TY - GEN
T1 - Formation flight using multiple integral backstepping controllers
AU - Davidi, Alon
AU - Berman, Nadav
AU - Arogeti, Shai
PY - 2011/12/9
Y1 - 2011/12/9
N2 - In this paper, a new approach for the formation control of a group of UAVs is presented. The proposed method is based on a combination of multiple Integral Backstepping (IB) controllers. The paper considers a group of quadrotor UAVs, each having an identical nonlinear dynamics. The stability of the formation flight is shown using the Lyapunov approach. The main contribution of the paper stems from the proposed combination of individual controllers, where each individual controller satisfies a reference configuration between two UAVs. The combination of all individual controllers provides the total force and moments required, in each UAV, for the stability of the formation.
AB - In this paper, a new approach for the formation control of a group of UAVs is presented. The proposed method is based on a combination of multiple Integral Backstepping (IB) controllers. The paper considers a group of quadrotor UAVs, each having an identical nonlinear dynamics. The stability of the formation flight is shown using the Lyapunov approach. The main contribution of the paper stems from the proposed combination of individual controllers, where each individual controller satisfies a reference configuration between two UAVs. The combination of all individual controllers provides the total force and moments required, in each UAV, for the stability of the formation.
KW - Integral backstepping control
KW - formation flight
KW - quadrotor
KW - virtual leader
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=82855167301&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICCIS.2011.6070348
DO - 10.1109/ICCIS.2011.6070348
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:82855167301
SN - 9781612841984
T3 - Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE 5th International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, CIS 2011
SP - 317
EP - 322
BT - Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE 5th International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, CIS 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE 5th International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, CIS 2011
Y2 - 17 September 2011 through 19 September 2011
ER -