<i>L</i>₁ Controller Design for a Flying Wing Unmmaned Aerial Vehicle

Abstract

The paper presents a design method for the control system of a flying wing unmanned air vehicle (UAV). A modified loop-shaping type configuration is adopted for the controller synthesis such that maneuverability, robustness with respect to modeling uncertainty and sensitivity reduction performances are accomplished. A stabilizing output feedback control law minimizing the $L_1$ norm of the resulting system is determined. The proposed design algorithm is illustrated by a case study.