SLIDING MODE CONTROLLER WITH DISTURBANCE OBSERVER FOR QUADCOPTERS; EXPERIMENTS WITH DYNAMIC DISTURBANCES AND IN TURBULENT INDOOR SPACE

Sliding Mode Controller with Disturbance Observer for Quadcopters; Experiments with Dynamic Disturbances and in Turbulent Indoor Space

In this study, a sliding mode surface controller (SMC) designed for a quadcopter is experimentally tested.The SMC was combined with disturbance observers in six degrees of freedom of the quadcopter to effectively reject external dive sticks disturbances.While respecting stability conditions all control parameters were automatically initialized and

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Community-Based Participatory Inquiry to Support Intersectional Social Justice Efforts: The Role of Story as Provocation

The community-based participatory inquiry methodological framework introduced here is grounded in (1) the presentation of a generic vignette by the convenor/facilitator, after which (2) participants create data located in their own written or oral narrative responses to the vignette, then (3) convene in small groups to discuss opportunities for add

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