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Mingwei Sun is a leading figure in active disturbance rejection control (ADRC), a methodology he has advanced from theory to practical deployment across diverse robotic platforms. His seminal overview, “Active disturbance rejection control: Methodology, practice and analysis” (2014), with 52 citations, remains a foundational reference that distills ADRC’s core principles—real-time disturbance estimation and rejection—into a widely adopted framework. Sun’s work uniquely bridges control theory and real-world robotics: he has applied ADRC to quad-rotor attitude control, parafoil airdrop robots navigating wind fields, and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) operating under strong nonlinearities and coupling. His 2017 paper on parafoil trajectory tracking in wind environments (3 citations) and his 2020 study on linear ADRC for AUVs (2 citations) demonstrate his commitment to solving high-stakes, disturbance-prone problems. By extending Han’s original ADRC to linear formulations, Sun has made the method more accessible for embedded systems, enabling robust performance without complex modeling. His research is particularly impactful for students and engineers seeking practical, disturbance-rejecting control solutions for aerial, marine, and mobile robots—a legacy that continues to shape modern autonomous systems.