KEYWORDS dynamic surface control (DSC), explosion of complexity, extended state observer (ESO), quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), unmeasurable velocity statesRecently, the control of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has received considerable attention from the research community due to its significant characteristics in rapid maneuverability, precise hovering, and low-cost manufacturability with reduced mechanical complexity, thereby providing a well-suited mission platform for a variety of applications from military and civilian scenarios, including small-area monitoring, surveillance, detection in restricted terrains, and reconnaissance and mapping after disasters. [1][2][3] However, how to develop an effective robust flight controller that performs well in practice while ensuring asymptotic stability in theory is still a significant challenge because of the following essential reasons. 4 (i) The quadrotor UAV only 2700 Damping matrices = diag(k x ,k y ,k z ) = diag(0.01, 0.01, 0.01) Nms 2 = diag(k ,k ,k ) = diag(0.012, 0.012, 0.012) Nms 2 J Inertial matrix J = diag(J 1 ,J 2 ,J 3 ) = diag(0.016, 0.016, 0.016) kgm 2 l Distance from each rotor 0.4 m to the center of mass c Force-to-moment factor 0.05