Workshop syllabus:
1. The rigid body mathematical model
a. Quaternion approach
b. SO(3) approach
2. The PVTOL: modeling and control
3. Multirotor control
4. Fixed-wing UAV control
5. Nonlinear control of different UAV configurations
a. The tail sitter: a robust control in hover mode
b. The fully actuated Hexa-rotor: adaptive and robust control
c. The tilt-rotor convertible: nonlinear control of the longitudinal model
6. Fault-tolerant control, a case of study of a quadrotor
Sobre el instructor:
Gerardo Flores received the B.S degree in Electronic Engineering with honors from the Instituto Tecnológico de Saltillo, México in 2007; the M.S. degree in Automatic Control from CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, in 2010; and the Ph.D. degree in Systems and Information Technology from the Heudiasyc Laboratory of the Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France in October 2014.
Since August 2016, he has been a full-time researcher, Founder, and Head of the Perception and Robotics LAB with the Center for Research in Optics, León Guanajuato, Mexico. His current research interests are focused on the theoretical and practical problems arising from the development of autonomous robotic and vision systems.
In addition, he is an Associate Editor of Mathematical Problems in Engineering.