Using adaptive dynamic programming (ADP), this paper presents a novel attitude-tracking scheme for over-actuated tailless unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that integrates control and control allocation while accounting for nonlinearity and nonaffine control inputs. The proposed method uses the idea of nonlinear dynamic inversion to create an augmented system and converts the optimal tracking problem into an optimal regulation problem using a discounted performance function. Drawing inspiration from incremental control, this method achieves optimal tracking control for the nonaffine system by simply using a critic-only structure. Moreover, the unique design of the performance function ensures robustness against model uncertainties and external disturbances. The ADP method was found to outperform traditional control architectures that separate control and control allocation, achieving the same level of attitude-tracking performance through a more optimized approach. Furthermore, unlike many recent optimal controllers for nonaffine systems, our method does not require any model identifiers and demonstrates robustness. The superiority of the ADP-based approach is verified through two simulated scenarios, and its internal mechanism is further discussed. The theoretical analysis of robustness and stability is also provided.


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    Title :

    Attitude-Tracking Control for Over-Actuated Tailless UAVs at Cruise Using Adaptive Dynamic Programming


    Contributors:
    Zihou He (author) / Jianbo Hu (author) / Yingyang Wang (author) / Jiping Cong (author) / Yuan Bian (author) / Linxiao Han (author)


    Publication date :

    2023




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Unknown




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