小型无人直升机模型辨识数据处理方法研究

针对小型无人直升机模型频域辨识过程中的姿态角速率测量误差,提出了一种飞行数据处理方法。该方法采用飞行试验扫频测试技术,确保激励信号能够满足不同频段下模型辨识对飞行数据的需求;设计基于有色噪声的卡尔曼滤波器以降低紊流风场对飞行测量数据的影响,同时,对飞行测量数据使用数据预处理的方法以剔除测量噪声、野值、直流成分和低频分量。在小型无人直升机系统各通道中进行验证,验证结果表明,所提出的飞行数据处理方法能够满足小型无人直升机模型辨识对姿态角速率数据精度的要求,为精确建模提供了较高质量的飞行数据。     

基于模糊逼近的一类不确定非线性系统的容错控制

针对一类不确定非线性系统,提出了一种模糊容错控制方案.采用模糊T-S模型来逼近非线性系统,由线性矩阵不等式设计模糊模型的控制律.构建了模糊逻辑系统作为补偿器来抵消对非线性系统的建模误差和因故障引起的不确定性,并证明了闭环系统能够满足期望的跟踪性能.仿真实例表明了所提出容错控制方案的有效性.     

具有噪声干扰的非线性时变系统多维泰勒网辨识和控制

针对含噪声不确定非线性时变系统,提出一种基于多维泰勒网(MTN)稳定的自适应控制方案,其中3个MTN分别被用来实现非线性滤波、系统辨识与自适应控制.首先, MTN滤波器(MTNF)用来消除测量噪声,以得到无随机干扰的模型输出.然后, MTN辨识器(MTNI)用来表示系统动态映射且比传统神经网络泛化能力更强.而后,MTN控制器(MTNC)用来实现系统精确跟踪控制,其中时变被控对象由MTNI辨识并将其动力学特性信息实时提供给MTNC使其"光滑"自适应.此外,利用改进的灵敏度计算方法来剪除MTNI和MTNC的冗余输入和冗余中间层回归项.最后,证明基于MTN的闭环系统稳定性,并给出最优学习率以期实现快速学习.仿真结果表明,该方法具有精确的辨识能力、良好的跟踪性能和较强的抗干扰能力,可实现含有不确定性、随机因素和时变特性的非线性系统自适应实时控制.     

基于滤波反步法的欠驱动AUV三维路径跟踪控制

研究了欠驱动自主水下航行器 (Autonomous underwater vehicle, AUV)的三维空间路径跟踪控制问题.针对基于虚拟向导建立的三维路径跟踪误差模型, 采用滤波反步法设计跟踪控制器,通过二阶滤波过程获得虚拟控制量的导数, 避免了直接对虚拟控制量解析求导的复杂过程, 同时滤除了高频测量噪声, 增加了系统对噪声的鲁棒性.通过设计滤波误差补偿回路, 保证了滤波信号对虚拟控制量的逼近精度.基于李雅普诺夫稳定性理论设计鲁棒项, 保证了闭环跟踪误差系统状态的渐近稳定.仿真结果表明了该控制器对噪声干扰具有一定的鲁棒性, 能够实现对三维路径的精确跟踪.     

基于神经网络观测器的反推终端滑模位置控制

为了提高永磁直线同步电机(PMLSM)的位置跟踪精度,本文提出了一种基于神经网络自适应观测器的反推终端滑模控制(TSMC)方法.首先,建立PMLSM的动力学模型.然后,利用RBF神经网络的万能逼近特性去逼近系统中不确定性,并将逼近后的输出信号输入给自适应观测器进行跟踪目标位置和速度的估计,补偿由不确定性所导致的跟踪误差,进而获得高精度的跟踪性能.同时反推TSMC方法能够保证系统状态在有限时间内收敛,有效改善了系统响应速度和鲁棒性能.此外,设计出一种新型饱和函数来改善系统抖振,并利用Lyapunov稳定性定理进行了闭环系统稳定性分析.最后,通过空载和负载实验证实了该控制方案的有效性.     

基于微型编码器的电机LQG控制器设计方法

针对航空航天领域对电机伺服控制系统高精度和小体积的需求,提出并实现了一种基于微型编码器的电机伺服跟踪系统线性二次高斯控制器设计方法.分析了实际电机系统结构和编码器的典型误差并建立系统的噪声状态方程;设计了平稳卡尔曼滤波器,可以实现角位置、角速率和角加速度的最优估计;根据总体指标完成了线性二次高斯控制器设计并在Matlab/Simulink环境下建立了仿真模型并对其控制效果进行了预测;模拟实际工作环境搭建了实验测试系统对其跟踪性能进行了实测评估.仿真和实验结果表明:结合卡尔曼滤波的电机线性二次高斯控制器不但具有良好的跟踪性能,带宽可达24Hz,还能够有效地抑制噪声影响.     

永磁同步电机调速系统的多维泰勒网逆控制

针对永磁同步电机(PMSM)的高性能控制问题,在充分考虑时变特性、不确定性以及测量噪声等随机因素的基础上,通过PMSM的逆系统将被控对象补偿成为具有线性传递关系的系统,提出一种基于改进自适应逆控制的控制方案.采用矢量控制的双闭环控制结构,将多维泰勒网逆控制方法引入速度环.首先,对PMSM数学模型的可逆性进行证明以解决非线性系统逆建模的存在性问题;然后,建立新颖的动态网络化控制器-----多维泰勒网(MTN),其具有结构简单、计算复杂度低的优点;最后,为了实现高精度的速度控制,将3个MTN分别作为实现系统建模的自适应模型辨识器、逆建模的自适应逆控制器和噪声干扰消除的非线性自适应滤波器,并将PMSM的动态响应控制和消除干扰的控制分为相对独立的过程进行,同时实现最优控制.仿真结果表明,所提出控制方案能够实现PMSM伺服系统精确的速度控制,具有良好的跟踪性能和较强的抗干扰能力.     

模型未知LTI系统的数据驱动预测控制

针对含有随机噪声的模型未知线性时不变 (Linear Time Invariant, LTI) 系统模型建立过程复杂且控制律难以得到的问题,提出一种基于数据驱动的预测控制方法。基于系统行为学理论和平衡子系统辨识方法,仅利用测量得到的系统数据构建被控系统的非参数模型,将其和预测控制理论相结合设计出基于数据驱动的预测控制器,对于系统测量数据中存在的有界加性高斯噪声,通过引入数据的松弛变量和L2正则项来降低噪声扰动的影响,采用滚动时域优化策略计算最优控制序列并将其作用于被控系统,实现系统对设定值的轨迹跟踪。将所提控制策略应用于四容水箱系统,仿真结果表明与同样基于数据驱动的子空间预测控制方案相比,所提方法具有更好的动态性能,且该策略在抗噪声扰动方面有明显优势,具有更强的鲁棒性。     

基于RBF神经网络的多关节机器人固定时间滑模控制

针对具有典型非线性特性的多关节机器人轨迹跟踪控制问题,提出一种基于径向基函数(RBF)神经网络的固定时间滑模控制方法.首先,基于凯恩方法建立包括系统模型不确定性以及外部干扰在内的多关节机器人动力学模型;然后,根据机器人动力学模型设计一种固定时间收敛的滑模控制器,RBF神经网络用来逼近系统模型中的不确定性项,并利用Lyapunov理论证明该系统跟踪误差能在固定时间内收敛;最后,对特定型号的多关节机器人虚拟样机进行仿真分析,结果表明:与基于RBF神经网络的有限时间滑模控制器相比,所提出控制器具有良好的跟踪性能且能保证系统状态在固定时间内收敛.     

基于改进卡尔曼滤波器的扰动抑制无模型自适应控制方案

针对无模型自适应控制方法在测量扰动作用下控制效果不佳的问题, 本文提出了一种新的扰动抑制无模 型自适应控制方案. 首先基于受控系统的动态线性化数据模型及测量扰动的统计特性, 在最小方差估计准则下推导 了基于系统输入输出数据的改进卡尔曼滤波器. 然后基于此滤波器给出了一种新的扰动抑制无模型自适应控制方 案. 该方案仅需用到受控系统的输入输出数据, 即可实现在强测量扰动作用下系统的无模型自适应控制. 仿真结果 显示, 相比现有的扰动抑制无模型自适应控制方案, 该方案在系统跟踪常值参考信号、时变参考信号时均能有效地 抑制测量扰动, 适用性更好的同时可以获得更小的跟踪误差及更大的数据信噪比.     

Robust attitude tracking control of flexible spacecraft for achieving globally asymptotic stability

The three‐axis attitude tracking control problem in the presence of parameter uncertainties and external disturbances for a spacecraft with flexible appendages is investigated in this paper. Novel simple robust Lyapunov‐based controllers that require only the attitude and angular velocity measurement are proposed. The first controller is a discontinuous one composed of a nonlinear PD part plus a sign function, whereas the second one is continuous or even smooth by modifying the discontinuous part of the first one. For a general desired trajectory, both controllers can achieve globally asymptotic stability of the attitude and angular velocity tracking errors instead of ultimate boundedness. By using a two‐step proof technique, the partial stability of the proposed controllers for the resulting closed‐loop systems in the face of model uncertainties and unexpected disturbances is proven theoretically. To further enhance the control performance, a continuous controller is presented that utilizes the tracking errors for estimating the external disturbances. In addition, stability analysis is done. For all the developed controllers, numerical simulation results are provided to demonstrate their performance. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Nonsingular terminal sliding mode based finite-time control for spacecraft attitude tracking

This paper studies finite-time attitude tracking control problem of a rigid spacecraft system with external disturbances and inertia uncertainties. Firstly, a new finite-time attitude tracking control law is designed using nonsingular terminal sliding mode concepts. In the absence and presence of external disturbances and inertia uncertainties, this controller can drive the attitude and angular velocity tracking errors to reach zero in finite time. Secondly, a finite-time disturbance observer is introduced to estimate the disturbance, and a composite controller is developed which consists of a feedback control based on nonsingular terminal sliding mode method and compensation term based on finite-time disturbance observer. Finite-time convergence of attitude tracking errors and the stability of the closed-loop system is ensured by the Lyapunov approach. Numerical simulations on attitude control of spacecraft are also given to demonstrate the performance of the proposed controllers.     

Robust attitude and vibration control of a nonlinear flexible spacecraft

In this paper, the problem of attitude control of a three dimension nonlinear flexible spacecraft is investigated. Two nonlinear controllers are presented. The first controller is based on dynamic inversion, while the second approach is composed of dynamic inversion and µ‐synthesis schemes. It is assumed that only three torques in three directions on the hub are used. Actuator saturation is also considered in the design of controllers. To evaluate the performance of the proposed controllers, an extensive number of simulations on a nonlinear model of the spacecraft are performed. The performances of the proposed controllers are compared in terms of nominal performance, robustness to uncertainties, vibration suppression of panel, sensitivity to measurement noise, environmental disturbance and nonlinearity in large maneuvers. Simulation results confirm the ability of the proposed controller in tracking the attitude trajectory while suppressing the panel vibration. It is also verified that the perturbations, environment disturbances and measurement errors have only slight effects on the tracking and suppression performances. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

From Nonlinear to Fuzzy Approaches in Trajectory Tracking Control of Wheeled Mobile Robots

In this paper, two knowledge based controllers are proposed to overcome the difficulties of a computed torque nonlinear controller (NC) in perfect trajectory tracking of nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots (WMRs). First, the effects of different dynamic models developed in angular and Cartesian coordinate systems are fully examined on the persistent excitation condition and consequently on the trajectory tracking performance of WMRs. Using the dynamic model coordinated in the Cartesian frame as the base of the NC results in perfect compensation of large position off‐tracks and unbiased estimation of the plant's unknown parameters. However, using the WMR's dynamic model with rotation angles of driving wheels as the base of nonlinear and fuzzy controllers leads to accurate orientation tracking. Through replacing the proportional and differential terms of the NC by fuzzy functions, a fuzzy nonlinear controller (FNC) is generated. Due to the complicated dynamics of the WMR in which the center of mass does not coincide with the center of rotation, the expert knowledge of fuzzy controllers is extracted considering the rotation angles and rates of driving wheels as input variables. Fuzzy tuning of the NC results in a superior tracking performance against measurement noises, though the control torques are decreased and smoothed significantly. Second, a complete fuzzy controller (FC) is generated to make perfect tracking of the WMR's position and orientation. The local stability analysis of fuzzy controllers is examined considering the corresponding analytical structures as nonlinear controllers. The superior performances of the proposed fuzzy controllers compared to those of the NCs are evaluated through simulations.     

Bridging the gap between designed and implemented controllers via adaptive robust discrete sliding mode control

Bridging the gap between designed and implemented model-based controllers is a major challenge in the design cycle of industrial controllers. This gap is created due to (i) digital implementation of controller software that introduces sampling and quantization uncertainties, and (ii) uncertainties in the modeled plant's dynamics. In this paper, a new adaptive and robust model-based control approach is developed based on a nonlinear discrete sliding mode controller (DSMC) formulation to mitigate implementation imprecisions and model uncertainties, that consequently minimizes the gap between designed and implemented controllers. The new control approach incorporates the predicted values of the implementation uncertainties into the controller structure. Moreover, a generic adaptation mechanism will be derived to remove the errors in the nonlinear modeled dynamics. The proposed control approach is illustrated on a nonlinear automotive engine control problem. The designed DSMC is tested in real-time in a processor-in-the-loop (PIL) setup using an actual electronic control unit (ECU). The verification test results show that the proposed controller design, under ADC and model uncertainties, can improve the tracking performance up to 60% compared to a conventional controller design.     

Robust control of robot manipulators based on uncertainty and disturbance estimation

In this work, uncertainty and disturbance estimation (UDE) based robust trajectory tracking controller for rigid link manipulators was proposed. The UDE was employed to estimate the composite uncertainty that comprises the effects of system nonlinearities, external disturbances, and parametric uncertainties. A feedback linearization based controller was designed for trajectory tracking, and the same was augmented by the UDE‐estimated uncertainties to achieve robustness. The resulting controller however required measurement of joint velocities apart from the joint positions. To address the issue, an observer that employed the UDE‐estimated uncertainties for robustness was proposed, giving rise to the UDE‐based controller–observer structure. Closed‐loop stability of the overall system was established. The notable feature of the proposed design was that it neither required accurate plant model nor any information about the uncertainty. Also, the design needed only joint position measurements for its implementation. To demonstrate the effectiveness, simulation results of the proposed approach as applied to the trajectory tracking control of two‐link robotic manipulator and comparison of its performance with some of the well‐known existing controllers were presented. Lastly, hardware implementation of the proposed design for trajectory control of Quanser's single‐link flexible joint module was carried out, and it was shown that the proposed strategy offered a viable approach for designing implementable robust controllers for robots. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Hierarchical inversion‐based output tracking control for uncertain autonomous underwater vehicles using extended Kalman filter

In this study, a hierarchical inversion‐based output tracking controller (HIOTC) is developed for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) subject to random uncertainties (e.g., current disturbances, unmodeled dynamics, and parameter variations) and noises (e.g., process and measurement noises). The proposed HIOTC respectively utilizes a combination of feedforward and feedback controls in a hierarchical structure based on the kinematic and dynamic models of the system. Moreover, to obtain uncontaminated or unavailable states for implementing the proposed control law, the extended Kalman filter (EKF) is employed to estimate the system states. Then, the position outputs, orientation, and velocity of the AUV are reached with guaranteed asymptotic stability. The robustness of the proposed HIOTC is verified through injection of random uncertainties into the system model. The closed‐loop stability of the proposed individual subsystems is respectively guaranteed to have uniformly ultimately bounded (UUB) performance based on the Lyapunov stability criteria. In addition, the asymptotic tracking of the overall system is demonstrated using Barbalat's lemma. Finally, the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed control scheme are evaluated through computer simulations and it is shown that the overall system achieves good asymptotic tracking performance.     

Nonlinear control of three‐dimensional underactuated vehicles

This paper presents the derivation of robust trajectory‐tracking nonlinear control laws for general three‐dimensional vehicle models with one degree of underactuation where all of the state tracking errors are stabilized. The method is based on a novel transformation of the trajectory tracking problem into a reduced‐order error dynamics. Two traditional nonlinear controllers based on sliding mode and backstepping approaches are developed and shown to stabilize the trajectory tracking errors in presence of modeling uncertainties and bounded disturbances. The performance of the two controllers are compared in absence and presence of disturbances.     

Fixed-time coordinated tracking for second-order multi-agent systems with bounded input uncertainties

In this paper, we study the fixed-time coordinated tracking problem for second-order integrator systems with bounded input uncertainties. Two novel distributed controllers are proposed with which the convergence time of the tracking errors is globally bounded for any initial condition of the agents. When relative state measurements are available for each follower, an observer-based distributed control strategy is proposed which achieves fixed-time coordinated tracking for the perturbed second-order multi-agent systems. When only relative output measurements are available, uniform robust exact differentiators are employed together with the observer-based controller which is able to achieve fixed-time coordinated tracking with reduced measurements. Simulation examples are provided to demonstrate the performance of the proposed controllers.     

Adaptive inverse dynamics control of robots with uncertain kinematics and dynamics

It has been about two decades since the first globally convergent adaptive tracking controller was derived for robots with dynamic uncertainties. However, not until recently has the problem of concurrent adaptation to both the kinematic and dynamic uncertainties found its solution. This adaptive controller belongs to passivity-based control. Though passivity-based controllers have many attractive properties, in general, they are not able to guarantee the uniform performance of the robot over the entire workspace. Even in the ideal case of perfect knowledge of the manipulator parameters, the closed-loop system remains nonlinear and coupled. Thus the closed-loop tracking performance is difficult to quantify, while the inverse dynamics controllers can overcome these deficiencies. Therefore, in this work, we will develop a new adaptive Jacobian tracking controller based on the inverse manipulator dynamics. Using the Lyapunov approach, we have proved that the end-effector motion tracking errors converge asymptotically to zero. Simulation results are presented to show the performance of the proposed controller.