Asymptotically stable control for a nonlinear-based multirotor aerial vehicle model

Abstract

The interest for multirotor aerial vehicles (MAVs) is currently growing due to their low cost, high manoeuvrability, simplified mechanics, capability to perform vertical take-off and landing as well as hovering flight. These characteristics make them a promising technology suitable for applications such as surveillance of indoor and urban environments. The present work faces the problem of controlling the attitude of a MAV by means of a linear feedback control which guarantees asymptotic stability when controlling nonlinear dynamics. The simulations show the effectiveness of the method.