2022/06/21 by Haoxiang Ma, Mou Chen, Gang Feng +1
Computer Science · Engineering · #Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems #Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control #Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems
paper · doi:10.1109/tfuzz.2022.3184386
openalex publication_date 2022/06/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
In this article, a disturbance-observer-based adaptive fuzzy tracking control scheme is proposed for a medium-scale unmanned helicopter of six degrees of freedom in the presence of system uncertainties, flight boundary constraints, and external disturbances. A flight boundary protection algorithm is proposed to ensure its flight trajectory within the given safety range. A fuzzy logic system is utilized to estimate the system uncertainties and a nonlinear disturbance observer is adopted to handle the unknown compound terms of the external disturbances and the estimation errors resulting from the fuzzy logic system. An inverse optimal control approach is then used to avoid solving the Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation in minimizing a cost function in the attitude loop. It is shown via the Lyapunov method that the desired safe tracking performance of the position loop and attitude loop of the controlled unmanned helicopter can be achieved. Simulations are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.