Robust Visual Servo Control With Visibility Constraints for High-Dynamic Landing of Quadrotors

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Authors: Xin Ding, Tao Jiang, Xiaojie Su, Chao Chen, Ziyuan Li, Huan Liu
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References: 38

Abstract

High-dynamic and high-precision landing of visual servoing quadrotors poses significant challenges, primarily attributed to the low-frequency feedback characteristics of visual sensors and the physical coupling between the field of view (FOV) and quadrotor attitude variations. This paper presents a composite nonlinear feedback control framework based on visual servoing (PBVS-CNF) for the autonomous landing of quadrotors on rapidly moving platforms. First, an adaptive interpolation-compensated extended Kalman filter (AICEKF) is designed to compensate the measurement delays and obtain high-frequency updates of visual positioning information. Subsequently, a composite nonlinear feed back performance-optimized controller based on a pixel repulsion function (PRF) is developed to maintain continuous target visibility during high-dynamic landing tasks, while enhancing the vehicle's response speed and terminal landing accuracy. A compensation function observer (CFO) is designed to estimate full-course landing uncertainties via multi-source state fusion, exhibiting higher accuracy and faster response speed than conventional observers. Finally, simulations and experiments validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Advanced Vision and Imaging Aerospace and Aviation Technology Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization

Publication details

Journal / source
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Volume
62
Pages
10583–10595
Publication date
1 January 2026