Linear-quadratic regulator controller design for quadrotor based on pigeon-inspired optimization
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
ISSN: 0002-2667
Article publication date: 3 October 2016
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to propose a new algorithm for linear-quadratic regulator (LQR) controller of a quadrotor with fast and stable performance, which is based on pigeon-inspired optimization (PIO).
Design/methodology/approach
The controller is based on LQR. The determinate parameters are optimized by PIO, which is a newly proposed swarm intelligent algorithm inspired by the characteristics of homing pigeons.
Findings
The PIO-optimized LQR controller can obtain the optimized parameters and achieve stabilization in about 3 s.
Practical implications
The PIO-optimized LQR controller can be easily applied to the flight formation, autonomous aerial refueling (AAR) and detection of unmanned aerial vehicles, especially applied to (AAR) in this paper.
Originality/value
This research applies PIO to optimize the tuning parameters of LQR, which can considerably improve the fast and stabilizing performance of attitude control. The simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
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Acknowledgements
This work was partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 61425008, 61333004 and 61273054, and Aeronautical Foundation of China under Grant No. 20135851042.
Citation
Sun, Y., Xian, N. and Duan, H. (2016), "Linear-quadratic regulator controller design for quadrotor based on pigeon-inspired optimization", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 88 No. 6, pp. 761-770. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-03-2015-0088
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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