A leader-following trajectory generator with application to quadrotor formation flight

V Roldão, R Cunha, D Cabecinhas, C Silvestre… - Robotics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents a strategy for real-time generation of formation trajectories using a
leader–follower approach. A trajectory generator prescribes the motion of a group of virtual …

Global saturated tracking control of a quadcopter with experimental validation

W Xie, G Yu, D Cabecinhas, R Cunha… - IEEE Control Systems …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter addresses the design of a global saturated trajectory tracking controller for a
quadcopter in the presence of external disturbances. The proposed control law guarantees …

Tracking of a moving ground target by a quadrotor using a backstepping approach based on a full state cascaded dynamics

CK Tan, J Wang, YC Paw, TY Ng - Applied soft computing, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, a tracking controller is formulated for a quadrotor to track a moving ground
target. The quadrotor exhibits distinct hierarchical dynamics that allows its position to be …

Lyapunov-based controller using singular perturbation theory: An application on a mini-uav

G Flores, R Lozano - 2013 American control conference, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a Lyapunov-based control using singular perturbation theory is proposed and
applied on dynamics of a miniature unmanned aerial vehicle (MAV). Such controller is …

Leader following trajectory planning: A trailer-like approach

PO Pereira, R Cunha, D Cabecinhas, C Silvestre… - Automatica, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, a trajectory planner for n autonomous vehicles following a common leader is
presented, with the planning being accomplished in real time and in a three dimensional …

Global trajectory tracking for a class of underactuated vehicles

P Casau, RG Sanfelice, R Cunha… - 2013 American …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we address the problem of trajectory tracking for a class of underactuated
vehicles with full torque actuation and only one dimensional force actuation (thrust). For this …

Design of a new Robot Operating System-MATLAB-based autonomous robot system and trajectory tracking experiment

Z Yu, F Ge, SF Wong - International Journal of Advanced …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The trajectory tracking performance of an actual robot is usually used as an important
standard to evaluate a nonlinear controller algorithm. The aim of this article is to design a …

Robust bounded control scheme for quadrotor vehicles under high dynamic disturbances

J Betancourt, P Castillo, P García, V Balaguer… - Autonomous …, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, an optimal bounded robust control algorithm for secure autonomous
navigation in quadcopter vehicles is proposed. The controller is developed combining two …

A novel leader-following strategy applied to formations of quadrotors

V Roldão, R Cunha, D Cabecinhas… - 2013 European …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a strategy for formation control of autonomous vehicles using a leader-
following approach. A trajectory planner prescribes the motion of a group of virtual vehicles …

Nested saturation control of multiple vector integrators and its application to motion control of UAVs

H Xie, D Veitch - International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents two nested input saturation control schemes for a special class of
multiple vector integrators with bounded additive disturbances. The considered systems …