Robust Control of Robotic Manipulators in the Presence of Dynamic Parameter Uncertainty

1989 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 444-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. Mills ◽  
A. A. Goldenberg
Keyword(s):  
Parameter Uncertainty ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Dynamic Parameter ◽  
Loop System ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Closed Loop System ◽  
Input Signals ◽  
Asymptotic Tracking

Sufficient conditions are proved for a robotic manipulator controller so that asymptotic tracking/regulation occurs, independent of dynamic parameter uncertainty, for a certain class of input signals. The uncertainty can be quite large, and arise chiefly from the manipulation of payloads with unknown mass/inertia properties. The control is obtained using a robust controller which consists of two separate parts: 1) a compensator which makes the closed-loop robotic system insensitive to parameter uncertainty and generates asymptotic regulation of a certain class of input signals and 2) a stabilizing compensator, whose purpose is to stabilize the closed-loop system. Stability of the closed-loop system is guaranteed by choosing large feedback gains. In addition to the above, it is also shown that the proposed feedback controller provides an arbitrarily small tracking error capability for the particular class of input trajectories.

Sensitivity Comparison to Loop Latencies Between Damping Versus Stiffness Feedback Control Action in Distributed Controllers

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Zhao ◽  
Nicholas Paine ◽  
Luis Sentis
Keyword(s):  
Closed Loop ◽  
Impedance Control ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Loop System ◽  
Tracking Performance ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Step Response ◽  
Tracking Accuracy ◽  
Closed Loop System ◽  
And Performance

This paper studies the effects of damping and stiffness feedback loop latencies on closed-loop system stability and performance. Phase margin stability analysis, step response performance and tracking accuracy are respectively simulated for a rigid actuator with impedance control. Both system stability and tracking performance are more sensitive to damping feedback than stiffness feedback latencies. Several comparative tests are simulated and experimentally implemented on a real-world actuator to verify our conclusion. This discrepancy in sensitivity motivates the necessity of implementing embedded damping, in which damping feedback is implemented locally at the low level joint controller. A direct benefit of this distributed impedance control strategy is the enhancement of closed-loop system stability. Using this strategy, feedback effort and thus closed-loop actuator impedance may be increased beyond the levels possible for a monolithic impedance controller. High impedance is desirable to minimize tracking error in the presence of disturbances. Specially, trajectory tracking accuracy is tested by a fast swing and a slow stance motion of a knee joint emulating NASA-JSC’s Valkyrie legged robot. When damping latencies are lowered beyond stiffness latencies, gravitational disturbance is rejected, thus demonstrating the accurate tracking performance enabled by a distributed impedance controller.

P-D Feedback for Decoupling and Pole Assignment of Singular Systems

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 378-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. N. Koumboulis ◽  
B. G. Mertzios
Keyword(s):  
Closed Loop ◽  
Singular Systems ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Pole Assignment ◽  
Loop System ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Algebraic Equations ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Closed Loop System ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

The problem of reducing a multi input-multi output system to many single input-single output systems, namely the problem of input-output decoupling, is studied for the case of singular systems i.e., for systems described by dynamic and algebraic equations. The problem of input-output decoupling with simultaneous arbitrary pole assignment, via proportional plus derivative (P-D) state feedback, is extensively solved. The general explicit expression of all P-D controllers solving the decoupling problem is determined. The general form of the diagonal elements of the decoupled closed-loop system is proven to be in a form having a fixed numerator polynomial and an arbitrary denominator polynomial. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the solvability of the problem of decoupling with simultaneous asymptotic stabilizability or arbitrary pole assignment are established. Furthermore, the necessary and sufficient conditions for decoupling with simultaneous impulse elimination, as well as the necessary and sufficient conditions for decoupling with arbitrary assignment of the finite and infinite poles of the closed-loop system, are established.

scholarly journals Robust LFC Strategy for Wind Integrated Time-Delay Power System Using EID Compensation

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 3223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liu ◽  
Zhang ◽  
Zou
Keyword(s):  
Time Delay ◽  
Power System ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Frequency Control ◽  
Loop System ◽  
Load Frequency Control ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Linear Matrix ◽  
Closed Loop System ◽  
The Stability

This paper presents an active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) technique for load frequency control of a wind integrated power system when communication delays are considered. To improve the stability of frequency control, equivalent input disturbances (EID) compensation is used to eliminate the influence of the load variation. In wind integrated power systems, two area controllers are designed to guarantee the stability of the overall closed-loop system. First, a simplified frequency response model of the wind integrated time-delay power system was established. Then the state-space model of the closed-loop system was built by employing state observers. The system stability conditions and controller parameters can be solved by some linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) forms. Finally, the case studies were tested using MATLAB/SIMULINK software and the simulation results show its robustness and effectiveness to maintain power-system stability.

scholarly journals Comparison of Disturbance Compensators for a Discrete-Time System with Parameter Uncertainty

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 6219
Author(s):  
Zhongyi Guo ◽  
Haifeng Ma ◽  
Qinghua Song
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Time ◽  
Parameter Uncertainty ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
External Disturbance ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Discrete Time System ◽  
Closed Loop System

The control design for many industrial applications requires compensation for parameter uncertainty and external disturbance. Reported in many previous works, the parameter uncertainty and external disturbance are combined as a lumped disturbance, which is assumed to be smooth and bounded. However, for a discrete-time sliding mode control (DSMC) system, the above assumption may not hold. Here, the parameter uncertainty, along with its compensation in the DSMC system, are reconsidered and reevaluated. The influence of parameter uncertainty on the closed-loop system stability is first addressed. Then, the comparative investigation of the performance of six state-of-the-art disturbance compensators for parameter uncertainty compensation is conducted. Simulation results show that none of these compensators can effectively observe and compensate for the parameter uncertainty.

Robust attitude fault-tolerant control for unmanned autonomous helicopter with flapping dynamics and actuator faults

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 1266-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Yan ◽  
Mou Chen ◽  
Qiangxian Wu ◽  
Ke Lu
Keyword(s):  
Closed Loop ◽  
Fault Tolerant ◽  
Fault Tolerant Control ◽  
Loop System ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Actuator Faults ◽  
Closed Loop System ◽  
Attitude Tracking ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
Autonomous Helicopter

In this paper, an adaptive robust fault-tolerant control scheme is developed for attitude tracking control of a medium-scale unmanned autonomous helicopter with rotor flapping dynamics, external unknown disturbances and actuator faults. For the convenience of control design, the actuator dynamics with respect to the tail rotor are introduced. The adaptive fault observer and robust item are employed to observe the actuator faults and eliminate the effect of external disturbances, respectively. A backstepping-based robust fault-tolerant control scheme is designed with the aim of obtaining satisfactory tracking performance and closed-loop system stability is proved via Lyapunov analysis, which guarantees the convergence of all closed-loop system signals. Simulation results are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed control method.

scholarly journals High Efficient Solar Integrated an Isolated Dc-Dc Full-Bridge Converter for Electric Vehicle Battery Charging Application

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 432-437
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Open Loop ◽  
Loop System ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Closed Loop System ◽  
Conductance Method ◽  
High Efficient ◽  
Electric Vehicle Battery

In this paper, the power from a solar PV panel 20VDC, 12.5ADC is used for charging an electric vehicle battery (12V, 7Ah) with the help of an isolated dc-dc converter in an efficient manner. The power rating maintained in the system is around (200-250) W. The parasitic circuit analysis is carried out theoretically. The zero voltage transition (ZVT) technique is implemented at the inverter stage and an isolation transformer (1:1) is used for source-load isolation purposes. In order to achieve ZVT, a proper design procedure is followed and a pulse triggering technique is carried out at the switching element. The designed values of the parasitic elements are used in the Simulink tool. The open loop and closed loop system of the proposed converter are simulated in MATLAB Simulink package. In the open loop system, an irradiation analysis carried out similarly closed loop has reference voltage variation analysis in order to verify the system stability at the various operating condition. The problem of transients in open loop output is rectified in the closed loop operation. The MPP and PI control technique is initiated in the closed loop system for better performance. The MPP technique used is incremental conductance method for tracking maximum power from the PV array.

scholarly journals Composite Immersion and Invariance Based Adaptive Attitude Control of Asteroid-Orbiting Spacecraft in Elliptic Orbit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keum W Lee ◽  
Sahjendra N Singh
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Control ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Loop System ◽  
Closed Loop System ◽  
Immersion And Invariance ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Dependent Vector ◽  
Yaw Angle ◽  
Angle Tracking

Abstract This paper proposes a new composite noncertainty-equivalence adaptive (CNCEA) control system for the attitude (roll, pitch, and yaw angle) control of a spacecraft in an orbit around a uniformly rotating asteroid based on the immersion and invariance (I&I) theory. For the design, it is assumed that the asteroid's gravitational parameters and the spacecraft's inertia matrix are not known. In contrast to certainty-equivalence adaptive (CEA) or noncertainty-equivalence adaptive (NCEA) systems, the CNCEA attitude control system's composite identifier uses the attitude angle tracking error, a nonlinear state-dependent vector function, and model prediction error for parameter estimation. The Lyapunov analysis shows that in the closed-loop system, the Euler angles asymptotically track the reference attitude trajectories. Interestingly, there exist two parameter error-dependent attractive manifolds, to which the closed-loop system's trajectories converge. Moreover, the composite identifier using two types of error signals provides stronger stability properties in the closed-loop system. Simulation results are presented for the attitude control of a spacecraft orbiting in the vicinity of the asteroid 433 Eros. These results show precise nadir pointing attitude regulation, despite uncertainties in the system.

scholarly journals Computational Efficiency-Based Adaptive Tracking Control for Robotic Manipulators with Unknown Input Bouc–Wen Hysteresis

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 2776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kan Xie ◽  
Yue Lai ◽  
Weijun Li
Keyword(s):  
Computational Efficiency ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Control Unit ◽  
Robotic Manipulators ◽  
Lyapunov Theory ◽  
Loop System ◽  
Unknown Input ◽  
Closed Loop System ◽  
Adaptive Tracking Control

In order to maintain robotic manipulators at a high level of performance, their controllers should be able to address nonlinearities in the closed-loop system, such as input nonlinearities. Meanwhile, computational efficiency is also required for real-time implementation. In this paper, an unknown input Bouc–Wen hysteresis control problem is investigated for robotic manipulators using adaptive control and a dynamical gain-based approach. The dynamics of hysteresis are modeled as an additional control unit in the closed-loop system and are integrated with the robotic manipulators. Two adaptive parameters are developed for improving the computational efficiency of the proposed control scheme, based on which the outputs of robotic manipulators are driven to track desired trajectories. Lyapunov theory is adopted to prove the effectiveness of the proposed method. Moreover, the tracking error is improved from ultimately bounded to asymptotic tracking compared to most of the existing results. This is of important significance to improve the control quality of robotic manipulators with unknown input Bouc–Wen hysteresis. Numerical examples including fixed-point and trajectory controls are provided to show the validity of our method.

Event-triggered Hꝏ control for NCS with time-delay and packet losses

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 918-934
Author(s):  
Jing Bai ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Li-Ying Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Time Delay ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Discrete Event ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Loop System ◽  
Linear Matrix ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Closed Loop System ◽  
Packet Losses ◽  
Event Triggered

Abstract This paper is concerned with the discrete event-triggered dynamic output-feedback ${H}_{\infty }$ control problem for the uncertain networked control system, where the time-varying sampling, network-induced delay and packet losses are taken into account simultaneously. The random packet losses are described via the Bernoulli distribution. And then, the closed-loop system is modelled as an augmented time-delay system with interval time-varying delay. By using the Lyapunov stability theory and the augmented state space method, the sufficient conditions for the asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system are proposed in the form of linear matrix inequalities. At the same time, the design method of the ${H}_{\infty }$ controller is created. Finally, a numerical example is employed to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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