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Abstract

In this study, a cascade PID control structure is proposed and implemented for a 6-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to enhance stability and trajectory tracking capabilities under both noise and non-noise conditions. The controller was designed based on the Tyreus–Luyben tuning method and was evaluated using quantitative metrics, including rise time, settling time, overshoot, and steady-state error. Simulation results on MATLAB/Simulink show that the controller achieves high performance in angular channels (ϕ, θ, ψ) and altitude (z) with a short rise time (< 2s), slight overshoot (< 1%), and nearly eliminated steady-state error. However, the horizontal position channels (x, y) have a longer settling time (~110s) and are sensitive to white noise. Quantitative comparisons with other control methods show that the cascade PID outperforms the standard PID in terms of accuracy and stability, achieving a performance comparable to LQR under noise-free conditions, but is less robust in the presence of noise than advanced methods like SMC and MPC. These results confirm the feasibility of cascade PID in UAV applications and indicate potential future improvements by integrating nonlinear, adaptive, or intelligent control strategies.

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