Visual servoing using fuzzy controllers on an unmanned aerial vehicle

Abstract

peer reviewedThis paper presents an implementa- tion of three Fuzzy Logic controllers working in parallel onboard a UAV, two for a pan-tilt camera platform and the third for control the yaw of the helicopter. This implementation uses a Lucas-Kanade tracker algo- rithm with a pyramidal optical ow implementation, which gives infor- mation to follow statics and moving objects, besides the UAV vibrations and movements. The platform con- troller is helped by the heading con- troller, in order to make smooth the big movements to the platform, re- ducing the risk of lost the warp selec- tion of the object to track. Also, the heading control remove the physic limit of the platform at the yaw axis. Some laboratory and UAV tests are presented in order to show the differ- ent behaviors and the good response of the presented controllers