A fault tolerant control strategy for quadrotor UAVs based on trajectory linearization approach

Hao Jiang*, Yushu Yu, Xilun Ding, J. Jim Zhu

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Abstract

Fault tolerant control on quadrotors has recently gained more and more attention. A proper fault tolerant control strategy can improve the vehicle's performance in the presence of benign faults, and even save the vehicle and valuable payload in case of severe faults. This paper presents a new fault tolerant control strategy based on Trajectory Linearization Control approach with a special method of transformation from quadrotor mode to tri-rotor mode, and an introduction of extra control DOF. Meanwhile, control command saturation is considered in the proposed fault tolerant control strategy. The maximum fault tolerant capacity for the nominal controller is estimated and specific control strategies are presented according to fault classification. Simulations in the SIMTJLINK/MATLAB environment are presented to verify the control strategy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2012
Pages1174-1179
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 9th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2012 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 5 Aug 20128 Aug 2012

Publication series

Name2012 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2012

Conference

Conference2012 9th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period5/08/128/08/12

Keywords

  • Fault Tolerant Control
  • Quadrotor
  • Trajectory Linearization

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