Moving Target Landing of a Quadrotor Using Robust Optimal Guaranteed Cost Control

Dear Editor, This letter proposes a robust control strategy for the autonomous landing of a quadrotor on a moving target. Specifically, a force command that consists of a cascade dynamics estimator and an optimal guaranteed cost control law is exploited for the position-loop tracking. Then, an orientation constraint torque command is employed for the attitude-loop tracking such that the quadrotor refrains from flipping during the landing operation. Stability analysis indicates that the overall closed-loop system is asymptotically stable. Finally, flight experiments validate and access the theoretical results.