Position and attitude control of multi-rotor aerial vehicles: A survey

TP Nascimento, M Saska - Annual Reviews in Control, 2019 - Elsevier
Motion control theory applied to multi-rotor aerial vehicles (MAVs) has gained attention with
the recent increase in the processing power of computers, which are now able to perform the …

An overview of drone energy consumption factors and models

P Beigi, MS Rajabi, S Aghakhani - Handbook of smart energy systems, 2022 - Springer
At present, there is a growing demand for drones with diverse capabilities that can be used
in both civilian and military applications, and this topic is receiving increasing attention …

Efficient nonlinear model predictive control for quadrotor trajectory tracking: Algorithms and experiment

D Wang, Q Pan, Y Shi, J Hu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article studies an efficient nonlinear model-predictive control (NMPC) scheme for
trajectory tracking control of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). By augmenting the …

A new disturbance attenuation control scheme for quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles

B ** control of a quadcopter with uncertain vehicle mass, moment of inertia, and disturbances
W **e, D Cabecinhas, R Cunha… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we propose a solution to the problem of path following for a quadcopter aircraft
with unknown vehicle parameters (mass and moment of inertia) and external disturbances …

Quantitative and Comparative Analysis of Energy Consumption in Urban Logistics Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Selected Means of Transport

A Kwasiborska, A Stelmach, I Jabłońska - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cities are moving towards sustainable development, which consists of tasks and challenges
to improve the quality of life, and minimize energy consumption. The concept of sustainable …

A new robust adaptive mixing control for trajectory tracking with improved forward flight of a tilt-rotor UAV

DN Cardoso, S Esteban, GV Raffo - ISA transactions, 2021 - Elsevier
A new robust adaptive mixing control (RAMC) is proposed in order to accomplish trajectory
tracking of a tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configuration. This kind of system is a …

Path following of a quadrotor with a cable-suspended payload

A Akhtar, S Saleem, J Shan - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article addresses the design of a path following controller for a payload tethered to a
quadrotor. Specifically, the goal is to design a smooth dynamic feedback controller that …

Identification and adaptive PID Control of a hexacopter UAV based on neural networks

C Rosales, CM Soria… - International journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, a novel adaptive PID controller for trajectory‐tracking tasks is proposed. It is
implemented in discrete time over a hexacopter, and it takes into consideration the …

Robust fault estimation for a 3-DOF helicopter considering actuator saturation

X Zhu, D Li - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2021 - Elsevier
Fault estimation plays an important role in real-time monitoring, diagnosis and active fault
tolerant control of helicopter system. This paper presents several robust observer based …