Combined of Lyapunov-stable and active disturbance rejection control for the path following of a small unmanned aerial vehicle

This article proposes a composite path following controller that allows the small fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle to follow a predefined path. Assuming that the vehicle is equipped with an autopilot for altitude and airspeed maintained well, the controller design adopts the hierarchical control s...

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Main Authors: Yang Chen, Jianhong Liang, Chaolei Wang, Yicheng Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-03-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1729881417699150