A Comparative Study of INDI and NDI with Nonlinear Disturbance Observer for Aerial Robotics
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| author | Rota, Benedetta Mizzoni, Mirko Afifi, Amr van Goor, Pieter Franchi, Antonio |
| author_facet | Rota, Benedetta Mizzoni, Mirko Afifi, Amr van Goor, Pieter Franchi, Antonio |
| contents | This work presents a simulation-based comparative robustness analysis of Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion (INDI) and Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion augmented with a nonlinear disturbance observer (NDI+NDO) for fully actuated aerial robots. A systematic simulation campaign across representative operating scenarios is conducted, where we compare tracking performance, robustness, control effort, under parametric variations, external disturbances, and measurement noise. Results show that INDI demonstrates stronger robustness in several model-mismatch and combined-stress cases, while NDI+NDO primarily matches nominal performance but exhibits greater sensitivity under several non-ideal conditions. These findings provide practical guidance on the relative strengths and limitations of incremental and observer-based inversion strategies for aerial robotic applications. |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | A Comparative Study of INDI and NDI with Nonlinear Disturbance Observer for Aerial Robotics Rota, Benedetta Mizzoni, Mirko Afifi, Amr van Goor, Pieter Franchi, Antonio Robotics This work presents a simulation-based comparative robustness analysis of Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion (INDI) and Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion augmented with a nonlinear disturbance observer (NDI+NDO) for fully actuated aerial robots. A systematic simulation campaign across representative operating scenarios is conducted, where we compare tracking performance, robustness, control effort, under parametric variations, external disturbances, and measurement noise. Results show that INDI demonstrates stronger robustness in several model-mismatch and combined-stress cases, while NDI+NDO primarily matches nominal performance but exhibits greater sensitivity under several non-ideal conditions. These findings provide practical guidance on the relative strengths and limitations of incremental and observer-based inversion strategies for aerial robotic applications. |
| title | A Comparative Study of INDI and NDI with Nonlinear Disturbance Observer for Aerial Robotics |
| topic | Robotics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05825 |