Model predictive control of three-axis gimbal system mounted on UAV for real-time target tracking under external disturbances

•A novel gimbal MPC controller based on the nonlinear Hammerstein model is proposed.•The stability and robustness of the gimbal system is tested with various scenarios.•Performance of the model is compared with PID in terms of robustness.•The proposed model is implemented by means of DSP card on aut...

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