Title: A review of quadrotor UAV: control methodologies and performance evaluation

Authors: Roohul Amin; Li Aijun; Shahaboddin Shamshirband

Addresses: School of Automation, Northwestren Polytechnical University, 127 Youyi West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China ' School of Automation, Northwestren Polytechnical University, 127 Youyi West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China ' Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Malaya, Jalan Universiti, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract: Quadrotor a kind of multirotor unmanned air vehicle has gained popularity within research community due to its high manoeuvrability, vertical take-off, landing and hovering capability, and ease of operation in areas where traditional unmanned air vehicle have proved ineffective. This article provides a comprehensive survey of research methodologies proposed for quadrotor control. The methodologies are categorised into three different control design domains and each methodology is discussed in detail. Finally, we discuss the evaluation criteria used for the aforementioned methodologies and highlight the potential challenges that still need to be addressed in quadrotor control domain.

Keywords: quadrotor UAVs; unmanned aerial vehicles; literature review; performance evaluation; quadrotor control; linear controllers; nonlinear controllers; intelligent control; controller design; quadrotors.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAAC.2016.076453

International Journal of Automation and Control, 2016 Vol.10 No.2, pp.87 - 103

Received: 17 Nov 2015
Accepted: 30 Dec 2015

Published online: 09 May 2016 *

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