Quanser Aero Workstation

• Demonstrates key aerospace control concepts including attitude, angular velocity, and stabilization.
• Supports controller design using PID, LQR, and state-space control strategies.
• Integrates seamlessly with QUARC/MATLAB-Simulink for real-time implementation.
• Includes dual rotors (pitch and yaw) for 2-DOF control experiments.
• Provides high-fidelity sensors for angle, rate, and motor voltage measurements.
• Ideal for undergraduate, postgraduate, and research-level control experiments.
• Compatible with QLabs Virtual Aero and Quanser hardware interface (QPIDe/Q8).
• Used for control system design validation and teaching advanced control concepts.

Software and Control Environment

• Uses QUARC Real-Time Control Software integrated with MATLAB/Simulink.
• Enables live control implementation, parameter tuning, and data logging.
• Supports multiple control schemes – PID, LQR, state feedback, and observer design.
• Compatible with other Quanser hardware such as QCar and Active Suspension for multi-domain research.

• Attitude and angular velocity control of aerial systems.
• Flight dynamics and control algorithm development.
• Validation of real-time state-space and optimal controllers.
• Research in mechatronics, control systems, and autonomous flight control.
• Consultancy and training in aerospace control and simulation technologies.

TT045, Control Systems Laboratory
School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT)
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore – 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India

Dr. M. Geetha
Professor Grade-2
Control Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT)
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore – 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India
Email: geetha.mani@vit.ac.in
Phone: +91 [9566919631]

Consultancy and Training Opportunities

This facility supports industrial consultancy and collaborative research in:

• Aerospace control simulation and testing
• Real-time controller validation
• Customized workshops on modern control applications using Quanser hardware