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Record W4410881774 · doi:10.1139/tcsme-2024-0128

Trajectory study of power inspection quadcopter based on Udwadia–Kalaba theory

2025· article· en· W4410881774 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
Guangqing Chen, Hongchang Ma, Peng Zhou, Aiqin Sun, Yicong Ma

Bibliographic record

VenueTransactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicEvacuation and Crowd Dynamics
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsQuadcopterTrajectoryPower (physics)Computer scienceControl theory (sociology)EngineeringArtificial intelligenceAerospace engineeringPhysics

Abstract

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In this study, the dynamic model of the quadrotor is constructed by introducing the Udwadia–Kalaba theory, and the Moore–Penrose inverse is used to simplify the dynamic equations during the modeling process, avoiding the complexity of the traditional Lagrangian calculation methods. By transforming the three jobs of quadrotor pitch, roll, and yaw into independent motions in X– Y, X– Z, and Y– Z planes, respectively, a simpler way of 3D trajectory presentation is realized. The Udwadia–Kalaba equation is simulated by MATLAB software, and the simulation results show that the dynamic model based on the Udwadia–Kalaba theory has high accuracy and stability, and its trajectory error is within the allowable error tolerance of ±0.01, which is suitable for the dynamic modeling needs in many complex scenarios. In addition, the Udwadia–Kalaba theory is compared with the traditional PID control method and the emerging deep reinforcement learning (DRL) method. The DRL method also shows relatively excellent trajectory error control capability, with the overall error fluctuation range being controlled within ±0.05, while the PID exhibits error fluctuation of about ±0.1 and insufficient robustness. The results provide a new reference in the control modeling of quadrotor UAVs on the one hand and extend the application of Udwadia–Kalaba theory to the study of vehicle trajectories on the other.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.014
Threshold uncertainty score0.028

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.001
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.006
GPT teacher head0.203
Teacher spread0.198 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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