Model-based design

Engineering

Aerospace engineering

MATLAB

Biology

Control engineering

Drone

Aerodynamics

Systems engineering

Operating system

Computer science

Distributed computing

Controller (irrigation)

Genetics

Simulation

Agronomy

Quadcopter

Software engineering

Software deployment

In recent years drones are becoming more popular in research and industry, due to their agility. By increasing the application of quadcopters in different fields, having a straight forward procedure to design a proper controller and deploy it on the quadcopter is worthwhile. This paper proposes the implementation of model-based design (MBD) approach for control design of a mini-quadcopter. The MBD methodology is utilized to simulate the quadcopter model with aerodynamic effects. A proper controller is designed based on the experimentally tuned simulator and then deployed on the real quadcopter with the use of Matlab/Simulink code generation capability. The experimental result derived from the test flights with harmonic trajectories validates the benefits of using the MBD methodology for control design in quadcopters.

Deployment of Model-based Design Approach for a Mini -quadcopter