Input shaping solutions for drones with suspended load: First results

Abstract

In this paper our first achievements are reported on application of input command shapers for control of quadcopters with suspended load. Simulation results are presented for a free 2DoF quadcopter. The flight control system, consisting of two PID controllers and of a static nonlinearity mapping the propellers thrusts to particular degrees of freedom, is augmented by input shapers in the feedforward path. Properties of the resulting control law are presented and further research proposals are elaborated.