欠驱动飞艇三维路径跟踪控制

针对欠驱动飞艇的路径跟踪控制问题,提出了一种基于制导向量场的三维路径跟踪控制方法.首先,引入向量场理论.接着基于牛顿–欧拉方程建立欠驱动飞艇动力学模型.基于所提模型和向量场理论构造制导向量场以获得期望姿态角和期望速度.然后结合反步法和PD控制设计路径跟踪控制器,用指令滤波器对控制器设计过程中虚拟控制的导数进行估计,避免了复杂的解析计算.所设计的控制器是由制导向量场子系统、姿态稳定环和速度跟踪环组成的内外环结构.稳定性分析证明了飞艇的路径跟踪误差最终一致有界.最后仿真结果验证了所提出方法的有效性.     

基于反步法的欠驱动UUV的3维路径跟踪控制

研究了欠驱动无人水下航行器(unmanned underwater vehicle,UUV)在3维空间中的路径跟踪控制器设计及其稳定性分析问题.首先建立2阶积分器形式的欠驱动UUV空间6自由度运动模型和动力学模型.针对该运动模型,以位置误差作为虚拟控制变量,基于反步法(backstepping)设计路径跟踪控制器.根据李亚普诺夫理论,在理论上证明了所设计的路径跟踪控制系统是稳定的.该控制器实现了欠驱动UUV 3维空间的路径跟踪控制.仿真结果验证了控制器的有效性.     

Exploiting wheel slips of mobile robots to improve navigation performance

Improving navigation performance of autonomous wheeled mobile robot (WMR) in a dynamic unstructured environment requires improved maneuverability. In such cases, the dynamics of wheel slip may violate the ideal no-slip kinematic constraints generally used to model nonholonomic WMR. In this paper, a new method is proposed to tackle the modeling inadequacy that arises when slip is neglected by including both longitudinal and lateral slip dynamics into the overall dynamics of the WMR. This new model of the WMR provides a realistic simulation environment that can be utilized to develop model-based controllers to improve WMR navigation. In this paper, a dynamic planner with a path-following controller is designed to allow the WMR to navigate efficiently by autonomously regulating the generated traction force due to wheel slip. Extensive simulation results demonstrate the importance of the proposed modeling technique to capture slip phenomenon and the efficacy of the presented control technique to exploit such slip for better navigation performance.     

A Primal-Dual Interior-Point Method to Solve the Optimal Power Flow Dispatching Problem

This paper presents a primal-dual path-following interior-point method for the solution of the optimal power flow dispatching (OPFD) problem. The underlying idea of most path-following algorithms is relatively similar: starting from the Fiacco-McCormick barrier function, define the central path and loosely follow it to the optimum solution. Several primal-dual methods for OPF have been suggested, all of which are essentially direct extensions of primal-dual methods for linear programming. Nevertheless, there are substantial variations in some crucial details which include the formulation of the non-linear problem, the associated linear system, the linear algebraic procedure to solve this system, the line search, strategies for adjusting the centring parameter, estimating higher order correction terms for the homotopy path, and the treatment of indefiniteness. This paper discusses some of the approaches that were undertaken in implementing a specific primal-dual method for OPFD. A comparison is carried out with previous research on interior-point methods for OPF. Numerical tests on standard IEEE systems and on a realistic network are very encouraging and show that the new algorithm converges where other algorithms fail.     

移动机器人路径跟踪模糊控制系统设计及仿真

本文的主要研究内容是模糊逻辑在移动机器人已知全局路径的情况下通过对局部路径的分析进行轨迹跟踪运动中的应用。利用模糊逻辑在移动机器人运动控制中的优越性,结合驾驶员的丰富经验设计了移动机器人的模糊控制器,包括一个预瞄距离确定器和一个运动模糊控制器。设计出移动机器人运动控制进行仿真的方法及程序流程,对其进行计算机仿真验证控制...     

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.     

欠驱动船舶简捷鲁棒自适应路径跟踪控制

为了进一步解决模型存在任意不确定性和外界环境干扰的欠驱动船舶路径跟踪控制问题,在Backstepping方法基础上,引入非线性函数逼近技术对模型中任意不确定因素进行补偿控制。考虑到"计算膨胀"和控制实时性问题,引入动态面控制和最小参数学习方法的设计思想,充分利用欠驱动船舶模型内部结构特征,将用于非线性函数逼近的神经网络权重压缩为4个参数进行在线学习。该算法具有形式简捷、学习参数少、易于工程实现的特点,仿真实例验证了所提出控制策略的有效性。     

Unified formulation of geometrically nonlinear refined beam theories

By using the Carrera Unified Formulation (CUF) and a total Lagrangian approach, the unified theory of beams including geometrical nonlinearities is introduced in this article. According to CUF, kinematics of one-dimensional structures are formulated by employing an index notation and a generalized expansion of the primary variables by arbitrary cross-section functions. Namely, in this work, low- to higher-order beam models with only pure displacement variables are implemented by utilizing Lagrange polynomial expansions of the unknowns on the cross section. The principle of virtual work and a finite element approximation are used to formulate the governing equations, whereas a Newton-Raphson linearization scheme along with a path-following method based on the arc-length constraint is employed to solve the geometrically nonlinear problem. By using CUF and three-dimensional Green-Lagrange strain components, the explicit forms of the secant and tangent stiffness matrices of the unified beam element are provided in terms of fundamental nuclei, which are invariants of the theory approximation order. A symmetric form of the secant matrix is provided as well by exploiting the linearization of the geometric stiffness terms. Various numerical assessments are proposed, including large deflection analysis, buckling, and postbuckling of slender solid cross-section beams. Thin-walled structures are also analyzed in order to show the enhanced capabilities of the present formulation. Whenever possible, the results are compared to those from the literature and finite element commercial software tools.     

Robust adaptive path-following control of underactuated marine vessel with off-track error constraint

In this paper, a new robust adaptive controller is investigated to force an underactuated surface marine vessel to follow a predefined parameterised path at a desired speed, despite actuator saturation and the presence of model uncertainties as well as environmental disturbances induced by waves, wind and sea-currents. To ensure robustness of the path-following controller, time-varying constraint on the off-track error (i.e. the maximal distance from the ship to the reference path) is considered. To address the off-track error constraint the tan-barrier Lyapunov function is incorporated with the control scheme, where the idea of auxiliary design system introduced in Chen, Sam, and Ren (2011) is adopted and its states are used in combination with backstepping and Lyapunov synthesis to adaptive tracking control design with guaranteed stability. Furthermore, the command filters are adopted to implement physical constraints on the virtual control laws so that analytic differentiation of the virtual control laws is avoided. We show that the proposed robust adaptive control law is able to guarantee semi-global uniform ultimate bounded stability of the closed-loop system. Numerical simulations and experimental results are carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.     

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Control Methods and Future Challenges

With the rapid development of computer technology,automatic control technology and communication technology,research on unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)has attracted extensive attention from all over the world during the last decades.Particularly due to the demand of various civil applications,the conceptual design of UAV and autonomous flight control technology have been promoted and developed mutually.This paper is devoted to providing a brief review of the UAV control issues,including motion equations,various classical and advanced control approaches.The basic ideas,applicable conditions,advantages and disadvantages of these control approaches are illustrated and discussed.Some challenging topics and future research directions are raised.