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High-order sliding mode observer-based trajectory tracking control for a quadrotor UAV with uncertain dynamics

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This paper investigates the trajectory tracking problem of the quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with consideration of both attitude and position dynamics. First of all, the trajectory tracking problem is divided into the commands tracking in position and attitude loops by introducing the virtual attitude angle commands. Secondly, the high-order sliding mode observers (HSMOs) are introduced to estimate the lumped disturbances in position loop and the derivatives of the attitude angle tracking errors, the lumped disturbances in the attitude loop. And then the composite nonlinear dynamical inversion controller in position loop and the composite nonsingular terminal sliding mode controller in attitude loop are constructed by introducing the estimation information of HSMOs into controller design process. Finally, the simulations based on the data of a practical UAV are carried out to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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  1. College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, People’s Republic of China

    Zhenhua Zhao & Dong Cao

  2. School of Automation, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, Shenzhen Research Institute, Southeast University, Shenzhen, 518063, People’s Republic of China

    Jun Yang

  3. Chongqing Key Laboratory of Complex Systems and Bionic Control, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, 400065, People’s Republic of China

    Huiming Wang

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This work was supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61903192, 61803059), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu (No. BK20190402), Open Project Program of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Measurement and CSE (No. MCCSE2019A01), Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee (JCYJ20190813152603594), Innovation Team Project of Chongqing Education Committee (CXTDX201601019).

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Zhao, Z., Cao, D., Yang, J. et al. High-order sliding mode observer-based trajectory tracking control for a quadrotor UAV with uncertain dynamics. Nonlinear Dyn 102, 2583–2596 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-020-06050-2

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