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In this paper, we present a cascade control structure to address the trajectory tracking problem for quadcopters, ensuring uniform global asymptotic stability of the state tracking error dynamics. An MPC strategy based on a 12-dimensional…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-03 Maedeh Izadi , A. T. J. R. Cobbenhagen , R. L. Sommer , A. R. P. Andrien , E. Lefeber , W. P. M. H. Heemels

In this paper a novel aerial manipulation system is proposed. The mechanical structure of the system, the number of thrusters and their geometry will be derived from technical optimization problems. The aforementioned problems are defined…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-02-27 Alexandros Nikou , Georgios C. Gavridis , Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

Despite major advancements in control design that are robust to unplanned disturbances, bipedal robots are still susceptible to falling over and struggle to negotiate rough terrains. By utilizing thrusters in our bipedal robot, we can…

This paper addresses the problem of guidance and control of underwater vehicles. A multi-level control strategy is used to determine (1) outer-loop path-following commands and (2) inner-loop actuation commands. Specifically, a line-of-sight…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-25 Nicholas Rober , Maxwell Hammond , Venanzio Cichella , Juan E. Martin , Pablo Carrica

This paper presents an overview of the most effective ideas for the Quad-rotor project. The concept of modeling using different methods is presented. The modeling part presented the nonlinear model, and the concept of linearization using…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-07-18 Tarek N. Dief , Shigeo Yoshida

The design of Proportional Integral-Derivative (PID) controller is involved to gain infinite stiffness using active vibration control system and it is a modification of previous work. The PID controller is a control loop feedback mechanism…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-09 Rifat Choudhury

Precise 3D measurements of rigid surfaces are desired in many fields of application like quality control or surgery. Often, views from all around the object have to be acquired for a full 3D description of the object surface. We present a…

Optics · Physics 2014-01-10 Oliver Arold , Svenja Ettl , Florian Willomitzer , Gerd Häusler

The conceptual design and flight controller of a novel kind of quadcopter are presented. This design is capable of morphing the shape of the UAV during flight to achieve position and attitude control. We consider a dynamic center of gravity…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Rumit Kumar , Aditya M. Deshpande , James Z. Wells , Manish Kumar

How difficult can it be to implement a PID controller? The answer is twofold. Implementing the PID control law is simple and computationally inexpensive. However, this basic form will not work in practical applications. The primary reason…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-07 E. Sundström , M. Bauer , J. L. Guzmán , T. Hägglund , K. Soltesz

This paper introduces a safety filter to ensure collision avoidance for multirotor aerial robots. The proposed formalism leverages a single Composite Control Barrier Function from all position constraints acting on a third-order nonlinear…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Marvin Harms , Martin Jacquet , Kostas Alexis

This paper develops a novel physics-based approach for fault-resilient multi-quadcopter coordination in the presence of abrupt quadcopter failure. Our approach consists of two main layers: (i) high-level physics-based guidance to safely…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-10-18 Hamid Emadi , Harshvardhan Uppaluru , Hossein Rastgoftar

This paper addresses design, modeling and dynamic-compensation PID (dc-PID) control of a novel type of fully-actuated aerial manipulation (AM) system. Firstly, design of novel mechanical structure of the AM is presented. Secondly,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-09-26 Le Ma , Dong Wang , Zixu Hao , Jie Liu , Jiasen Sun , Siyu Wang

The design requirement for flight visual simulation system is studied and the overall structure and development process are proposed in this paper. Through the construction of 3D scene model library and aircraft model, the rendering and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2012-12-04 Feng Tian , Wenjian Chai , Chuanyun Wang , Xiaoping Sun

Robust adaptive control methods are essential for maintaining quadcopter performance under external disturbances and model uncertainties. However, fragmented evaluations across tasks, simulators, and implementations hinder systematic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Dingqi Zhang , Ran Tao , Sheng Cheng , Naira Hovakimyan , Mark W. Mueller

The objective of the project is to explore synergies between classical control algorithms such as PID and contemporary reinforcement learning algorithms to come up with a pragmatic control mechanism to control the CrazyFlie 2.X quadrotor.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Arshad Javeed , Valentín López Jiménez

This research proposes a Sliding Mode PID (SMC-PID) controller to improve the speed control performance of DC servo motors, which are widely used in industrial applications such as robotics and CNC. The objective of the proposed controller…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-12 Ngoc Son Vu , Van Cuong Pham , Phuc Anh Nguyen , My Linh Dao Thi , Thanh Hai Vu

Tethered quadcopters are used for extended flight operations where the power to the system is provided via a tether connected to an external power source. In this work, we consider a system of multiple quadcopters powered by a single…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-28 Karan P. Jain , Prasanth Kotaru , Massimiliano de Sa , Koushil Sreenath , Mark W. Mueller

This study explores modeling and control for quadrotor acrobatics, focusing on executing flip maneuvers. Flips are an elegant way to deliver sensor probes into no-fly or hazardous zones, like volcanic vents. Successful flips require…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-01 Saransh Jain , Yash Shethwala , Jnaneshwar Das

Many multirotor Unmanned Aerial Systems applications have a critical need for precise position control in environments with strong dynamic external disturbances such as wind gusts or ground and wall effects. Moreover, to maximize flight…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-08-09 Daniel Hentzen , Thomas Stastny , Roland Siegwart , Roland Brockers