Shared Fuzzy Control of Multiple Quadrotor UAVs With Time-Dependent Delay and Bounded Control-Input Constraint

Abstract

We propose a shared fuzzy controller for position and attitude control of multiple quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Using the nonlinear governing equations of motion and kinematics of a quadrotor, we develop a Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model for a quadrotor. Then, we consider time-varying delays due to wireless connectioninto the T-S fuzzy model. We use the sufficient stability condition based on the Lyapunov-Krasovskii stability theorem and the parallel distributed compensation (PDC) technique to determine the fuzzy control law. For practical purposes, we include actuator amplitude constraint into the design process. The problem of designing a shared fuzzy controller is cast in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). A feasible solution region is found in terms of maximum magnitude and rate of time-varying delay. In the end, the stability, performance, and robustness of the proposed shared fuzzy controller are examined via numerical simulation.