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Method of quadrotor flight control in the target tracking problem

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A problem of control of trajectory motion of a quadrotor vehicle is considered. The choice of the form of required differential equations in the previously proposed method of tracking of a moving target is justified. The workability of the control system in the presence of measurement noise and external perturbations is confirmed by results of experiments with the AR.Drone quadrotor.

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    K. Yu. Kotov, A. A. Nesterov, M. N. Filippov & A. P. Yan

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Original Russian Text © K.Yu. Kotov, A.A. Nesterov, M.N. Filippov, A.P. Yan, 2017, published in Avtometriya, 2017, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 3–10.

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Kotov, K.Y., Nesterov, A.A., Filippov, M.N. et al. Method of quadrotor flight control in the target tracking problem. Optoelectron.Instrument.Proc. 53, 309–315 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S875669901704001X

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