Fractional-order Fast Terminal Sliding Mode Control of Uncertain Quadrotor UAV with Time-varying Disturbances

This paper investigates the trajectory-tracking problem of an uncertain quadrotor in the presence of complex disturbances. A new fractional-order terminal sliding mode control method (FOTSMC) is designed for a quadrotor attitude, which can increase the control robustness against the external disturbances and modeling uncertainty, and decrease the chattering problem. A new fractional non-integer sliding mode control technique for a quadrotor position is designed to stabilize its state variables and attenuate wind disturbance and the effects of variation in the mass. The stability analysis is studied by the Lyapunov theory. Numerical simulation for complex flight trajectory under disturbances is given to illustrate the validity of the proposed methods.