Helicopter Adaptive Control with Parameter Estimation Based on Feedback Linearization

This paper presents an adaptive feedback linearization approach to derive helicopter. Ideal feedback linearization is defined for the cases when the system model is known. Adaptive feedback linearization is employed to get asymptotically exact cancellation for the inherent uncertainty in the knowledge of the given parameters of system. The control algorithm is implemented using the feedback linearization technique and adaptive method. The controller parameters are unknown where an adaptive control law aims to drive them towards their ideal values for providing perfect model matching between the reference model and the closed-loop plant model. The converged parameters of controller would then provide good estimates for the unknown plant parameters.

• A. R. Nemati
• M. Haddad Zarif
• M. M. Fateh

• Adaptive control
• helicopter
• feedback linearization
• nonlinear control.

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