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JACIII Vol.19 No.3 pp. 349-358
doi: 10.20965/jaciii.2015.p0349
(2015)

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Fuzzy Control for a Kite-Based Tethered Flying Robot

Yasutake Takahashi*, Tohru Ishii*, Chiaki Todoroki*, Yoichiro Maeda**, and Takayuki Nakamura***

*Department of Human and Artificial Intelligent Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fukui
3-9-1 Bunkyo, Fukui, Fukui 910-8507, Japan

**Department of Robotics, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology
5-16-1 Omiya, Asahi-ku, Osaka 535-8585, Japan

***Faculty of Systems Engineering, Wakayama University
Sakaetani 930, Wakayama 640-8510, Japan

Received:
July 23, 2014
Accepted:
January 29, 2015
Published:
May 20, 2015
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Keywords:
fuzzy control, kite-based flying robot
Abstract
Observation providing information from above is important in in large-scale or dangerous rescue activity. This has been done from balloons or airplanes. Balloon observation requires a gas such as helium and takes a relatively long time to prepare, and while airplane observation can be prepared in a relatively short time and is highly mobile, flight time depends on the amount of fuel a plane can carry. We have proposed and developed a kite-based tethered flying robot that complements balloon and airplane observation while providing a short preparation time and long flight time [1]. The objective of our research is autonomous flight information gathering consisting of a kite, a flight unit, a tether and a ground control unit with a line-winding machine. We propose fuzzy controllers for our robot that are inspired by kite flying.
Cite this article as:
Y. Takahashi, T. Ishii, C. Todoroki, Y. Maeda, and T. Nakamura, “Fuzzy Control for a Kite-Based Tethered Flying Robot,” J. Adv. Comput. Intell. Intell. Inform., Vol.19 No.3, pp. 349-358, 2015.
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