“Autonomous and Adaptive Control”: Collaborative swarm control algorism inspired by adaptive mechanism of living organisms

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masatsugu Ogawa ◽  
Masafumi Emura ◽  
Masumi Ichien ◽  
Masafumi Yano
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Control ◽  
Adaptive Mechanism ◽  
Living Organisms

A Bio-Inspired Adaptive Control Compensation System for an Aircraft Outside Bounds of Nominal Design

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andres E. Perez ◽  
Hever Moncayo ◽  
Mario Perhinschi ◽  
Dia Al Azzawi ◽  
Adil Togayev
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Control ◽  
Immune System ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Humoral Response ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Tracking Errors ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
Handling Qualities ◽  
Genetic Algorithm Approach ◽  
Living Organisms

This paper presents a novel bio-inspired adaptive control technique that has been designed to maintain the performance of an aircraft under upset conditions. The proposed control approach is inspired by biological principles that govern the humoral response of the immune system of living organisms and is intended to reduce pilot effort while maintaining adequate aircraft operation outside bounds of nominal design. The immunity-based control parameters are optimized offline for multiple sets of failures using a genetic algorithm approach. The performance of the immunity-based augmentation is compared with a neural network (NN)-based augmentation. Different piloted tests were performed on a six degrees-of-freedom (6DOF) motion-based simulator for different types of maneuvers under several flight conditions. The results show that the artificial immune system (AIS) proposed scheme improves the aircraft handling qualities by reducing the tracking errors (TEs) and improving the pilot response required to maintain control of the aircraft under upset conditions.

Redox Reactions in Lipid Membranes as a Model for Primordial Energy-Conserving Systems

1997 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 437-442
Author(s):  
Salvatore Di Bernardo ◽  
Romana Fato ◽  
Giorgio Lenaz
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Lipid Membranes ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Redox Reactions ◽  
Living Systems ◽  
Asymmetric Distribution ◽  
Conservation Of Energy ◽  
Asymmetrical Distribution ◽  
Energy Conserving ◽  
Living Organisms

AbstractOne of the peculiar aspects of living systems is the production and conservation of energy. This aspect is provided by specialized organelles, such as the mitochondria and chloroplasts, in developed living organisms. In primordial systems lacking specialized enzymatic complexes the energy supply was probably bound to the generation and maintenance of an asymmetric distribution of charged molecules in compartmentalized systems. On the basis of experimental evidence, we suggest that lipophilic quinones were involved in the generation of this asymmetrical distribution of charges through vectorial redox reactions across lipid membranes.

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