Simple Tracking Controllers for Autonomous VTOL Aircraft With Bounded Inputs

Author

Ailon, Amit

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Volume

55

Issue

3

fYear

2010

fDate

3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

737

Lastpage

743

Abstract

This note presents simple controllers for achieving asymptotic trajectory (set-point and time-varying) tracking under the conditions of restricted input in vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Unlike previous studies that apply nonlinear combination of saturated functions for stabilizing the closed-loop system, the proposed controllers are based on smooth functions that can easily be implemented in real time applications.

Keywords

aircraft control; position control; smoothing methods; stability; time-varying systems; asymptotic trajectory; autonomous VTOL aircraft; bounded input; set point tracking; simple tracking controller; smooth function; time varying tracking; vertical takeoff and landing aircraft; Acceleration; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Asymptotic stability; Control systems; Delay estimation; Equations; Force control; Linear matrix inequalities; Linear systems; Nonlinear control systems; Real time systems; Stability; State estimation; Stochastic processes; Stochastic systems; Trajectory; Bounded input; global stability; semiglobal stability; trajectory tracking; vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9286

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAC.2010.2040493

Filename

5405030