Inner–outer loop control for quadrotor UAVs with input and state constraints

N Cao, AF Lynch - IEEE Transactions on Control Systems …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The constrained control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a challenging task due to
their nonlinear and underactuacted dynamics. This brief focuses on the position control of a …

[HTML][HTML] Towards fully autonomous UAVs: A survey

T Elmokadem, AV Savkin - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have undergone rapid developments in recent decades. This
has made them very popular for various military and civilian applications allowing us to …

Survey of unmanned helicopter model-based navigation and control techniques

J Alvarenga, NI Vitzilaios, KP Valavanis… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have seen unprecedented levels of growth
during the last two decades. Although many challenges still exist, one of the main UAS focus …

Robust adaptive control for a small unmanned helicopter using reinforcement learning

B Xian, X Zhang, H Zhang, X Gu - IEEE Transactions on Neural …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a novel adaptive controller for a small-size unmanned helicopter using
the reinforcement learning (RL) control methodology. The helicopter is subject to system …

A novel sliding mode controller for small-scale unmanned helicopters with mismatched disturbance

X Fang, A Wu, Y Shang, N Dong - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2016 - Springer
This paper presents a novel sliding mode control (SMC) strategy based on approximate
feedback linearization and enhanced nonlinear disturbance observer for small-scale …

Input-output tracking control of a 2-DOF laboratory helicopter with improved algebraic differential estimation

Y Xin, ZC Qin, JQ Sun - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a study on input-output feedback linearization control (OFLC) of a
laboratory twin rotor helicopter system based on an improved algebraic differential …

Composite block backstepping trajectory tracking control for disturbed unmanned helicopters

X Wang, X Yu, S Li, J Liu - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, the position and yaw angle trajectory tracking control problem is studied for
unmanned helicopters subject to both matched and mismatched disturbances. To achieve …

[PDF][PDF] Stabilized controller design for attitude and altitude controlling of quad-rotor under disturbance and noisy conditions

MH Tanveer, SF Ahmed, D Hazry, FA Warsi… - American Journal of …, 2013 - academia.edu
This article presents a control approach to obtain the better stabilization in attitude and
altitude of quad-rotor under different disturbance conditions. In the standard Quad-rotor rotor …

Design of attitude control system for UAV based on feedback linearization and adaptive control

W Zhou, K Yin, R Wang… - Mathematical Problems in …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Attitude dynamic model of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is multi‐input multioutput
(MIMO), strong coupling, and nonlinear. Model uncertainties and external gust disturbances …

PID-like model free adaptive control with discrete extended state observer and its application on an unmanned helicopter

C Wang, X Huo, K Ma, R Ji - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aiming at the problem that how to design a controller without using model information for an
unmanned helicopter (UH), a novel data-driven method based on model free adaptive …