Abstract
This paper proposes a novel nonlinear H∞ control strategy for the
suspended transport system of dual quadrotor UAVs, aimed at achieving
precise trajectory tracking under unknown disturbance. First, based on
the Euler-Lagrange method, a non-redundant model of the dual quadrotor
UAVs’ suspended transport system is established. Then, a hierarchical
control structure is designed. For the outer loop subsystem, a new
nonlinear H∞ control strategy is proposed, where the integration
effect of the all DOF is considered in the state space, and a nonlinear
H∞ controller is designed in the weighted Sobolev space. The
stability of the closed-loop system is then proved through the Lyapunov
theorem. For the inner loop subsystem, Active Disturbance Rejection
Control (ADRC) is employed. Finally, comparative simulation results
highlight that the proposed controller outperforms existing methods in
terms of control performance and robustness.