Virtual Constraint for a Quadrotor UAV Enforcing a Body-Axis Pointing Direction

This preprint develops geometric feedback control for quadrotors that must keep a body axis aligned with a chosen pointing direction. Virtual constraints describe the task without prescribing the complete attitude. Under a transversality condition, the authors obtain a unique input law that preserves the constraint, and they develop a local stabilization extension. A fixed-altitude, line-of-sight pointing example illustrates the framework.

Citation

Anahory Simoes, Alexandre, et al. “Virtual Constraint for a Quadrotor UAV Enforcing a Body-Axis Pointing Direction.” arXiv, 2026, arXiv:2602.24268. Preprint.

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