Robust Tracking Control of a Quadrotor UAV Based on Adaptive Sliding Mode Controller

In this paper, a robust adaptive sliding mode control scheme is developed for attitude and altitude tracking of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system under the simultaneous effect of parametric uncertainties and consistent external disturbance. The underactuated dynamic model of the quadr...

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Main Authors: Tianpeng Huang, Deqing Huang, Zhikai Wang, Awais Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Complexity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7931632
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description In this paper, a robust adaptive sliding mode control scheme is developed for attitude and altitude tracking of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system under the simultaneous effect of parametric uncertainties and consistent external disturbance. The underactuated dynamic model of the quadrotor UAV is first built via the Newton–Euler formalism. Considering the nonlinear and strongly coupled characteristics of the quadrotor, the controller is then designed using a sliding mode approach. Meanwhile, additional adaptive laws are proposed to further improve the robustness of the proposed control scheme against the parametric uncertainties of the system. It is proven that the control laws can eliminate the altitude and attitude tracking errors, which are guaranteed to converge to zero asymptotically, even under a strong external disturbance. Finally, numerical simulation and experimental tests are performed, respectively, to verify the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed controller, where its superiority to linear quadratic control and active disturbance rejection control has been demonstrated clearly.
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spelling doaj-art-b2c1afad213b4030a038c65bf23b67bb2025-02-03T07:24:46ZengWileyComplexity1076-27871099-05262019-01-01201910.1155/2019/79316327931632Robust Tracking Control of a Quadrotor UAV Based on Adaptive Sliding Mode ControllerTianpeng Huang0Deqing Huang1Zhikai Wang2Awais Shah3School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaIn this paper, a robust adaptive sliding mode control scheme is developed for attitude and altitude tracking of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system under the simultaneous effect of parametric uncertainties and consistent external disturbance. The underactuated dynamic model of the quadrotor UAV is first built via the Newton–Euler formalism. Considering the nonlinear and strongly coupled characteristics of the quadrotor, the controller is then designed using a sliding mode approach. Meanwhile, additional adaptive laws are proposed to further improve the robustness of the proposed control scheme against the parametric uncertainties of the system. It is proven that the control laws can eliminate the altitude and attitude tracking errors, which are guaranteed to converge to zero asymptotically, even under a strong external disturbance. Finally, numerical simulation and experimental tests are performed, respectively, to verify the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed controller, where its superiority to linear quadratic control and active disturbance rejection control has been demonstrated clearly.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7931632
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title_fullStr Robust Tracking Control of a Quadrotor UAV Based on Adaptive Sliding Mode Controller
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title_short Robust Tracking Control of a Quadrotor UAV Based on Adaptive Sliding Mode Controller
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