Non-linear control of a quadrotor with actuator delay

During the last decade, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) gained significant interest for use in various application domains such as monitoring/surveillance, freight/cargo shipping, and agriculture spraying. Developing such vehicle platforms requires the utilization of robust control approaches to maintain stable and appropriate maneuvering capabilities, as well as to address system uncertainty such as payload variation or dynamic variations (e.g., spraying drones are affected by such uncertainty). Moreover, due to the rotor-based structure, rotorcraft UAVs are quite vulnerable to UAV systems control input signal delay. In terms of maintaining a robust approach for a rotorcraft UAV, it is essential to provide stability against UAV systems control input signal delay. This paper makes an analysis throughout to improve control efficiency against UAV systems control input signal delay. Through investigation and improved fault rejection, three controlling algorithms were designed and applied. The analysis focused on three different scenarios. Insights are discussed within the remit of command tracking performance with UAV systems control input signal delay.