Human-in-the-loop consensus tracking control for UAV systems via an improved prescribed performance approach

L Chen, H Liang, Y Pan, T Li - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In some crucial consensus tracking missions, the sign of the tracking error is not allowed to
change during the tracking process. The existing tracking control schemes are unable to …

Fixed-time distributed adaptive formation control for multiple QUAVs with full-state constraints

G Cui, H Xu, X Chen, J Yu - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article devises a fixed-time distributed adaptive formation control algorithm under the
event-triggered framework to guarantee the expected formation pattern for multiple …

Event-triggered distributed fixed-time adaptive attitude control with prescribed performance for multiple QUAVs

G Cui, H Xu, J Yu, HK Lam - IEEE Transactions on Automation …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article concentrates on the distributed fixed-time adaptive event-triggered attitude
control problem for multiple quad-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles (QUAVs) with prescribed …

Distributed optimal consensus protocol for high-order integrator-type multi-agent systems

S Zhang, Z Zhang, R Cui, H Li, W Yan - Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
Optimal consensus control of high-order multi-agent systems (MASs) modeled by multiple
integrator-type dynamics is studied. A fully distributed optimal control protocol that achieves …

Comprehensive nonlinear control strategy for VTOL-UAVs with windowed output constraints

L Kong, J Reis, W He, C Silvestre - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we develop a methodology for trajectory tracking control of a vertical takeoff
and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the presence of unknown mass and …

Predefined-time adaptive fuzzy bipartite consensus control for multi-quadrotors under malicious attacks

G Cui, H Xu, S Xu, J Gu - IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article focuses on the predefined-time adaptive fuzzy bipartite consensus control
problem for multiquadrotors (MQs) under malicious attacks. The unknown nonlinear …

NMPC-based UAV-USV cooperative tracking and landing

W Li, Y Ge, Z Guan, H Gao, H Feng - Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
The study aims to solve the problem of real time tracking and precise landing of unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) during unmanned surface vehicle (USV) navigation. In this paper, a …

Fixed-time disturbance observer-based distributed formation control for multiple QUAVs

H Xu, G Cui, Q Ma, Z Li, W Hao - IEEE Transactions on Circuits …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this brief, the problem of fixed-time distributed formation control for multiple quadrotor
unmanned aerial vehicles (QUAVs) suffering from external disturbances is investigated …

Tracking-oriented formation control for unmanned aerial vehicle swarm through output feedback under jointly-connected topologies

B Xin, Y Kang, W Liu - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The cooperation between a manned aerial vehicle (MAV) and an unmanned aerial vehicle
swarm (UAVS) to perform tasks will be a new focus of UAVS application in the foreseeable …

Leader–follower consensus control for a class of nonlinear multi-agent systems using dynamical neural networks

F Muñoz, JM Valdovinos, JS Cervantes-Rojas, SS Cruz… - Neurocomputing, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the formation consensus tracking control problem of uncertain
dynamical multi-agent system with nonlinear dynamics based on a leader–follower …