ADAPTIVE PI-BASED SLIDING-MODE CONTROL FOR PLANT PROTECTION QUADROTORS WITH VARIABLE MASS AND SLOSHING

Shibbir Ahmed, Muhammad Yousaf Nadeem, Muhammad Zain, Zubair Iqbal, Issac Tawiah, Chengming Sun

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