基于非线性动态逆的无人机编队协同控制

针对多无人机在空间机动过程中的编队形成与保持控制问题,提出一种基于非线性动态逆的无人机编队控制方法.将编队控制过程分解为两步:首先给出分布式长机状态估计算法,各编队无人机根据"相邻"无人机状态解算自身的期望运动指令;其次是设计接于非线性动态逆的编队控制器,使各无人机快速跟踪其期望指令并形成和保持稳定队形.仿真实验表明,编队长机进行空间机动过程中,各僚机能够准确估计其状态,快速形成并维持队形稳定.     

基于神经网络的多机协同编队控制器设计

针对多架无人机协同编队飞行控制问题,设计了一种基于BP神经网络的无人机编队飞行控制器.以两机编队为单元,僚机同时跟踪长机和相邻僚机,根据相对位置和参考坐标系统,采用BP神经网络训练得到最佳的PID控制参数,设计三通道PID控制器并对编队系统进行分布式协同控制,使系统快速跟踪指令并保持编队队形.对四架无人机组成的编队系统进行仿真,系统编队可快速保持期望队形,表明设计的编队控制系统具有良好的稳定性和较强的抗干扰能力.     

多无人机完全分布式有限时间编队控制

针对分布式通信网络,研究多无人机完全分布式编队生成和保持控制问题.基于滑模和自适应方法设计自适应耦合增益,进而结合与邻居无人机之间的相对状态设计一种新的有限时间编队控制器.该算法去掉了传统编队控制器依赖通信网络范围和拓扑及Leader无人机状态等全局信息的限制,基于Lyapunov理论证明无人机编队误差在有限时间可以收敛到边界可调的邻域内.对三维运动的多无人机编队进行仿真验证,结果显示,所设计的编队控制算法可以实现多无人机有限时间完全分布式编队生成和保持.     

有向切换通信拓扑下多无人机分布式编队控制

本文对多无人机分布式时变编队控制问题进行了研究. 无人机之间的通信拓扑假定是有向和切换的. 基于 自身状态与邻居状态的相对局部信息构建了分布式编队控制器. 通过引入一个恰当的编队误差向量, 将有向切换 通信拓扑下的多无人机编队问题转化为一个切换系统的镇定问题. 基于Lyapunov稳定性分析方法得到了达成编队 的充分性条件. 仿真实验结果验证了结论的有效性.     

基于一致性的小型四旋翼机群自主编队分布式运动规划

设计一种小型四旋翼无人机群起飞后自主形成正多边形编队的分布式运动规划方法.在四旋翼无人机的串级控制系统框架下,分布式编队控制器以简化agent模型为基础,同时采用平均一致性算法和有领导一致性算法,共同产生各无人机位置与偏航角的期望轨迹.讨论了达成最终协调目标队形的拓扑条件,并给出一种基于有向Hamilton环的通信拓扑设计方案.最后通过数值仿真验证了所提出算法的有效性.     

有向切换通信拓扑下多无人机分布式编队控制（英文）

本文对多无人机分布式时变编队控制问题进行了研究.无人机之间的通信拓扑假定是有向和切换的.基于自身状态与邻居状态的相对局部信息构建了分布式编队控制器.通过引入一个恰当的编队误差向量,将有向切换通信拓扑下的多无人机编队问题转化为一个切换系统的镇定问题.基于Lyapunov稳定性分析方法得到了达成编队的充分性条件.仿真实验结果验证了结论的有效性.     

基于领航-跟随的有人/无人机编队队形保持控制

针对有人/无人机编队飞行过程中的队形保持问题,采用领航-跟随策略设计一种有人/无人机编队队形保持控制器.首先从编队作战体系和控制原理角度设计有人/无人机编队控制系统结构;然后基于领航有人机与跟随无人机平面位姿的几何关系,建立编队内相对距离-角度运动学模型;最后在考虑僚机控制系统时变扰动的情况下,针对编队运动学模型特点设计动态反馈自适应编队队形保持控制器,并利用李雅普诺夫理论证明编队控制器的稳定性.仿真结果表明,所设计的控制器能够克服僚机控制模型不确定性带来的扰动影响,可以实现编队由初始误差到期望队形的快速调整以及稳定队形的保持.     

具有输入饱和的欠驱动船舶编队控制

研究了具有输入饱和且存在横荡运动的欠驱动船舶在水面上运动的编队控制问题.使用Leader-follower方法,将编队控制问题转化为镇定控制问题.给出了不同于Backstepping方法的编队控制器设计三步法,该方法有助于克服输入饱和的影响,并分析了闭环系统的稳定性.进一步,将跟随船控制输入中的微分、虚拟领航船的加速度、跟随船动力学模型的不确定性和外扰统一视为干扰,应用干扰观测器估计并在控制器中给予补偿.仿真结果表明了方法的有效性.     

基于分布式模型预测控制的无人机编队控制

针对多四旋翼无人机编队在巡航飞行过程中队形形成和保持问题,采用分布式模型预测控制方法将该问题转化为在线滚动优化问题.建立线性时不变的编队运动模型,进而在考虑状态和输入约束,不考虑时延、外界干扰、噪声的情况下,利用领航跟随策略设计一种分布式模型预测控制器,通过引入自身和邻居的假设状态轨迹设计代价函数.其中邻居信息的交互是在有向、时不变通信拓扑结构下进行的.基于该控制器,无人机能够在跟踪目标轨迹的同时,快速形成预先设定的队形并保持队形飞行.通过引入终端等式约束保证系统稳定,进而将目标函数作为Lyapunov函数,给出编队系统渐近稳定的充分条件.最后,利用6架无人机仿真验证控制算法的有效性和优越性.     

无人机编队飞行的分布式控制策略与控制器设计

针对一种小型无人机模型及其编队飞行的实际背景和限制条件,分析了编队飞行所必须涉及的队形保持、约束条件以及行为协调等关键性问题,进而引入分布式编队飞行控制策略并简要介绍了其优越性.根据分布式策略的层级概念,先后讨论了单机控制器的设计与上层的编队控制器的设计.最后分别进行了单机的FDC(flight dynamic and control)仿真和双机编队仿真.仿真结果表明,设计的控制器在执行效率和控制性能等方面具有突出的优势.     

Variable structure control of a distributed‐parameter flexible beam

In this article, regulation of a distributed‐parameter flexible beam is considered using variable structure control techniques. The proposed controller can stabilize the system exponentially and the converging speed can be set by the designer as desired. Different from existing variable structure controllers for flexible robots in the literature, the controller presented here is designed directly for the partial differential equations governing the motion of the distributed‐parameter system. Thus, exponential stability holds for the original distributed‐parameter system. Numerical simulations are also provided to verify the effectiveness of the approach presented. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

具连续分布时滞的抛物型系统的变结构控制

基于比较原理,利用推广的向量Hanalay微分不等式,Dini导数,结合Green公式及不等式分析技术,研究一类具分布时滞的抛物型控制系统的变结构控制问题．首先对所导出的滑动模运动方程,在仅要求系数矩阵是个M-矩阵的条件下,获得了滑动模运动方程全局指数稳定性的充分条件,建立了滑动模运动方程全局指数稳定性定理．其次,设计了仅由状态函数描述的变结构控制器,给出了运动轨线到达滑动模态区的时间的估计．     

Stabilization of desired motion of a quadrotor helicopter

In this paper, a problem of constructing a control law for a quadrotor helicopter—a fourrotor helicopter is considered. The classical design of this vehicle contains a four-way frame, at which nodes electric motors with propellers rigidly mounted on their axles. An approach to solving the problem is proposed, based on application of the method of two-level control, according to which the required control is constructed in the form of the sum of a desired control and an additional feedback stabilizing the zero solution of the system of equations in deviations from the desired motion. The complete controllability of the nonstationary linear system in deviations is strictly proved. For constructing a stabilizing feedback, a known solution of the problem on linear controller with quadratic cost function is used. The proposed approach makes it possible to develop a general numerical method for constructing a control that provides a stable motion of the quadrotor helicopter along arbitrary smooth three-dimensional trajectories.     

多机器人编队离散模型及队形控制稳定性分析

针对包含绕心运动情况下的多机器人编队进行离散建模,并利用该模型解决保持队形期望前端始终朝着编队前进方向的控制问题.以控制多机器人编队收敛到期望的队形并镇定到预设运动规律上为目标,定义了一类通信拓扑图,基于该类图提出了一种分布式协同控制算法.给出了该控制算法下编队系统渐进稳定的充分必要条件及反馈控制参数的收敛域.证明了在该充分必要条件下可实现编队收敛到期望的队形和预设运动规律上的目标.仿真实验表明,在该算法控制下多机器人编队较好地收敛到期望队形并按预设规律运动,且过程中始终保持队形期望前端朝着编队前进方向,进而验证了该算法的有效性和正确性.     

Aerial cooperative transporting and assembling control using multiple quadrotor–manipulator systems

In this paper, a fully distributed control scheme for aerial cooperative transporting and assembling is proposed using multiple quadrotor–manipulator systems with each quadrotor equipped with a robotic manipulator. First, the kinematic and dynamic models of a quadrotor with multi-Degree of Freedom (DOF) robotic manipulator are established together using Euler–Lagrange equations. Based on the aggregated dynamic model, the control scheme consisting of position controller, attitude controller and manipulator controller is presented. Regarding cooperative transporting and assembling, multiple quadrotor–manipulator systems should be able to form a desired formation without collision among quadrotors from any initial position. The desired formation is achieved by the distributed position controller and attitude controller, while the collision avoidance is guaranteed by an artificial potential function method. Then, the transporting and assembling tasks request the manipulators to reach the desired angles cooperatively, which is achieved by the distributed manipulator controller. The overall stability of the closed-loop system is proven by a Lyapunov method and Matrosov's theorem. In the end, the proposed control scheme is simplified for the real application and then validated by two formation flying missions of four quadrotors with 2-DOF manipulators.     

Precise piston trajectory control for a free piston engine

A free piston engine removes the mechanical constraint on the piston motion by eliminating the crankshaft. The extra degree of freedom offers many advantages for reducing fuel consumption and emissions. Nevertheless, stability and robustness of the engine operation has been affected in the meantime. To ensure smooth engine operation, an active motion controller, which utilizes robust repetitive control, was developed previously to regulate the piston motion of a hydraulic free piston engine to track pre-defined trajectories. However, the long piston stroke length, high operating frequency and system nonlinearity impose challenges to precise piston motion control. Therefore, feedforward controllers are investigated in this paper to complement the repetitive control to further improve the tracking performance. The first feedforward design involves the inversion of a linear plant model that describes the dynamics of the engine operation, and the second design is based on the flatness approach, which involves the inversion of a nonlinear model of the system. The two feedforward controllers are designed and implemented on the free piston engine. The experimental and simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control under various operating conditions and reference piston trajectories.     

State observer-based robust control scheme for electrically driven robot manipulators

By using a state observer, a new robust trajectory tracking control scheme is developed in this paper for electrically driven robot manipulators. The role of the observer is to estimate joint angular velocities. The proposed controller does not employ adaptation, but assures robust stability of tracking error between joint angles and desired trajectories. At sacrificing asymptotical stability of the tracking errors, the configuration of the proposed controller becomes very simple, compared with regressor-based adaptive controllers. It is shown in the closed-loop system using the proposed controller that the Euclidian norm of tracking errors arrives at any small closed region with any convergent rate by setting only one design parameter. Especially for the desired trajectories converging to constant ultimate values, it is assured that tracking errors converge to zero.     

Adaptive motion/force control of uncertain nonholonomic mobile manipulator with estimation of unknown external force

This paper describes a stable adaptive motion/force control of uncertain nonholonomic mobile manipulator with the consideration of external force. As it is well known, unexpected external force makes the motion of the system unstable since there are no fixed points in the stationary coordinate. Here, a novel adaptive control scheme is utilized to estimate and compensate the unknown external force exerted to the end-effector even if the parameters of the system are uncertain. The important advantages of this approach are to achieve estimation without the requirement of force-sensing feedback and the knowledge of the system dynamic model. The update laws for the force and the parameters are derived from a Lyapunov function to guarantee the control system stability. Furthermore, a unified operational space dynamic formulation is presented to solve the problem of redundancy. As a result, the desired end-effector and platform trajectories are simultaneously tracked with a perfect coordination between the two subsystems. Therefore, the proposed controller proves that it can not only guarantee the stability, but also the tracking performance of the system in the task space. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is evaluated through extensive simulations and they demonstrate the stability, tracking trajectories and feasibility in estimating the external force and the dynamic uncertainties.     

Cooperative control of multi-agent dynamical systems in target-enclosing operations using cyclic pursuit strategy

This article is concerned with formation stability analysis of distributed cooperative control for target-enclosing operations by multiple homogeneous dynamic agents. To this end, we first present an on-line path generator design method based on a cyclic pursuit scheme. Then, we provide Lyapunov and asymptotic stability conditions which should hold for the above path generation laws. These conditions are derived based on a simple stability analysis method for linear systems with a generalised frequency variable. The formation control scheme combined with a cyclic pursuit based distributed on-line path generator satisfying the derived stability conditions guarantees the required global convergence property with theoretical rigour. Furthermore, in order to show its distinctive features clearly, we present how to analyse a global formation stability for multi-agent systems, where each agent is modelled as a class of second-order systems and is locally stabilised by a proportional-derivative (PD) controller. Some simulation examples illustrate the distinctive features of the proposed method and the achievement of a desired pursuit pattern.