Robust design of a multirotor aerial vehicle

This paper introduces the methodology of systematic robust design of a multirotor vehicle as an example of how to carry out the robust design of a physical system. Robustness in aerial vehicles is highly desirable as it guarantees a desired level of performance even under environmental uncertainties. Thus far, robustness has been considered in terms of active control in the space of multirotor vehicles, but exploration of the design space itself is lacking. In this work, a conceptual design followed by a robust design is performed to come up with the specifications that lead to least uncertain performance of the multirotor vehicle with respect to stochastic wind disturbances.