From Tracking to Robust Maneuver Regulation: an Easy-to-Design Approach for VTOL Aerial Robots

TitleFrom Tracking to Robust Maneuver Regulation: an Easy-to-Design Approach for VTOL Aerial Robots
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsSpedicato, S, Franchi, A, Notarstefano, G
Conference Name2016 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation
Pagination2965-2970
Date Published05/2016
Conference LocationStockholm, Sweden
KeywordsAerial Robotics
Abstract

In this paper we present a maneuver regulation scheme for Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) micro aerial vehicles (MAV). Differently from standard trajectory tracking, maneuver regulation has an intrinsic robustness due to the fact that the vehicle is not required to chase a virtual target, but just to stay on a (properly designed) desired path with a given velocity profile. In this paper we show how a robust maneuver regulation controller can be easily designed by converting an existing tracking scheme. The resulting maneuvering controller has three main appealing features, namely it: (i) inherits the robustness properties of the tracking controller, (ii) gains the appealing features of maneuver regulation, and (iii) does not need any additional tuning with respect to the tracking controller. We prove the correctness of the proposed scheme and show its effectiveness in experiments on a nano-quadrotor. In particular, we show on a nontrivial maneuver how external disturbances acting on the quadrotor cause instabilities in the standard tracking, while marginally affect the maneuver regulation scheme.

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