Stabilization and Tracking of a Quadrotor Using Modified Sigmoid Sliding Mode Control

A modified sigmoid sliding mode control (MS-SMC) approach is proposed for stabilizing and tracking a quadrotor system with a nonlinear sliding surface, where the dynamics model is underactuated, highly coupled, and nonlinear. The constructed nonlinear sliding surface is based on the traditional slid...

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Main Authors: Mingyuan Hu, Kyunghyun Lee, Hyeongki Ahn, Ahyeong Choi, Hyunchang Kim, Kwanho You
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/10/3618
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author Mingyuan Hu
Kyunghyun Lee
Hyeongki Ahn
Ahyeong Choi
Hyunchang Kim
Kwanho You
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Kyunghyun Lee
Hyeongki Ahn
Ahyeong Choi
Hyunchang Kim
Kwanho You
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description A modified sigmoid sliding mode control (MS-SMC) approach is proposed for stabilizing and tracking a quadrotor system with a nonlinear sliding surface, where the dynamics model is underactuated, highly coupled, and nonlinear. The constructed nonlinear sliding surface is based on the traditional sliding mode surface with a modified sigmoid function, allowing the initial value to quickly reach equilibrium. A new type of nonlinear SMC is applied for performance improvement of the quadrotor using the proposed modified sigmoid sliding surface. To control the quadrotor effectively, a double-loop control method is used to design the control rate, in which the position subsystem is the outer loop, and the attitude subsystem is the inner loop.With the Lyapunov function, the stability of the overall closed-loop system is ensured by stabilizing each subsystem step by step. Moreover, from a practical point of view, the system performance under the model uncertainties and external disturbances are also considered. The simulation results show that the proposed MS-SMC performs better than the conventional sliding mode control (CSMC) and the back-stepping sliding mode control (BS-SMC) in terms of stabilization and tracking against external disturbances.
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spelling doaj.art-c86097245d5c4c10a2497fe9d2ccc0942023-11-23T12:58:18ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202022-05-012210361810.3390/s22103618Stabilization and Tracking of a Quadrotor Using Modified Sigmoid Sliding Mode ControlMingyuan Hu0Kyunghyun Lee1Hyeongki Ahn2Ahyeong Choi3Hyunchang Kim4Kwanho You5Department of Smart Fab. Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, KoreaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, KoreaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, KoreaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, KoreaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, KoreaDepartment of Smart Fab. Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, KoreaA modified sigmoid sliding mode control (MS-SMC) approach is proposed for stabilizing and tracking a quadrotor system with a nonlinear sliding surface, where the dynamics model is underactuated, highly coupled, and nonlinear. The constructed nonlinear sliding surface is based on the traditional sliding mode surface with a modified sigmoid function, allowing the initial value to quickly reach equilibrium. A new type of nonlinear SMC is applied for performance improvement of the quadrotor using the proposed modified sigmoid sliding surface. To control the quadrotor effectively, a double-loop control method is used to design the control rate, in which the position subsystem is the outer loop, and the attitude subsystem is the inner loop.With the Lyapunov function, the stability of the overall closed-loop system is ensured by stabilizing each subsystem step by step. Moreover, from a practical point of view, the system performance under the model uncertainties and external disturbances are also considered. The simulation results show that the proposed MS-SMC performs better than the conventional sliding mode control (CSMC) and the back-stepping sliding mode control (BS-SMC) in terms of stabilization and tracking against external disturbances.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/10/3618quadrotorsliding mode controlnonlinear sliding surfacedouble-looptracking control
spellingShingle Mingyuan Hu
Kyunghyun Lee
Hyeongki Ahn
Ahyeong Choi
Hyunchang Kim
Kwanho You
Stabilization and Tracking of a Quadrotor Using Modified Sigmoid Sliding Mode Control
Sensors
quadrotor
sliding mode control
nonlinear sliding surface
double-loop
tracking control
title Stabilization and Tracking of a Quadrotor Using Modified Sigmoid Sliding Mode Control
title_full Stabilization and Tracking of a Quadrotor Using Modified Sigmoid Sliding Mode Control
title_fullStr Stabilization and Tracking of a Quadrotor Using Modified Sigmoid Sliding Mode Control
title_full_unstemmed Stabilization and Tracking of a Quadrotor Using Modified Sigmoid Sliding Mode Control
title_short Stabilization and Tracking of a Quadrotor Using Modified Sigmoid Sliding Mode Control
title_sort stabilization and tracking of a quadrotor using modified sigmoid sliding mode control
topic quadrotor
sliding mode control
nonlinear sliding surface
double-loop
tracking control
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/10/3618
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