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Quadrotor UAVs are one of the most preferred type of small unmanned aerial vehicles because of the very simple mechanical construction and propulsion principle. However, the nonlinear dynamic behavior requires a more advanced stabilizing control and guidance of these vehicles. In addition, the small payload reduces the amount of batteries that can be carried and thus also limits the operating range of the UAV. One possible solution for a range extension is the application of a mobile base station for recharging purpose even during operation. However, landing on a moving base station requires autonomous tracking and landing control of the UAV. In this paper, a nonlinear autopilot for quadrotor UAVs is extended with a tracking and landing controller to fulfill the required task.
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Voos, H. (2009). Nonlinear Landing Control for Quadrotor UAVs. In: Dillmann, R., Beyerer, J., Stiller, C., Zöllner, J.M., Gindele, T. (eds) Autonome Mobile Systeme 2009. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10284-4_15
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