Grey Wolf Optimization-Based Active Disturbance Rejection Controller Design for a Hybrid Autogyro

Abstract

AbstractAs one of the most popular controller designer approaches to nonlinear systems, the active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) scheme has a better control ability than the traditional PID controller. This paper studies the ADRC controller design for a hybrid autogyro which is made up of a Super-G unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a pair of wings of the conventional fixed-wing UAV. Then the ADRC controller is designed and optimized through the grey wolf optimization (GWO) algorithm. To compare the GWO-based ADRC controller and the GWO-based PID controller, the PID controller is designed which is then optimized through the GWO algorithm. The final numerical simulations show the fastness and anti-jamming of the GWO-based ADRC controller.KeywordsActive disturbance rejection controlGrey wolf optimizationHybrid autogyroPID controller