Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Based Finite-Time Dynamic Surface Control for a Quadrotor UAV

In this work, a tracking control strategy is developed to achieve finite-time stability of quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) subject to external disturbances and parameter uncertainties. Firstly, a finite-time extended state observer (ESO) is proposed based on the nonsingular terminal slidin...

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Main Authors: Yuxiao Niu, Hanyu Ban, Haichao Zhang, Wenquan Gong, Fang Yu
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: MDPI AG 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/7ef0f3d4ad8b4002a5acfebe1353bf7c
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Summary:In this work, a tracking control strategy is developed to achieve finite-time stability of quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) subject to external disturbances and parameter uncertainties. Firstly, a finite-time extended state observer (ESO) is proposed based on the nonsingular terminal sliding mode variable to estimate external disturbances to the position subsystem. Then, utilizing the information provided by the ESO and the nonsingular terminal sliding mode control (NTSMC) technique, a dynamic surface controller is proposed to achieve finite-time stability of the position subsystem. By conducting a similar step for the attitude subsystem, a finite-time ESO-based dynamic surface controller is proposed to carry out attitude tracking control of the quadrotor UAV. Finally, the performance of the control algorithm is demonstrated via a numerical simulation.