Research on trajectory planning and tracking of hexa-copter

Abstract

In this paper, the flight control problem of hexa-copter is studied in detail from threedimensional trajectory planning to tracking. Then the cubic spline interpolation method is used to generate the trajectory by using these time marked waypoints. The flight trajectory curve produced by this method is smooth, twice differentiable, and it is easy to control implementation. The flight dynamics model of the UAV has the characteristics of multi-input multi-output, strong coupling, under-actuation, severe nonlinearity and external environmental disturbance. In order to improve the accuracy of flight trajectory and the stability of attitude control, a multi-loop sliding mode variable structure control method is proposed to achieve the hexa-copter flight trajectory tracking. The simulation results show that this method can track the predetermined flight trajectory and keep the attitude stability of the UAV normally.