Cooperative control of a gripped load by a team of quadrotors

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School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Avenue, Tehran 11155-9567 Iran

Abstract

In this paper, an output tracking controller is proposed for cooperative transport of a gripped load by a team of quadrotors. The proposed control law requires measurement of only four state variables; position and yaw angle of the system. Moreover, the controller provides rejection of step and ramp external force disturbances. Also, the control basis vectors derived via optimization facilitate real time determination of quadrotors' control inputs. Numerical simulations show effectiveness of the proposed control scheme and its superiority over formerly designed controllers for such systems.

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Volume 26, Issue 5
Transactions on Mechanical Engineering (B)
September and October 2019
Pages 2760-2769
  • Receive Date: 30 January 2017
  • Revise Date: 17 February 2018
  • Accept Date: 02 July 2018