Tracking Control Design for Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Keywords:
Quadrotor UAV, Backstepping control, Sliding Mode control, Lyapunov Stability
Abstract
The model of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is nonlinear and dynamically unstable. A flight controller design is proposed on the basis of Lyapunov stability theory which guarantees that all the states remain and reach on the sliding surfaces. The control strategy uses sliding mode with a backstepping control to perform the position and attitude tracking control. This proposed controller is simple and effectively enhance the performance of quadrotor UAV. In order to demonstrate the robustness of the proposed control method, White Gaussian Noise and aerodynamic moment disturbances are taken into account. The performance of the nonlinear control method is evaluated by comparing the performance with developed linear quadratic regulator and existing backstepping control technique and proportional-integral-derivative from the literature. The comparative performance results demonstrate the superiority and effectiveness of the proposed control strategy for the quadrotor UAV.
Published
2017-04-25
How to Cite
Nadda, S., & Swarup, A. (2017). Tracking Control Design for Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Defence Science Journal, 67(3), 245-253. https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.67.9536
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Section
Aeronautical Systems
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