.J. Carew Building on the campus of Memorial University. This week's presentation takes place on Feb. 3 in EN-4000 at 2 p.m. and is expected to be attended by engineering faculty and staff, as well as undergraduate and graduate students.
Mr. Hossain's seminar is open to the public and refreshments will be available following his presentation.
The title of Mr. Hossain's presentation is Vision Based Autonomous Landing of a Quad-Rotor Helicopter on a Moving Platform.
The following is an abstract of his seminar:
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become a promising field of research due to their enormous potential in both military and civilian applications. The degree of autonomy defines their impact on applications. This work is focused on autonomous landing of a rotary wing based UAV, specifically Quad-rotor Helicopter, on moving platform such as the deck of a sea vessel.
A detailed mathematical model was introduced for simulation of dynamics and control of this system. The dynamic model evolved from a simple set of equations, valid only for hovering, to a complex mathematical model with more realistic aerodynamic factors. A simple yet precision tool was developed to measure these aerodynamic factors. An intelligent vision based control technique has been proposed for critical near hover flight of the vehicle. Finally, a platform has been developed and PD controller has been implemented with inertial sensors in order to prepare the platform for implementing the vision-based control.
