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Robust cooperative tracking control for close formation of fixed⁃wing unmanned aerial vehicles
Received date: 2023-06-28
Revised date: 2023-09-04
Accepted date: 2023-10-07
Online published: 2023-10-24
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China(62103451)
Fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle （UAV） has typical characteristics such as underactuation and nonlinearity， which poses challenges in autonomous waypoint tracking design. Additionally， during close formation flight， there is significant motion coupling and aerodynamic interference among unmanned aerial vehicles， further complicating high-performance control design. To address the autonomous waypoint tracking problem in close formation flight of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles， considering requirements for trajectory smoothness， motion coordination， and tracking robustness， a multi-level robust cooperative tracking control architecture is proposed based on the fully-actuated system modeling method. This architecture consists of three core components： motion planning at upper-level， cooperative filtering at middle-level， and robust cooperative tracking control at lower-level. The upper-level generates feasible and smooth motion trajectories in real-time by integrating the virtual structure method with iterative linear quadratic regulator based on discrete waypoint. To improve the transient performance of tracking control， distributed cooperative filtering is introduced to filter the planned trajectories， generating reference signals for each individual unmanned aerial vehicle. Finally， considering challenges such as aerodynamic coupling and system uncertainties in close formation， a robust cooperative tracking control method based on uncertainty and disturbance observers is designed， achieving precise trajectory tracking and reliable formation maintenance. The proposed robust cooperative tracking control architecture addresses various constraints and challenges in close formation flight， realizing the comprehensive design of formation motion planning and tracking control， which effectively enhances system autonomy， coordination， and robustness. Finally， test of the proposed method is conducted through simulation of close formation flight with five fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles， validating the effectiveness of the approach.
Qingrui ZHANG , Yunyun LIU , Huijie SUN , Bo ZHU . Robust cooperative tracking control for close formation of fixed⁃wing unmanned aerial vehicles[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2024 , 45(1) : 629233 -629233 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2023.29233
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