Cooperative Control for Rod-Shaped Payload Transportation with Two Quadrotors

Yankai Wang, Ti Chen*

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Abstract

This paper considers the cooperative transport problem of two quadrotors, which is an ideal method for rod-shaped payload transportation in complex and hazardous environments. A Lagrangian system with nine degrees of freedom is built to describe the cooperative transportation system, where the cables are supposed to be massless and kept taut all the time. A nonlinear controller is proposed based on the nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) to eliminate payload swing, where the payload angle information is considered as optional parameters. A cost function is formulated to transform the quadrotors’ positioning and payload swing elimination problems into an optimization problem. Finally, numerical simulations are carried out to validate the proposed control method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Mechanical System Dynamics - ICMSD 2023
EditorsXiaoting Rui, Caishan Liu
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages387-396
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789819980475
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference of Mechanical System Dynamics, ICMSD 2023 - Beijing, China
Duration: 1 Sept 20235 Sept 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4364

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference of Mechanical System Dynamics, ICMSD 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period1/09/235/09/23

Keywords

  • Cooperative transportation
  • Predictive control
  • Quadrotor

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