Finite-Time Adaptive Fuzzy Backstepping Control for Quadrotor UAV With Stochastic Disturbance

This paper proposes an adaptive fuzzy output feedback control approach for quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (QUAV) with stochastic disturbances, besides which we consider the unmeasurable states and unknown nonlinear functions. The QUAV system contains stochastic terms which are not bounded and not differentiable. By combining the It $\hat {\rm \textbf {o}}$ differential equation with finite-time theory, a novel stochastic finite-time stability controller for QUAV is raised for the first time. The fuzzy logic system (FLS) is utilized to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions in the model. Dynamic surface control technology is introduced to reduce the complexity of differential. Furthermore, an observer with FLS is designed through the adaptive backstepping technique to estimate the immeasurable states. It is proved that this control approach can ensure that all states of the closed-loop QUAV system are semi-global and finite-time stable in probability. Meanwhile, the errors of system outputs and observer converge to a small neighborhood of origin. The simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Note to Practitioners—In practical applications, many systems are often affected by internal and external disturbances, and not all of them can be described by mathematical models, so they are called stochastic disturbances. Taking the QUAV as an example, when the system is disturbed by internal parameters, external environment, system input, sensor error, and other stochastic factors, the deterministic system can no longer accurately describe the controlled object. In this paper, the QUAV is regarded as a stochastic system for the first time, and a novel controller is designed to solve the above problems. In addition, the QUAV needs fast action in some applications, such as emergency collision avoidance, which has high requirements for the convergence performance of the controller. Therefore, studying the finite-time control for QUAV systems with stochastic disturbances is necessary. At the same time, this paper also considers the problem that the state is not measurable and the system contains unknown nonlinear equations.