ADRC Based on Artificial Neural Network for a Six-rotor UAV

An on-line intelligent optimization method based on an artificial neural network is proposed for the parameter adjustment of the active disturbance rejection controller. And a cascaded ADRC controller including the artificial neural network attitude ADRC is investigated for trajectory tracking of the six-rotor UAV. First, establish the kinematics and dynamics model of the six-rotor, and design a cascaded active disturbance rejection controller for the six-rotor to deal with the non-linear disturbance problem in flight. Secondly, an artificial neural network is designed to optimize the parameters of the attitude ADRC controller on-line, and the particle swarm algorithm is used to set the initial value of the artificial neural network. Finally, the simulation results demonstrated that ADRC based on the artificial neural network can effectively resist the disturbances and enhance the robustness of the attitude controller and the cascade ADRC controller based on the artificial neural network can track the reference trajectory quickly and accurately.