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RotorSuite: A MATLAB/Simulink Toolbox for Tilt Multi-Rotor UAV Modeling

Robotics 2026-02-24 v1 Systems and Control Systems and Control

Abstract

In recent years, aerial platforms have evolved from passive flying sensors into versatile, contact-aware robotic systems, leading to rapid advances in platform design. Standard coplanar and collinear quadrotors have been complemented by modern tilted and tilting multi-rotor platforms with enhanced maneuverability. To properly analyze, control, and validate the performance of these emerging platforms, an accurate modeling step is required; however, this can be time-consuming, user-dependent and error-prone. To address this issue, we propose a MATLAB/Simulink toolbox for modeling and simulating the dynamics of a broad class of multi-rotor platforms through both an analytical and physics-based approaches. The toolbox, named RotorSuite, is provided with comprehensive documentation and example use cases, representing a valuable tool for didactic, research, and industrial development purposes.

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@article{arxiv.2602.18814,
  title  = {RotorSuite: A MATLAB/Simulink Toolbox for Tilt Multi-Rotor UAV Modeling},
  author = {Nicola Cigarini and Giulia Michieletto and Angelo Cenedese},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.18814},
  year   = {2026}
}
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