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This paper proposes a model predictive trajectory tracking approach for quadrotors subject to input constraints. Our proposed approach relies on a hierarchical control strategy with an outer-loop feedback generating the required thrust and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Qian Yang , Miaomiao Wang , Abdelhamid Tayebi

This paper provides nonlinear tracking control systems for a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that are robust to bounded uncertainties. A mathematical model of a quadrotor UAV is defined on the special Euclidean group, and nonlinear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-09-22 Taeyoung Lee , Melvin Leok , N. Harris McClamroch

This paper considers the prescribed performance control (PPC) of spacecraft attitude tracking under multiple physical constraints, focusing on the robust issues. A novel Barrier Lyapunov function is proposed to realize the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-14 Jiakun Lei , Tao Meng , Weijia Wang , Chengjin Yin , Zhonghe Jin

Many robotic systems are underactuated, meaning not all degrees of freedom can be directly controlled due to lack of actuators, input constraints, or state-dependent actuation. This property, compounded by modeling uncertainties and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-10 Daniel M. Cherenson , Dimitra Panagou

Motion control of underwater robotic vehicles is a demanding task with great challenges imposed by external disturbances, model uncertainties and constraints of the operating workspace. Thus, robust motion control is still an open issue for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Shahab Heshmati-alamdari , Alexandros Nikou , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

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, we present a novel cascade control structure with formal guarantees of uniform almost global asymptotic stability for the state tracking error dynamics of a quadcopter. The proposed approach features a model predictive…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-31 Maedeh Izadi , A. T. J. R. Cobbenhagen , Ruben Sommer , A. R. P. Andriën , Erjen Lefeber , W. P. M. H. Heemels

This paper presents a constraint-aware control framework for underactuated aerial manipulators, enabling accurate end-effector trajectory tracking while explicitly accounting for safety and feasibility constraints. The control problem is…

Propeller failure is a major cause of multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) crashes. While conventional multirotor systems struggle to address this issue due to underactuation, over-actuated platforms can continue flying with…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Yao Su , Pengkang Yu , Matthew J. Gerber , Lecheng Ruan , Tsu-Chin Tsao

This paper focuses on the issue of how to realize spacecraft attitude control with guaranteed performance while conspicuously reducing the actuator acting frequency simultaneously. The prescribed performance control (PPC) scheme is often…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-11 Jiakun Lei , Tao Meng , Kun Wang , Weijia Wang , Zhonghe Jin

In this paper, we present a prescribed performance control framework for trajectory tracking in Euler-Lagrange systems with unknown dynamics and prescribed input constraints. The proposed approach enforces hard funnel constraints, meaning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Ratnangshu Das , Pushpak Jagtap

In this paper, a fixed-time disturbance observerbased model predictive control algorithm is proposed for trajectory tracking of quadrotor in the presence of disturbances. First, a novel multivariable fixed-time disturbance observer is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-02 Liwen Xu , Bailing Tian , Cong Wang , Junjie Lu , Dandan Wang , Zhiyu Li , Qun Zong

The Model Predictive Control (MPC) trajectory tracking problem of an unmanned quadrotor with input and output constraints is addressed. In this article, the dynamic models of the quadrotor are obtained purely from operational data in the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-07-17 Gang Cao , Edmund M-K Lai , Fakhrul Alam

With quadrotor use seeing extensive growth in recent years, the autonomous control of these Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is an increasing relevant and intersting field. In this paper a linear state-space approach at designing a stable…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-10-03 Graeme N. Wilson , Alejandro Ramirez-Serrano , Qiao Sun

The attitude tracking problem with preassigned performance requirements has earned tremendous interest in recent years, and the Prescribed Performance Control (PPC) scheme is often adopted to tackle this problem. Nevertheless, traditional…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-02 Jiakun Lei , Tao Meng , Weijia Wang , Heng Li , Zhonghe Jin

This paper presents a prescribed performance-based tracking control strategy for the atmospheric reentry flight of space vehicles subject to rapid maneuvers during flight mission. A time-triggered non-monotonic performance funnel is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-02 Zongyi Guo , Xiyu Gu , Yonglin Han , Jianguo Guo , Thomas Berger

Robust adaptive model predictive control (RAMPC) is a novel control method that combines robustness guarantees with respect to unknown parameters and bounded disturbances into a model predictive control scheme. However, RAMPC has so far…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-27 Alexandre Didier , Anilkumar Parsi , Jeremy Coulson , Roy S. Smith

This article aims to derive a practical tracking control algorithm for flexible air-breathing hypersonic vehicles (FAHVs) with lumped disturbances, unmeasurable states and actuator failures. Based on the framework of the backstepping…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-15 Tianlong Zhao , Fei Hao

In this paper, a guidance and tracking control strategy for fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) autopilots is presented. The proposed control exploits recent results on sample-based stochastic Model Predictive Control, which allow…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-05-16 Martina Mammarella , Elisa Capello , Fabrizio Dabbene

This paper presents an adaptive modified Robust Inverse of Signum Error (AM-RISE) control method, which achieves reliable trajectory tracking control for a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle. The proposed method systematically accounts for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-02 Kevin Johnston , Musabbir Ahmed Arrafi , Krishna B Kidambi , Madhur Tiwari
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