Electronics Optics & Control, Volume. 32, Issue 4, 8(2025)

Twistor-Based Integrated Modeling and Control of Quadrotor UAV Position and Attitude

ZHOU Jiaxing1,2, CHEN Wei1,2, CHEN Xiang3, LI Qing4, DENG Yifan5, and CHEN Yuhao1,2
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  • 1School of Electrical and Automation, XMUT, Xiamen 361000, China
  • 2Xiamen Key Laboratory of Frontier Electric Power Equipment and Intelligent Control, Xiamen 361000, China
  • 3Shanghai Engineering Center for Satellites, Shanghai 201000, China
  • 4School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100000, China
  • 5Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710000, China
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    The traditional quadrotor UAV uses dual quaternion description method to realize the integrated modeling of position and attitude. However, dual quaternions need to satisfy normalization constraints and have parameter redundancy. Addressing the aforementioned issues, this paper proposes an integrated position and attitude modeling method based on twistor, which utilizes only six parameters to describe position and attitude movements, avoiding normalization constraints and parameter redundancy. To enhance the robustness and control performance of the quadrotor UAV, an integrated position and attitude controller within the twistor framework is proposed based on sliding mode theory. The stability of proposed system is proven by using Lyapunov theory and the LaSalle invariant set principle. Finally, the accuracy of twistor-based position and attitude integrated modeling is verified through simulation, and the effectiveness and robustness of the sliding mode controller within the twistor framework is demonstrated.

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    ZHOU Jiaxing, CHEN Wei, CHEN Xiang, LI Qing, DENG Yifan, CHEN Yuhao. Twistor-Based Integrated Modeling and Control of Quadrotor UAV Position and Attitude[J]. Electronics Optics & Control, 2025, 32(4): 8

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    Received: Mar. 26, 2024

    Accepted: Apr. 11, 2025

    Published Online: Apr. 11, 2025

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    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1671-637x.2025.04.002

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