This paper presents a tuned behavior-based guidance algorithm for formation flight of quadrotors. The behavior-based approach provides the basis for the simultaneous realization of different behaviors such as leader following and obstacle avoidance for a group of agents; in our case they are quadcopters. In this paper optimization techniques are utilized to tune the parameters of a behavior-bas...

This paper is concerned with real-time optimal-tuning PID control design for industrial hydraulic systems. Several optimal-tuning controller design techniques are used for a hydraulic position control system. After analysis on the system, a nonlinear dynamical model is derived. A nonlinear PID control scheme with inverse of dead zone is introduced to overcome the dead zone in this hydraulic sys...

Fractional order PID controller has two degrees of freedom more than the integer order PID controller,and it has better control performance. The paper briefly describes the fractional order PID controller, and through Ziegler-Nichols type tuning rules, Padula & Visioli tuning rules and tuning by minimization methods to achieve fractional order PID controllers respectively. Additionally, the Ous...