Hardware Implementation of the Fractional Controller on Quadrotor Aircraft

The chapter focuses on the experimentation setup and implementation of the fractional controller on the nonlinear quadrotor aircraft. Firstly, the mathematical model of a quadrotor is derived, which is more suitable for acrobatic manoeuvring. In order to handle such an unstable system, a fraction PI (PI$$\backslashlambda $$) was designed and implemented for x, y, z and yaw movements of the quadrotor aircraft. Detailed simulation results are presented to test the controller. Moreover, the information is provided on configuring hardware for real-time experimentation. A method is verified using the designed controller on the quadrotor in MATLAB Simulink and parrot rolling spider minidrone. Finally, the hardware results are analysed and present interesting applications of fractional-order control