Unmanned aerial vehicles: Control methods and future challenges

Z Zuo, C Liu, QL Han, J Song - IEEE/CAA Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid development of computer technology, automatic control technology and
communication technology, research on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has attracted …

Continuous output feedback sliding mode control for underactuated flexible-joint robot

H Wang, Z Zhang, X Tang, Z Zhao, Y Yan - Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2022 - Elsevier
The tracking control based on output feedback for a category of flexible-joint robot (FJR)
systems is investigated in this brief. Control performance of the systems is inevitably bearing …

Optimized Active Disturbance Rejection Control With Resonant Extended State Observer for Grid Voltage Sensorless LCL-Filtered Inverter

TV Tran, KH Kim, JS Lai - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A robust optimized active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) based grid voltage
sensorless current controller is developed for an LCL-filtered grid-connected inverter (GCI) …

An underactuated control system design for adaptive autopilot of fixed-wing drones

S Baldi, S Roy, K Yang, D Liu - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Effective design of autopilots for fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is still a great
challenge, due to unmodeled effects and uncertainties that these vehicles exhibit during …

Terminal sliding mode attitude-position quaternion based control of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle

F Serrano, O Castillo, M Alassafi, F Alsaadi… - Advances in Space …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper is presented the development of a terminal sliding mode attitude-position
quaternion based control of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle UAV. First, the dynamics …

Hierarchical Disturbance/Uncertainty Estimation and Attenuation for Integrated Modeling and Motion Control: Overview and Perspectives

S Li, J Yang, M Iwasaki… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advanced motion control with higher precision and faster dynamic response is emerging as
an enabling technique for higher performance mechatronic systems. In this article, a …

Autopilot controller of fixed-wing planes based on curriculum reinforcement learning scheduled by adaptive learning curve

L Li, X Zhang, C Qian, R Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a novel curriculum reinforcement learning method that can
automatically generate a high-performance autopilot controller for a 6-degree-of-freedom (6 …

Torque Fault-Tolerant Hierarchical Control of 4WID Electric Vehicles Based on Improved MPC and SMC

X Huang, Y Zha, X Lv, X Quan - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The 4-wheel independent drive (4WID) electric vehicle has better safety and stability.
However, the multi-motor drive system would lead to an increased fault probability in the …

Vision-based UAV landing with guaranteed reliability in adverse environment

Z Ge, J Jiang, E Pugh, B Marshall, Y Yan, L Sun - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Safe and accurate landing is crucial for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). However, it is a
challenging task, especially when the altitude of the landing target is different from the …

Disturbance utilization-based tracking control for the fixed-wing UAV with disturbance estimation

Z Huang, M Chen, P Shi - … on Circuits and Systems I: Regular …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the disturbance utilization-based attitude control for the fixed-wing
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The disturbance utilization condition (DUC) is formed …