Review of designs and flight control techniques of hybrid and convertible VTOL UAVs

GJJ Ducard, M Allenspach - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper provides a broad perspective and analysis of the work done in control of hybrid
and convertible unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the main existing designs. These flying …

On modified parameter estimators for identification and adaptive control. A unified framework and some new schemes

R Ortega, V Nikiforov, D Gerasimov - Annual Reviews in Control, 2020 - Elsevier
A key assumption in the development of system identification and adaptive control schemes
is the availability of a regression model which is linear in the unknown parameters (of the …

Unmanned aerial vehicles: Control methods and future challenges

Z Zuo, C Liu, QL Han, J Song - IEEE/CAA Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid development of computer technology, automatic control technology and
communication technology, research on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has attracted …

Reinforcement learning for UAV attitude control

W Koch, R Mancuso, R West, A Bestavros - ACM Transactions on Cyber …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Autopilot systems are typically composed of an “inner loop” providing stability and control,
whereas an “outer loop” is responsible for mission-level objectives, such as way-point …

Safe learning of quadrotor dynamics using barrier certificates

L Wang, EA Theodorou… - 2018 IEEE International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To effectively control complex dynamical systems, accurate nonlinear models are typically
needed. However, these models are not always known. In this paper, we present a data …

Adaptive trajectory tracking control of output constrained multi‐rotors systems

Z Zuo, C Wang - IET Control Theory & Applications, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The design of output constrained control system for unmanned aerial vehicles deployed in
confined areas is an important issue in practice and not taken into account in many autopilot …

Neural network-based flight control systems: Present and future

SA Emami, P Castaldi, A Banazadeh - Annual Reviews in Control, 2022 - Elsevier
As the first review in this field, this paper presents an in-depth mathematical view of
Intelligent Flight Control Systems (IFCSs), particularly those based on artificial neural …

Low-frequency learning and fast adaptation in model reference adaptive control

T Yucelen, WM Haddad - IEEE Transactions on Automatic …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While adaptive control has been used in numerous applications to achieve system
performance without excessive reliance on dynamical system models, the necessity of high …

Modular adaptive control for LOS-based cooperative path maneuvering of multiple underactuated autonomous surface vehicles

L Liu, D Wang, Z Peng, T Li - IEEE Transactions on Systems …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper is concerned with the cooperative path maneuvering of multiple underactuated
autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) moving along a parameterized path. Each vehicle is …

1-Adaptive MPPI Architecture for Robust and Agile Control of Multirotors

J Pravitra, KA Ackerman, C Cao… - 2020 IEEE/RSJ …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a multirotor control architecture, where Model Predictive Path Integral
Control (MPPI) and ℒ 1 adaptive control are combined to achieve both fast model predictive …