Velocity Sensor for Real-Time Backstepping Control of a Multirotor Considering Actuator Dynamics.

A real-time implementation of a control scheme for a multirotor, based on angular velocity sensors for the actuators, is presented. The control scheme is composed of two loops: an inner loop for the actuators and an outer loop for the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV control algorithm is designed by means of the backstepping technique and a robust sliding mode differentiator, and the actuator control strategy is based on a standard proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller.