Flatness-based nonlinear control strategies for trajectory tracking of quadcopter systems
Abstract
This paper proposes several nonlinear control strategies for trajectory tracking of a quadcopter system based on the property of differential flatness. Its originality is twofold. Firstly, it provides a flat output for the quadcopter dynamics capable of creating full flat parametrization of the states and inputs. Moreover, B-splines characterizations of the flat output and their properties allow for optimal trajectory generation subject to way-point constraints. Secondly, several control strategies based on computed torque control and feedback linearization are presented and compared. The advantages of flatness within each control strategy are analyzed and detailed through extensive simulation results.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1609.08428,
title = {Flatness-based nonlinear control strategies for trajectory tracking of quadcopter systems},
author = {Thinh Nguyen and Ionela Prodan and Laurent Lefèvre},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.08428},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
35 pages, 6 figures, extended version of the submitted journal to Robotics and Autonomous Systems