Fault‐tolerant spacecraft attitude control under actuator saturation and without angular velocity

In this paper, a fault‐tolerant control scheme is proposed to control the attitude of a rigid spacecraft subject to external disturbances and multiple system uncertainties, as well as actuator faults and saturation. More challengingly, it is assumed that the angular velocity is unavailable. A super‐twisting observer with time‐varying gain is firstly designed to accurately estimate the angular velocity in finite time. The choice of the time‐varying gain is dependent on a state‐norm estimate. Then, using the information from the observer (estimate of angular velocity), a fault‐tolerant controller is proposed, where an adaptive law is introduced to address the unknown loss of effectiveness and neural networks are used to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions. It is proved that the attitude orientations converge to the desired values at a fixed time. Finally, a simulation example is utilized to verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

角速度约束下的刚体飞行器鲁棒有限时间姿态镇定

针对角速度状态受限条件下的刚体飞行器姿态镇定控制问题,提出一种基于扰动观测器的时变状态增益有限时间姿态控制方法.针对基于修正型罗德里格斯参数(MRPs)描述的刚体飞行器姿态控制模型,首先,利用齐次性理论并充分考虑到系统的模型结构特点,设计一种带有角速度约束项的有限时间姿态控制器,使得系统有限时间镇定;其次,在初始状态满足受限条件的情况下,角速度在任意时刻都可以被约束在期望的范围内;然后,针对存在外部干扰的姿态环动力学系统,提出一种带扰动估计补偿的复合有限时间姿态镇定控制器;最后,通过与其他两种控制方法的仿真比较,验证了所提出控制方案的有效性和优越性.     

Attitude control without angular velocity measurement: a passivityapproach

It is well known that the linear feedback of the quaternion of the attitude error and the angular velocity globally stabilizes the attitude of a rigid body. In this note, we show that the angular velocity feedback can be replaced by a nonlinear filter of the quaternion, thus removing the need for direct angular velocity measurement. In contrast to other approaches, this design exploits the inherent passivity of the system; a model-based observer reconstructing the velocity is not needed. An application of the proposed scheme is illustrated for the robot control problem. Simulation results are included to illustrate the theoretical results     

Adaptive Sliding Mode Control for Re-entry Attitude of Near Space Hypersonic Vehicle Based on Backstepping Design

Combining sliding mode control method with radial basis function neural network (RBFNN), this paper proposes a robust adaptive control scheme based on backstepping design for re-entry attitude tracking control of near space hypersonic vehicle (NSHV) in the presence of parameter variations and external disturbances. In the attitude angle loop, a robust adaptive virtual control law is designed by using the adaptive method to estimate the unknown upper bound of the compound uncertainties. In the angular velocity loop, an adaptive sliding mode control law is designed to suppress the effect of parameter variations and external disturbances. The main benefit of the sliding mode control is robustness to parameter variations and external disturbances. To further improve the control performance, RBFNNs are introduced to approximate the compound uncertainties in the attitude angle loop and angular velocity loop, respectively. Based on Lyapunov stability theory, the tracking errors are shown to be asymptotically stable. Simulation results show that the proposed control system attains a satisfied control performance and is robust against parameter variations and external disturbances.      

Attitude Synchronization of a Group of Spacecraft Without Velocity Measurements

We consider the coordinated attitude control problem for a group of spacecraft, without velocity measurements. Our approach is based on the introduction of auxiliary dynamical systems (playing the role of velocity observers in a certain sense) to generate the individual and relative damping terms in the absence of the actual angular velocities and relative angular velocities. Our main focus, in this technical note, is to address the following two problems: 1) Design a velocity-free attitude tracking and synchronization control scheme, that allows the team members to align their attitudes and track a time-varying reference trajectory (simultaneously). 2) Design a velocity-free synchronization control scheme, in the case where no reference attitude is specified, and all spacecraft are required to reach a consensus by aligning their attitudes with the same final time-varying attitude. In this work, one important and novel feature (besides the non-requirement of the angular velocity measurements), consists in the fact that the control torques are naturally bounded and the designer can arbitrarily assign the desired bounds on the control torques, a priori, through the control gains, regardless of the angular velocities. Throughout this technical note, the communication flow between spacecraft is assumed to be undirected. Simulation results of a scenario of four spacecraft are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed control schemes.      

深空探测航天器姿态的自抗扰控制

本文针对一种带有挠性附件和液体晃动的深空探测航天器姿态控制问题,提出了自抗扰控制律.该控制律可以自主、有效地抑制挠性附件弹性振动和液体晃动对姿态角运动的耦合作用以及处理大范围的扰动和系统不确定性.基于四元数生成角速度跟踪指令,把控制问题由姿态角控制转化为角速度控制.通过设计扩张状态观测器实时估计并补偿角速度通道总扰动并结合角速度偏差反馈,使得角速度快速跟踪指令,进而实现控制目标.仿真结果验证了控制律的有效性和鲁棒性.     

Velocity‐free attitude stabilization with inertial vector measurements

This paper deals with the attitude stabilization problem of a rigid body, where neither the angular velocity nor the attitude is used in the feedback; only body‐referenced vector measurements are needed. The proposed control scheme is based on an angular velocity observer‐like system relying solely on vector measurements. The proposed controller ensures almost global asymptotic stability and provides some interesting performance properties through an appropriate tuning of the control gains. The performance and effectiveness of the proposed control scheme are illustrated via simulation results where the control gains are adjusted using a nonlinear optimization. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

干扰环境下的挠性航天器姿态跟踪控制

挠性航天器在姿态机动过程会受环境干扰力矩的作用,研究有扰情况下挠性航天器的姿态跟踪控制问题.首先,设计了干扰观测器在线估计频率已知的外部干扰信号,然后,基于干扰观测器设计了非线性反馈姿态跟踪控制器以跟踪目标姿态,并且该控制器只需要误差四元数和角速度的反馈信息.其次,采用Lyapunov方程和Barbalat引理证明了控...     

欠驱动航天器双飞轮—单喷气姿态最优控制原理及方法

欠驱动航天器的姿态控制能够增强航天器的可靠性.本文针对欠驱动航天器姿态控制, 从喷气姿态阻尼的角动量等效原理出发, 推导脉宽调制公式, 得到燃料消耗最小时给定姿态、非给定姿态两种情况下的喷气最优组合方案.同时, 为了实现喷气全局最优, 提出欠驱动飞轮姿态控制策略, 实现了运动航天器机动至预期姿态.进一步分析欠驱动飞轮航天器的姿态控制原理及稳定性, 提出了共面双飞轮-单喷气的配置方案, 通过双飞轮组合稳定航天器的角速度, 使得航天器到达预期姿态机动时燃料全局最省.结合绕两个旋转轴的姿态机动路径规划方法, 通过姿态机动时序关系的实时分配可实现航天器姿态机动与稳定控制.最后, 通过航天器姿态控制仿真和对比分析, 发现共面双飞轮-单喷气的欠驱动姿态阻尼及姿轨控制方案能够在较少硬件配置下实现对航天器的姿态控制, 且消耗燃料最少.     

基于改进型非线性干扰观测器的爬壁机器人轨迹跟踪

针对爬壁机器人建模不准确及容易受外部扰动的影响造成位置及姿态误差的问题,提出了一种基于改进型非线性干扰观测器的轨迹跟踪控制方案.首先通过反演控制设计了一个运动学控制器为机器人动力学控制提供参考质心速度与角速度.其次应用改进型非线性扰动观测器作为前馈控制对建模误差及外部扰动进行估计,并保证扰动误差以指数形式收敛.最后针对...     

具有角速度和输入约束的航天器姿态协同控制

提出了基于有向图的航天器姿态协同控制算法, 并且系统的角速度和控制输入满足有界性的约束. 当外部扰动存在时, 设计了自适应算法估计扰动的上界, 采用滤波器补偿的方法处理控制输入饱和问题, 并且设计了新的自适应姿态协同控制算法. 对于所设计的控制算法, 给出了稳定性分析, 证明了系统具有几乎全局渐近稳定性. 进一步把控制算法推广到时变通信时滞情况, 当控制器参数满足一定条件时, 仍然能够保证编队系统的几乎全局渐近稳定性. 通过数值仿真, 验证了所提出的控制方案的有效性.     

Attitude Control of Multiple Rigid Bodies with Uncertainties and Disturbances

Decentralized attitude synchronization and tracking control for multiple rigid bodies are investigated in this paper. In the presence of inertia uncertainties and environmental disturbances, we propose a class of decentralized adaptive sliding mode control laws. An adaptive control strategy is adopted to reject the uncertainties and disturbances. Using the Lyapunov approach and graph theory, it is shown that the control laws can guarantee a group of rigid bodies to track the desired time-varying attitude and angular velocity while maintaining attitude synchronization with other rigid bodies in the formation. Simulation examples are provided to illustrate the feasibility and advantage of the control algorithm.      

航天器姿态输出反馈抗干扰跟踪控制

针对采用四元数描述的航天器姿态运动模型研究输出反馈抗干扰跟踪控制问题.首先在姿态运动模型的基础上,结合四元数的性质设计扩张状态观测器(extended state observer,ESO)来估计角速度和干扰力矩,从理论上保证了ESO中的四元数状态满足范数约束,并证明了观测误差的收敛性;进一步利用互连和阻尼分配无源控制(interconnection and damping assignment passivity-based control,IDA--PBC)理论设计控制律,通过姿态和角速度误差状态变换以及引入误差积分项,使得期望的姿态和角速度误差,以及积分项误差运动方程中均出现阻尼项,提高了系统的抗干扰性能,最后利用Laypunov函数证明了闭环系统一致最终有界稳定.仿真结果验证了所设计ESO和IDA--PBC控制律的有效性.     

Attitude control of spacecraft simulator without angular velocity measurement

In this paper the attitude control of a spacecraft simulator using Reaction Wheels (RW) as the actuators is investigated. The main goal of the current study is to bring the RWs to the rest at the end of the maneuver without angular velocity measurement. A modified feedback linearization controller is applied by considering the Euler angles of the simulator as the output and the RWs angular momentums as the internal state variables. The stability of the proposed controller and the internal dynamics is analyzed using Lyapunov theory. Two modified sliding mode observers are designed to estimate the angular velocities of the spacecraft attitude control subsystem simulator. The proposed observers do not use the control input and the detailed knowledge of the model and thus it can be implemented easily. The global stability of the system is proved. The proposed controller and observers are finally evaluated numerically and experimentally on an attitude spacecraft simulator.     

基于旋转矩阵描述的航天器无角速度测量姿态跟踪无源控制

利用系统无源性和旋转矩阵性质研究无角速度测量下的姿态跟踪控制问题. 为了避免姿态参数的奇异性和模糊性, 提出基于三维特殊正交群(SO(3)) 的控制策略. 首先利用旋转矩阵建立姿态跟踪误差方程, 然后分析了系统的内在无源性, 从而揭示了闭环系统的稳定性. 当角速度无法获得时, 利用新的无源滤波提出一种无角速度测量控制律, 并给出了严格的Lyapunov 稳定性分析. 最后, 通过数值仿真验证了所提出的控制方法的有效性.

     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript> disturbance attenuation control for input saturated spacecraft attitude stabilization without angular velocity measurements

This work explores a novel efficient and low-cost control scheme for rigid spacecraft attitude stabilization problem, in which the unavailability of angular velocity measurements is considered. The resulting controller is independent on spacecraft inertia parameters, and explicit accounts for control input saturation with angular velocity measurements eliminated. Moreover, the proposed control law allows L ₂ gain of the closed-loop attitude system to be chosen arbitrarily small so as to achieve any level of L ₂ disturbance attenuation. Numerical simulation results are also presented to highlight those highly desirable features.     

Output feedback second order sliding mode control for spacecraft attitude and translation motion

This paper studies an output feedback control problem for spacecraft position and attitude control when uncertainties related to system parameters and external disturbances are present. Firstly, a new finite-time control law is designed using second order sliding mode concepts. In the presence of external disturbances and inertia uncertainties, the new control law provides finite-time convergence and high tracking precision. Secondly, a new sliding-mode-based filter is developed to estimate the first time derivatives of attitude and position in finite time. Instead of the translational and angular velocity variables, the estimated derivative values are used for the controller design. The proposed controller with this filter is an output feedback controller since translational and angular velocity measurements are not required. The closed-loop system under this controller is non-homogeneous and the stability is proven by using concepts of a strong Lyapunov function and Lyapunov stability theory. The trajectories of the closed-loop system can be controlled to converge to a ball centered at the origin that can be made as small as desired. Numerical simulations of position and attitude control of spacecraft are given to demonstrate the performance of the proposed controller and filter.     

Angular velocity observer for attitude tracking on SO(3) with the separation property

This paper studies a rigid body attitude tracking control problem with attitude measurements only, when angular velocity measurements are not available. An angular velocity observer is constructed such that the estimated angular velocity is guaranteed to converge to the true angular velocity asymptotically from almost all initial estimates. As it is developed directly on the special orthogonal group, which completely avoids singularities, complexities, or discontinuities caused by minimal attitude representations or quaternions. Then, the presented observer is integrated with a proportional-derivative attitude tracking controller to show a separation type property, where exponential stability is guaranteed for the combined observer and attitude control system.     

联邦模糊自适应卡尔曼滤波在速度+姿态传递对准中的应用

在系统动态模型和噪声统计特性无法完全获得的情况下,通过调整卡尔曼滤波器的相关参数提高弹载子惯导对准性能,其效果是很有限的,采用联邦模糊自适应卡尔曼滤波方法进行速度＋姿态匹配传递对准,并对算法进行了可行性分析与仿真验证。仿真结果表明,在系统动态模型和噪声的统计特性不确定的情况下,速度+姿态匹配传递对准的联邦模糊自适应卡尔曼滤波短时间内能够较好地估计出弹载子惯导的初始姿态失准角,是一种非常有效的信息融合方法。     

航天器全状态约束输出反馈控制

针对无角速度测量的刚性航天器姿态跟踪问题,提出一种全状态约束输出反馈控制方法.建立修正罗德里格参数描述的系统模型,提出能够适用于约束与非约束情况的改进型障碍李雅普诺夫函数(MBLF),拓展传统对数型障碍李雅普诺夫函数的适用范围.构造二阶辅助系统,将控制输入和饱和输入之间的差作为构造系统的输入,进而产生信号以补偿饱和的影响.设计状态观测器估计未知状态量,并结合反步法设计输出反馈控制律,保证系统全状态约束性能和姿态跟踪精度.通过李雅普诺夫稳定性分析证明姿态观测误差和跟踪误差能够达到一致最终有界.仿真结果验证所提方法的有效性.