Approximation-based disturbance observer approach for adaptive tracking of uncertain pure-feedback nonlinear systems with unmatched disturbances

This paper presents an approximation-based nonlinear disturbance observer (NDO) methodology for adaptive tracking of uncertain pure-feedback nonlinear systems with unmatched external disturbances. Compared with existing control results using NDO for nonlinear systems in lower-triangular form, the major contribution of this study is to develop an NDO-based control framework in the presence of non-affine nonlinearities and disturbances unmatched in the control input. An approximation-based NDO scheme is designed to attenuate the effect of compounded disturbance terms consisting of external disturbances, approximation errors and control coefficient nonlinearities. The function approximation technique using neural networks is employed to estimate the unknown nonlinearities derived from the recursive design procedure. Based on the designed NDO scheme, an adaptive dynamic surface control system is constructed to ensure that all signals of the closed-loop system are semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded and the tracking error converges to a neighbourhood of the origin. Simulation examples including a mechanical system are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed theoretical result.     

Decentralised disturbance-observer-based adaptive tracking in the presence of unmatched nonlinear time-delayed interactions and disturbances

This paper proposes an approximation-based nonlinear disturbance observer (NDO) approach for decentralised adaptive tracking of uncertain interconnected pure-feedback nonlinear systems with unmatched time-delayed nonlinear interactions and external disturbances. Compared with the existing approximation-based NDO approach for uncertain interconnected nonlinear systems where the centralised design framework was proposed, the main contribution of this paper is to develop a decentralised and memoryless NDO-based adaptive control scheme in the presence of unknown time-varying delayed interactions and disturbances unmatched in the control inputs. The recursive design methodology is derived to construct the decentralised NDO and controller where the function approximators used in the decentralised NDO are employed to design the decentralised adaptive controller. From the Lyapunov stability theorem using Lyapunov--Krasovskii functionals, it is shown that all signals of the closed-loop system are semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded and the tracking errors converge to an adjustable neighbourhood of the origin.     

Adaptive dynamic surface control using disturbance observer for nonlinear systems with input saturation and output constraints

An adaptive dynamic surface control (DSC) approach using fuzzy approximation and nonlinear disturbance observer (NDO) for uncertain nonlinear systems in the presence of input saturation, output constraint and unknown external disturbances is proposed in this paper. The issue of input saturation is addressed by introducing a lower bound assumption on the approximation function of saturation. The output constraint is handled by introducing an appropriate barried Lyapunov function. The nonlinear disturbance observer (NDO) is employed to estimate the unknown unmatched disturbances. It is manifested that the ultimately bounded convergence of all the variables in the closed-loop system is guaranteed and the tracking error can be made farely small by tuning the design parameters. Finally, two simulation examples illustrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed approach.     

Robust Tracking Control of Uncertain MIMO Nonlinear Systems with Application to UAVs

In this paper, we consider the robust adaptive tracking control of uncertain multi-input and multi-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems with input saturation and unknown external disturbance. The nonlinear disturbance observer (NDO) is employed to tackle the system uncertainty as well as the external disturbance. To handle the input saturation, an auxiliary system is constructed as a saturation compensator. By using the backstepping technique and the dynamic surface method, a robust adaptive tracking control scheme is developed. The closed-loop system is proved to be uniformly ultimately bounded thorough Lyapunov stability analysis. Simulation results with application to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed robust control scheme.      

Adaptive leader-follower formation control of mobile robots with unknown skidding and slipping effects

This paper investigates an adaptive leader-follower formation control problem of multiple mobile robots in the presence of unknown skidding and slipping. First, we employ the concept of virtual robots to achieve the desired formation and derive the kinematics of the virtual leader and follower robots considering skidding and slipping effects. Then, we design an adaptive formation controller based on a two-dimensional error surface where the adaptive technique is used for compensating the unknown skidding and slipping effects that influence the follower robots. From Lyapunov stability theorem, we show that all errors of the closed-loop system are uniformly ultimately bounded, and thus the desired formation is successfully achieved regardless of the presence of unknown skidding and slipping effects. Simulation results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed formation control scheme.     

基于干扰观测器的非线性不确定系统自适应滑模控制

本文研究了一类基于非线性干扰观测器的多输入多输出非线性不确定系统的边界层自适应滑模控制方法并应用于近空间飞行器高精度姿态控制.考虑系统存在不确定性和外部干扰上界未知的情况,设计了基于干扰观测器的边界层自适应滑模控制器,以消除传统滑模控制中的"抖振"现象,使跟踪误差趋近于零.同时,利用李雅普洛夫方法严格证明了闭环系统的稳定性.最后将所研究的自适应滑模控制方法,应用于某近空间飞行器的姿态控制中,仿真结果表明在不确定性和外部干扰作用下能保证姿态控制的稳定性,对参数不确定具有较好的鲁棒性.     

基于非线性干扰观测器的变几何进气道飞行器自适应模糊控制

可移动唇罩式变几何进气道高超声速飞行器是指飞行器发动机前端设有一个能沿着来流方向前后平移的唇罩,从而能够实现飞行器的最大气流捕获,以提高发动机的机动性能.针对变几何进气道飞行器强非线性以及存在参数不确定性等特点,提出一种基于非线性干扰观测器的自适应模糊控制策略.首先,基于反步思想将变几何进气道飞行器模型分解为速度子系统和高度子系统,并将其转化为严反馈形式控制系统;其次,利用模糊逻辑系统并结合自适应技术在线逼近模型参数不确定项;再次,采用非线性干扰观测器补偿模糊系统逼近误差和飞行器建模误差;最后,通过仿真结果表明所设计的控制器能对飞行器速度和高度参考指令实现准确、稳定地跟踪,并验证了变几何进气道飞行器的优势.     

An Adaptive Unscented Kalman Filter-based Controller for Simultaneous Obstacle Avoidance and Tracking of Wheeled Mobile Robots with Unknown Slipping Parameters

A novel unified control approach is proposed to simultaneously solve tracking and obstacle avoidance problems of a wheeled mobile robot (WMR) with unknown wheeled slipping. The longitudinal and lateral slipping are processed as three time-varying parameters and an Adaptive Unscented Kalman Filter (AUKF) is designed to estimate the slipping parameters online More specifically, an adaptive adjustment of the noise covariances in the estimation process is implemented using a technique of covariance matching in the Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) context. A stable unified controller is applied to simultaneously handle tracking and obstacle avoidance for this WMR system to compensate for the unknown slipping effect. Applying Lyapunov stability theory, it is proved that tracking errors of the closed-loop system are asymptotically convergent regardless of unknown slipping, the tracking errors converge to the zero outside the obstacle detection region and obstacle avoidance is guaranteed inside the obstacle detection region. The effectiveness and robustness of the proposed control method are validated through simulation and experimental results.     

Adaptive tracking H-infinity control for switched nonlinear systems with unknown control gain sign

This paper addresses the adaptive tracking control scheme for switched nonlinear systems with unknown control gain sign. The approach relaxes the hypothesis that the upper bound of function control gain is known constant and the bounds of external disturbance and approximation errors of neural networks are known. RBF neural networks (NNs) are used to approximate unknown functions and an H-infinity controller is introduced to enhance robustness. The adaptive updating laws and the admissible switching signals have been derived from switched multiple Lyapunov function method. It’s proved that the resulting closed loop system is asymptotically Lyapunov stable such that the output tracking error performance and H-infinity disturbance attenuation level are well obtained. Finally, a simulation example of Forced Duffing systems is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme and improve significantly the transient performance.     

基于神经网络的一类非线性系统自适应跟踪控制

提出一种非线性系统的自适应神经跟踪控制方案。通过利用RBF神经网络对未知非线性系统建模,并用一个滑模控制项消除网络建模误差和外部干扰的影响,从而能够保证闭环系统的全局稳定性和输出跟踪误差渐近收敛于零。     

A new robust observer-based adaptive type-2 fuzzy control for a class of nonlinear systems

In this paper, a novel robust observer-based adaptive controller is presented using a proposed simplified type-2 fuzzy neural network (ST2FNN) and a new three dimensional type-2 membership function is presented. Proposed controller can be applied to the control of high-order nonlinear systems and adaptation of the consequent parameters and stability analysis are carried out using Lyapunov theorem. Moreover, a new adaptive compensator is presented to eliminate the effect of the external disturbance, unknown nonlinear functions approximation errors and sate estimation errors. In the proposed scheme, using the Lyapunov and Barbalat's theorem it is shown that the system is stable and the tracking error of the system converges to zero asymptotically. The proposed method is simulated on a flexible joint robot, two-link robot manipulator and inverted double pendulums system. Simulation results confirm that in contrast to other robust techniques, our proposed method is simple, give better performance in the presence of noise, external disturbance and uncertainties, and has less computational cost.     

RBF neural networks-based robust adaptive tracking control for switched uncertain nonlinear systems

In this paper, a robust adaptive H∞ control scheme is presented for a class of switched uncertain nonlinear systems. Radical basis function neural networks (RBF NNs) are employed to approximate unknown nonlinear functions and uncertain terms. A robust H∞ controller is designed to enhance robustness due to the existence of the compound disturbance which consists of approximation errors of the neural networks and external disturbance. Adaptive neural updated laws and switching signals are deducted from multiple Lyapunov function approach. It is proved that with the proposed control scheme, the resulting closed-loop switched system is robustly stable and uniformly ultimately bounded (UUB) such that good capabilities of tracking performance is attained and H∞ tracking error performance index is achieved. A practical example shows the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

基于干扰观测器的一类不确定仿射非线性系统有限时间收敛backstepping控制

针对一类不确定仿射非线性系统的跟踪控制问题,提出一种基于干扰观测器的有限时间收敛backstepping控制方法.为增强小脑模型(CMAC)泛化和学习能力,将非对称高斯函数和模糊理论相结合,给出非对称模糊CMAC结构,设计干扰观测器实现系统未知复合干扰在线准确逼近;基于非对称模糊CMAC干扰观测器,给出有限时间收敛backstepping控制器设计步骤,利用Lyapunov稳定理论证明闭环系统稳定性,其中采用非线性微分器获取虚拟控制量滤波和微分信息以避免backstepping设计中的微分“膨胀问题”,设计辅助系统修正因微分器带来的误差对系统跟踪性能影响,引入基于障碍型函数的自适应滑模鲁棒项抑制复合干扰估计偏差对跟踪误差的影响;将所提方法应用于无人机飞行控制仿真实验,结果表明所提方法的有效性.     

基于自适应模糊控制器和非线性扰动观测器的永磁直线同步电机反馈线性化控制

由于永磁直线同步电机(PMLSM)伺服系统应用于一些高精密场合,因此克服系统存在的负载扰动、参数变化等不确定性影响是提高系统性能的关键.针对不确定性问题,采用一种基于自适应模糊控制器(AFC)和非线性扰动观测器(NDO)的反馈线性化控制方法.首先设计反馈线性化控制器(FLC)实现系统的线性化,便于位置跟踪;其次采用NDO估计并补偿系统的不确定性,提高跟踪精度.但在实际运行过程中观测器增益较难选取,极易产生较大的观测误差,为此,采用AFC方法逼近NDO的观测误差,通过自适应律动态调整模糊规则,改善模糊控制器的学习能力,增强系统的鲁棒性,并用李雅普诺夫定理保证系统闭环稳定性.实验结果表明,与基于DOB和NDO的反馈线性化位置控制相比,该方法能够明显提高系统的跟踪性和鲁棒性.     

Truncated adaptation design for decentralised neural dynamic surface control of interconnected nonlinear systems under input saturation

This paper studies decentralised neural adaptive control of a class of interconnected nonlinear systems, each subsystem is in the presence of input saturation and external disturbance and has independent system order. Using a novel truncated adaptation design, dynamic surface control technique and minimal-learning-parameters algorithm, the proposed method circumvents the problems of ‘explosion of complexity’ and ‘dimension curse’ that exist in the traditional backstepping design. Comparing to the methodology that neural weights are online updated in the controllers, only one scalar needs to be updated in the controllers of each subsystem when dealing with unknown systematic dynamics. Radial basis function neural networks (NNs) are used in the online approximation of unknown systematic dynamics. It is proved using Lyapunov stability theory that all the signals in the closed-loop system are semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded. The tracking errors of each subsystems, the amplitude of NN approximation residuals and external disturbances can be attenuated to arbitrarily small by tuning proper design parameters. Simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Adaptive decentralized fault‐tolerant tracking control for large‐scale nonlinear systems with input quantization

In this paper, an adaptive decentralized tracking control scheme is designed for large‐scale nonlinear systems with input quantization, actuator faults, and external disturbance. The nonlinearities, time‐varying actuator faults, and disturbance are assumed to exist unknown upper and lower bounds. Then, an adaptive decentralized fault‐tolerant tracking control method is designed without using backstepping technique and neural networks. In the proposed control scheme, adaptive mechanisms are used to compensate the effects of unknown nonlinearities, input quantization, actuator faults, and disturbance. The designed adaptive control strategy can guarantee that all the signals of each subsystem are bounded and the tracking errors of all subsystems converge asymptotically to zero. Finally, simulation results are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the designed approach.     

Adaptive neural decentralized control for strict feedback nonlinear interconnected systems via backstepping

An approximation based adaptive neural decentralized output tracking control scheme for a class of large-scale unknown nonlinear systems with strict-feedback interconnected subsystems with unknown nonlinear interconnections is developed in this paper. Within this scheme, radial basis function RBF neural networks are used to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions of the subsystems. An adaptive neural controller is designed based on the recursive backstepping procedure and the minimal learning parameter technique. The proposed decentralized control scheme has the following features. First, the controller singularity problem in some of the existing adaptive control schemes with feedback linearization is avoided. Second, the numbers of adaptive parameters required for each subsystem are not more than the order of this subsystem. Lyapunov stability method is used to prove that the proposed adaptive neural control scheme guarantees that all signals in the closed-loop system are uniformly ultimately bounded, while tracking errors converge to a small neighborhood of the origin. The simulation example of a two-spring interconnected inverted pendulum is presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

受侧滑和滑移影响的移动机器人自抗扰控制

对存在侧滑和滑移干扰问题的轮式移动机器人轨迹跟踪问题进行研究。首先利用移动机器人系统的运动学模型,通过设计其辅助运动学控制器,使得机器人的辅助速度渐近收敛到期望速度;然后利用反步法思想设计了基于动力学模型的一阶线性自抗扰控制（LADRC）,通过扩张状态观测器（ESO）实时估计和补偿机器人运行过程中的侧滑和滑移干扰,使得机器人的实际速度渐近收敛到辅助速度;最终使得移动机器人的轨迹误差渐近趋近于零。通过仿真及实验验证了所设计方法的有效性。     

移动机器人的线性自抗扰控制设计与实验验证

为了实现移动机器人的高精度轨迹跟踪控制, 设计了一种基于扩张状态观测器的扰动抑制方法和相应的 实验验证平台. 首先, 考虑到不确定扰动如车轮纵向和侧向滑动对移动机器人系统控制性能的影响, 建立了受扰下 的运动学模型; 然后, 基于扩张后的运动学模型设计了扩张状态观测器来估计系统扰动; 接着, 利用扰动估计构建 了线性自抗扰控制器, 并利用Lyapunov函数证明了闭环系统的稳定性; 同时, 基于MATLAB/Simulink软件和微控制 器搭建了所推荐控制算法的实验验证平台. 最后, 仿真和实验结果都验证了所提出控制方法的有效性.     

Distributed adaptive output feedback tracking control for a class of uncertain nonlinear multi-agent systems

This paper addresses the distributed output feedback tracking control problem for multi-agent systems with higher order nonlinear non-strict-feedback dynamics and directed communication graphs. The existing works usually design a distributed consensus controller using all the states of each agent, which are often immeasurable, especially in nonlinear systems. In this paper, based only on the relative output between itself and its neighbours, a distributed adaptive consensus control law is proposed for each agent using the backstepping technique and approximation technique of Fourier series (FS) to solve the output feedback tracking control problem of multi-agent systems. The FS structure is taken not only for tracking the unknown nonlinear dynamics but also the unknown derivatives of virtual controllers in the controller design procedure, which can therefore prevent virtual controllers from containing uncertain terms. The projection algorithm is applied to ensure that the estimated parameters remain in some known bounded sets. Lyapunov stability analysis shows that the proposed control law can guarantee that the output of each agent synchronises to the leader with bounded residual errors and that all the signals in the closed-loop system are uniformly ultimately bounded. Simulation results have verified the performance and feasibility of the proposed distributed adaptive control strategy.