The Design and Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using the Sliding Mode Control Method Design and Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles using Sliding Mode Control Method
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Sliding Mode Control (SMC) is a nonlinear control technique known for its robustness against system uncertainties and external disturbances. It has been widely applied in the design of engineering’s control system. This study presents an approach to designing a flight control system for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or UAVs using SMC within the MATLAB-Simulink simulation environment. The primary focus was on designing a controller to maintain stability and track predefined flight trajectories. The control system was developed by formulating the UAV’s dynamic equations and constructing an appropriate sliding mode to minimize the effects of uncertainties. Additionally, simulations and performance evaluations were conducted to compare SMC with conventional control methods. The simulation results demonstrated that SMC provides superior stability for UAVs, even in the presence of disturbances or parameter variations.
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