Research Progress and Challenges of Multi-lift Rotorcraft Systems

YI Kui; ZHANG Jianlei; HE Yuqing; HAN Jianda

doi:10.13976/j.cnki.xk.2020.0412

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YI Kui, ZHANG Jianlei, HE Yuqing, HAN Jianda. Research Progress and Challenges of Multi-lift Rotorcraft Systems[J]. INFORMATION AND CONTROL, 2021, 50(1): 65-74. DOI: 10.13976/j.cnki.xk.2020.0412

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YI Kui, ZHANG Jianlei, HE Yuqing, HAN Jianda. Research Progress and Challenges of Multi-lift Rotorcraft Systems[J]. INFORMATION AND CONTROL, 2021, 50(1): 65-74. DOI: 10.13976/j.cnki.xk.2020.0412

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YI Kui, ZHANG Jianlei, HE Yuqing, HAN Jianda. Research Progress and Challenges of Multi-lift Rotorcraft Systems[J]. INFORMATION AND CONTROL, 2021, 50(1): 65-74. DOI: 10.13976/j.cnki.xk.2020.0412

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Research Progress and Challenges of Multi-lift Rotorcraft Systems

YI Kui^{1, 2, 3},
ZHANG Jianlei⁴,
HE Yuqing^{1, 2},
HAN Jianda^{4, 5, ,}

1.
State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110169, China
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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College of Artificial Intelligence, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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Tianjin Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China

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Received Date: September 06, 2020
Revised Date: October 20, 2020
Accepted Date: September 29, 2020
Available Online: December 01, 2022
Published Date: February 19, 2021

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Multi-lift rotorcraft systems consist of multiple rotorcrafts, cables, and a single suspended load, which are a new kind of mechatronic systems with the ability of aerial manipulation. The systems are excellent because of their good flexibility, the ability of reaching remote places, convenience transportation ability and excellent loadability. Multi-lift rotorcraft systems are wildly applied to engineering practice, but there are many problems in terms of their modelling and control. Rotorcraft systems are complex, underactuated and nonlinear. Because of the existence of cables and the load, multi-lift rotorcraft systems become more and more coupling, underactuated and nonlinear. To give a review of the research progress and challenges of multi-lift rotorcraft systems, firstly, we introduce the common configurations, and analyze their advantages and disadvantages. Secondly, we outline the hot issues such as dynamic modeling, coordinated control, and experiments of multi-lift rotorcraft systems. Finally, we analyse the key scientific problems, as well as potential application fields of multi-lift rotorcraft systems, and point out the future work.
- multi-lift rotorcraft system,
- underactuated system,
- dynamic modeling,
- coordinated control,
- aerial manipulation

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