scholarly journals Trajectory-Tracking Controller Design of Rotorcraft Using an Adaptive Incremental-Backstepping Approach

Aerospace ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
Useok Jung ◽  
Moon-Gyeang Cho ◽  
Ji-Won Woo ◽  
Chang-Joo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Trajectory Tracking ◽  
Controller Design ◽  
Flight Simulation ◽  
Tracking Performance ◽  
Trajectory Tracking Control ◽  
Control Effectiveness ◽  
Backstepping Approach ◽  
Robust Adaptive ◽  
Comparative Results

This paper treats a robust adaptive trajectory-tracking control design for a rotorcraft using a high-fidelity math model subject to model uncertainties. In order to control the nonlinear rotorcraft model which shows strong inter-axis coupling and high nonlinearity, incremental backstepping approach with state-dependent control effectiveness matrix is utilized. Since the incremental backstepping control suffers from performance degradation in the presence of control matrix uncertainties due to change of flight conditions, control system robustness is improved by combining the least squares parameter estimator to estimate time varying uncertainties contained in the control effectiveness matrix. Also, by selecting a suitable gain set by investigating the error dynamics, a uniform trajectory-tracking performance over operational flight envelope of the rotorcraft is ensured without resorting to the conventional gain scheduling method. To evaluate the proposed controller, comparative results between IBSC and Adaptive IBSC are provided in this paper with sequential maneuvers from the ADS-33E-PRF. The proposed method shows improved tracking performance under variations in control effective matrix in the flight simulation. Robust and stable parameter estimation is also guaranteed due to the implementation of the DF-RLS algorithm for the least squares estimator.

The Leveling Position Control of a Four-Axial Active Pneumatic Isolation System Using PWM-Driving Parallel Dual-On/Off Valves

2011 ◽  
Vol 110-116 ◽  
pp. 3176-3183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mao Hsiung Chiang ◽  
Hao Ting Lin
Keyword(s):  
Trajectory Tracking ◽  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Position Control ◽  
Controller Design ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Tracking Performance ◽  
Trajectory Tracking Control ◽  
Isolation System ◽  
Adaptive Sliding Mode Controller ◽  
Novel Concept

This study aims to develop a leveling position control of an active PWM-controlled pneumatic isolation table system. A novel concept using parallel dual-on/off valves with PWM control signals is implemented to realize active control and to improve the conventional pneumatic isolation table that supported by four pneumatic cushion isolators. In this study, the cushion isolators are not only passive vibration isolation devices, but also pneumatic actuators in active position control. Four independent closed-loop position feedback control system are designed and implemented for the four axial isolators. In this study, on/off valves are used, and PWM is realized by software. Therefore, additional hardware circuit is not required to implement PWM and not only cost down but also reach control precision of demand. In the controller design, the Fourier series-based adaptive sliding-mode controller with H∞ tracking performance is used to deal with the uncertainty and time-varying problems of pneumatic system. Finally, the experiments on the pneumatic isolation table system for synchronous position and trajectory tracking control, including no-load and loading conditions, and synchronous position control with master-slave method, are implemented in order to verify that the controller for each cushion isolator can realize good position and trajectory tracking performance.

scholarly journals Adaptive Robust Trajectory Tracking Control of Multiple Quad-Rotor UAVs with Parametric Uncertainties and Disturbances

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 2401
Author(s):  
Yasir Mehmood ◽  
Jawad Aslam ◽  
Nasim Ullah ◽  
Md. Shahariar Chowdhury ◽  
Kuaanan Techato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trajectory Tracking ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Controller Design ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Parametric Uncertainties ◽  
Trajectory Tracking Control ◽  
Multiple Uavs ◽  
Control Schemes ◽  
Robust Adaptive ◽  
The Stability

Recently, formation flying of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) found numerous applications in various areas such as surveillance, industrial automation and disaster management. The accuracy and reliability for performing group tasks by multiple UAVs is highly dependent on the applied control strategy. The formation and trajectories of multiple UAVs are governed by two separate controllers, namely formation and trajectory tracking controllers respectively. In presence of environmental effects, disturbances due to wind and parametric uncertainties, the controller design process is a challenging task. This article proposes a robust adaptive formation and trajectory tacking control of multiple quad-rotor UAVs using super twisting sliding mode control method. In the proposed design, Lyapunov function-based adaptive disturbance estimators are used to compensate for the effects of external disturbances and parametric uncertainties. The stability of the proposed controllers is guaranteed using Lyapunov theorems. Two variants of the control schemes, namely fixed gain super twisting SMC (STSMC) and adaptive super twisting SMC (ASTSMC) are tested using numerical simulations performed in MATLAB/Simulink. From the results presented, it is verified that in presence of disturbances, the proposed ASTSMC controller exhibits enhanced robustness as compared to the fixed gain STSMC.

scholarly journals Backstepping Based Trajectory Tracking Control of a Four Wheeled Mobile Robot

10.5772/6224 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umesh Kumar ◽  
Nagarajan Sukavanam
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Robot ◽  
Trajectory Tracking ◽  
Tracking Control ◽  
Controller Design ◽  
Kinematic Model ◽  
Wheeled Mobile Robot ◽  
Trajectory Tracking Control ◽  
Kinematic Equation ◽  
Pure Rolling ◽  
Tracking Strategy

For a four wheeled mobile robot a trajectory tracking concept is developed based on its kinematics. A trajectory is a time–indexed path in the plane consisting of position and orientation. The mobile robot is modeled as a non holonomic system subject to pure rolling, no slip constraints. To facilitate the controller design the kinematic equation can be converted into chained form using some change of co-ordinates. From the kinematic model of the robot a backstepping based tracking controller is derived. Simulation results demonstrate such trajectory tracking strategy for the kinematics indeed gives rise to an effective methodology to follow the desired trajectory asymptotically.

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