High-order Fully-actuated Controller Design for a Dual-Quadrotor Suspension System

In this paper, the mathematical model of dual-quadrotor suspension system is established, and the high-order fully-actuated (HOFA) model of the system is derived. Then the direct parametric control method of HOFA nonlinear systems is used to design a controller of the dual-quadrotor suspension system. Simulation results about tracking a circle of the suspension system are presented, which show that HOFA controller have good control effects with relatively smaller tracking errors, while the thrusts of the two quadrotors are within a reasonable range. Compared with a benchmark PD controller in [1], the HOFA controller designed in this paper can mitigate the drastic oscillation in positions of the quadrotor and the load, while the fluctuation of the load attitudes are maintained within a reasonable range.