A real life implementation of fractional order event based PI control

The paper presents a novel generalization of available integer-order event based control strategies into the fractional order field, offering a real life implementation possibility of event based fractional order control. A fractional order Proportional Integral (FOPI) controller is tuned using a set of frequency domain specifications such as gain crossover frequency, phase margin and robustness. A generalized theoretical approach is developed for FOPI event based control strategies. In addition, real-life solutions are provided in order to implement the FOPI controller on a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) platform. The proposed methodology is validated experimentally by assessing the closed loop system performance in various scenarios such as step reference tracking, disturbance rejection and robustness to gain uncertainties.