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![]() Title:Singularity Problem in Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Quadrotor Conference:GCWOT'26 Tags:Adaptive control-, nonlinear control-, nonsingular terminal sliding mode-, quadrotor, quadrotor. and robotics- Abstract: This paper introduces a novel terminal nonsingular sliding mode control (NTSMC) strategy tailored for quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), addressing the challenges of nonlinear dynamics, system uncertainties, and external disturbances that affect flight stability and performance. Drawbacks of conventional sliding mode control (SMC) methods and terminal sliding mode (TSM) approaches, while robust against uncertainties, often suffer from issues like chattering, and the TSM suffers from singularities. These drawbacks can result in reduced control precision and performance degradation in real-world applications. The proposed NTSMC framework employs a carefully designed nonsingular terminal sliding surface, which ensures finite-time convergence without the occurrence of singularities. This feature is crucial in maintaining robust control during rapid maneuvers and in the presence of dynamic disturbances, as commonly experienced by quadrotors in complex environments. Additionally, the proposed control law incorporates continuous control signals to mitigate the chattering effect, which is commonly observed in traditional SMC designs, leading to smoother control actions and enhanced system performance. The NTSMC is rigorously derived to guarantee stability and finite-time convergence based on Lyapunov theory, ensuring that the quadrotor's attitude and position tracking errors are driven to zero within finite time. The effectiveness of the proposed method is evaluated through extensive simulations under various operating conditions, including trajectory tracking, aggressive maneuvering, and disturbance rejection. The results demonstrate that the NTSMC significantly improves control accuracy, robustness, and response speed compared to conventional SMC and other existing control strategies. Singularity Problem in Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Quadrotor ![]() Singularity Problem in Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Quadrotor | ||||
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