On the problem of optimal spacecraft attitude control

The problem of the optimal control of a spacecraft reorientation from an arbitrary initial position into a prescribed final angular position is studied. For optimization, we use a generalized integral index characterizing the complexity of the rotation trajectory from the viewpoint of the “distance covered,” which is the generalized rotation angle that takes into account the different weights of the spacecraft axes in the sense of expenditures (of fuel, time, or another irreplaceable resource) needed to rotate the spacecraft by the same angle. An analytical solution of this problem is obtained. Two versions of the optimal spacecraft slew maneuver problem (using the shortest trajectory) are considered—the quickest maneuver and a maneuver in the prescribed time. The optimal control problem is solved for several types of constraints on the control variables. The time of starting the deceleration is determined based on the actual motion parameters (mismatch angle and angular velocity) using the terminal control principles (based on the angular position and angular velocity measurements). An example and simulation results of the spacecraft dynamics under the optimal control are presented, which demonstrate the practical usefulness of the proposed control algorithms.     

Aggressive Longitudinal Aircraft Path Tracking Using Nonlinear Control

We study the problem of converting a trajectory tracking controller to a path tracking controller for a nonlinear non-minimum phase longitudinal aircraft model. The solution of the trajectory tracking problem is based on the requirement that the aircraft follows a given time parameterized trajectory in inertial frame. In this paper we introduce an alternative nonlinear control design approach called path tracking control. The path tracking approach is based on designing a nonlinear state feedback controller that maintains a desired speed along a desired path with closed loop stability. This design approach is different from the trajectory tracking approach where aircraft speed and position are regulated along the desired path. The path tracking controller regulates the position errors transverse to the desired path but it does not regulate the position error along the desired path. First, a trajectory tracking controller, consisting of feedforward and static state feedback, is designed to guarantee uniform asymptotic trajectory tracking. The feedforward is determined by solving a stable noncausal inversion problem. Constant feedback gains are determined based on LQR with singular perturbation approach. A path tracking controller is then obtained from the trajectory tracking controller by introducing a suitable state projection.     

针对串联弹性驱动器抖动抑制的轨迹规划和跟踪控制

针对串联弹性驱动器（Series elastic actuator,SEA）的位置控制问题,本文提出了一种"规划+控制"的策略.首先根据连杆端运动学约束方程,基于数字滤波器对电机位置进行轨迹规划;为了使电机能够准确跟踪期望轨迹,根据电机端的动力学模型设计位置跟踪控制器.理论分析证明了规划的抖动抑制作用和跟踪控制系统的稳定性,随后的实验结果也表明了这种"规划+控制"方法在使连杆到达期望位置的前提下,能够有效地抑制残余抖动.     

Transverse function control with prescribed performance guarantees for underactuated marine surface vehicles

This paper studies the problem of stabilizing reference trajectories (also called as the trajectory tracking problem) for underactuated marine vehicles under predefined tracking error constraints. The boundary functions of the predefined constraints are asymmetric and time‐varying. The time‐varying boundary functions allow us to quantify prescribed performance of tracking errors on both transient and steady‐state stages. To overcome difficulties raised by underactuation and nonzero off‐diagonal terms in the system matrices, we develop a novel transverse function control approach to introduce an additional control input in backstepping procedure. This approach provides practical stabilization of any smooth reference trajectory, whether this trajectory is feasible or not. By practical stabilization, we mean that the tracking errors of vehicle position and orientation converge to a small neighborhood of zero. With the introduction of an error transformation function, we construct an inverse‐hyperbolic‐tangent‐like barrier Lyapunov function to show practical stability of the closed‐loop systems with prescribed transient and steady‐state performances. To deal with unmodeled dynamic uncertainties and external disturbances, we employ neural network (NN) approximators to estimate uncertain dynamics and present disturbance observers to estimate unknown disturbances. Subsequently, we develop adaptive control, based on NN approximators and disturbance estimates, that guarantees the prescribed performance of tracking errors during the transient stage of on‐line NN weight adaptations and disturbance estimates. Simulation results show the performance of the proposed tracking control.     

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.     

A new improved continuous variable structure controller for accurately prescribed tracking control of BLDD servo motors

A new improved robust variable structure controller is presented to provide an accurately prescribed tracking performance for brushless direct drive (BLDD) servo motors (SM) under uncertainties and load variations. A special integral sliding surface suggested for removing the reaching phase problems can define its ideal sliding mode and virtual ideal sliding trajectory from an initial position of SM. The tracking error caused by the nonzero value of the sliding surface is derived. A corresponding continuous control input with the disturbance observer is suggested to track a predetermined virtual ideal sliding trajectory within a prescribed value under all the uncertainties and load variations. The usefulness of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated through the comparative simulations for a BLDD SM under load variations.     

基于智能优化算法的Pendubot轨迹规划与控制方法设计

以垂直Pendubot为研究对象,提出一种基于智能优化算法的轨迹规划与控制方法,以解决Pendubot控制过程中难以从摇起区过渡至平衡区的问题.为Pendubot的驱动连杆规划一条从初始角度到中间角度的正向轨迹和一条从中间角度到目标角度的反向轨迹.欠驱动连杆在系统耦合关系作用下进行运动,对应的Pendubot末端点也运动至相应位置.通过遗传算法优化轨迹参数,将正向和反向轨迹拼合为一条由初始角度到目标角度的驱动连杆轨迹的同时,对应的Pendubot末端点轨迹拼合为一条由垂直向下平衡位置到垂直向上平衡位置的完整轨迹,然后设计跟踪控制器跟踪优化后的驱动连杆轨迹至目标角度,由于耦合关系的存在,Pendubot末端点也运动至垂直向上平衡位置.由于Pendubot受重力作用,其末端点很难长时间稳定在垂直向上平衡位置,故设计镇定控制器,实现Pendubot末端点在垂直向上平衡位置的镇定控制.最后通过仿真实验验证所提出方法的有效性,并通过对比说明所提出方法在奇异点规避、控制器设计和控制效果方面的优势.     

轮式移动机器人的位置量测输出反馈轨迹跟踪控制

针对机器人的姿态角难以精确测量的困难,本文研究基于位置测量的轮式移动机器人的轨迹跟踪问题.首先提出一种利用机器人的位置信息估计其姿态角的降维状态观测器,当机器人的线速度严格大于零时,可保证姿态角观测误差的指数收敛.然后给出一种新的状态反馈轨迹跟踪控制律,当参考轨迹满足一定的激励条件时,可以保证机器人的线速度严格大于零且跟踪误差全局渐近收敛.进一步结合姿态角观测器和状态反馈控制律,得到一种输出反馈轨迹跟踪控制算法.理论分析表明,当参考轨迹满足一定的激励条件时,所提出的输出反馈控制算法可以保证跟踪误差的全局渐近收敛.最后对所提出的姿态角观测器、状态反馈和输出反馈轨迹跟踪控制算法进行了仿真验证,证实了算法的有效性,并且当存在位置测量误差时,所提出的输出反馈轨迹跟踪控制算法仍可以保证机器人对参考轨迹的实际跟踪.     

Robust adaptive trajectory tracking control of underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles with prescribed performance

In this paper, a novel robust adaptive trajectory tracking control scheme with prescribed performance is developed for underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) subject to unknown dynamic parameters and disturbances. A simple error mapping function is proposed in order to guarantee that the trajectory tracking error satisfies the prescribed performance. A novel additional control based on Nussbaum function is proposed to handle the underactuation of AUVs. The compounded uncertain item caused by the unknown dynamic parameters and disturbances is transformed into a linear parametric form with only single unknown parameter called virtual parameter. On the basis of the above, a novel robust adaptive trajectory tracking control law is developed using dynamic surface control technique, where the adaptive law online provides the estimation of the virtual parameter. Strict stability analysis indicates that the designed control law ensures uniform ultimate boundedness of the AUV trajectory tracking closed‐loop control system with prescribed tracking performance. Simulation results on an AUV in two different disturbance cases with dynamic parameter perturbation verify the effectiveness of our adaptive trajectory tracking control scheme.     

欠驱动水下机器人三维轨迹跟踪有限时间预设性能控制

本文研究了具有不确定动态和未知时变海洋环境扰动的欠驱动水下机器人(AUVs)三维轨迹跟踪有限时间预设性能控制问题,提出新型预设性能函数和误差映射函数,将受预设性能限制的轨迹跟踪误差转变为非受限的变换后误差;构造新的超螺旋(ST)扩张状态观测器,在有限时间内实时估计AUV不确定动态和未知时变海洋环境扰动引起的总扰动;基于...     

Sliding mode force,motion control,and stabilization of elastic manipulator in the presence of uncertainties

This article considers the question of position and force control of three-link elastic robotic systems on a constraint surface in the presence of robot parameter and environmental constraint geometry uncertainties. The approach of this article is applicable to any multi-link elastic robot. A sliding mode control law is derived for the position and force trajectory control of manipulator. Unlike the rigid robots, sliding mode control of an end point gives rise to unstable zero dynamics. Instability of the zero dynamics is avoided by Controlling a point that lies in the neighborhood of the actual end point position. The sliding mode controller accomplishes tracking of the end-effector and force trajectories on the constrained surface; however, the maneuver of the arm causes elastic mode excitation. For point-to-point control on the constraint surface, a stabilizer is designed for the final capture of the terminal state and vibration suppression. Numerical results are presented to show that in the closed-loop system position and force control is accomplished in spite of payload and constraint surface geometry uncertainty. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Position and force tracking of a two‐manipulator system manipulating a flexible beam

This article discusses the issue of hybrid position and force control of a two‐manipulator system manipulating a flexible beam in trajectory tracking. Unlike our previous approach of set‐point position control in the trajectory tracking, the system coordinates are hard to be regulated to the desired states with nonzero tracking velocities under continuous feedback control. In this study, we design a hybrid position and force tracking controller while using saturation control to compensate for the effect of beam vibration dynamics on the tracking performance. All parameters and states used in the controller are readily available so that the proposed method is feasible to implement. Under the proposed controller, the tracking error asymptotically converges to a predetermined boundary. Simulation results demonstrate the validity of the proposed approach. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

随机激励下板球系统建模与有限时间全状态预设性能跟踪控制

研究板球系统受到随机激励时的数学建模与轨迹跟踪控制问题. 首次建立了板球系统的随机数学模型, 并 结合backstepping方法、有限时间预设性能函数、全状态约束及新的预设性能推导方法设计了具有未知输入饱和的 随机板球系统实际有限时间全状态预设性能跟踪控制器, 实现了随机激励下板球系统的有限时间预设性能轨迹跟 踪控制. 所设计的控制器保证了系统跟踪误差能够被预先给定的有限时间性能函数约束, 并且能在任意给定的停息 时间内收敛到预先给定的邻域内. 最后通过仿真实验验证了所设计控制器具有更好的控制效果.     

无人机航迹跟踪控制与仿真

对于无人机的精确航迹跟踪问题进行了研究。系统分为基本姿态控制器设计和制导系统设计两个部分进行研究。利用多重时间尺度奇异摄动理论,结合非线性动态逆方法设计了基本姿态控制器,包括快逆回路和慢逆回路两部分。由引导飞机沿期望航迹的指令加速度解算出跟踪指令航迹所需要的制导力,求出飞机改变姿态所需的控制指令,作为基本姿态控制器的输入。针对某无人机模型进行了机动航迹跟踪仿真验证,仿真结果显示系统能够较好的跟踪指令机动航迹。证明了该方法的有效性和实用性。     

Tracking control of electro-hydraulic servo multi-closed-chain mechanisms with the use of an approximate nonlinear internal model

This paper studied the trajectory-tracking problem of a hydraulic servo multi-closed-chain mechanism. The nonaffine nonlinear characteristic of the electro-hydraulic actuator and its time-varying uncertainty load resulting from the multi-closed-chain mechanism was taken into consideration in the proposed novel nonlinear control algorithm, that is, the approximate internal model control (AIMC) integrated with a position feedback control in cascade control design. This algorithm improves the trajectory-tracking performance of the hydraulic servomechanism (HSM). To reduce the difficulty in directly utilizing the AIMC for the HSM position trajectory, the complex electro-hydraulic mechanical system was divided into two subsystems: nonaffine nonlinear, and linear. The AIMC controller was designed for the nonaffine nonlinear subsystem to realize velocity trajectory tracking control, whereas a position feedback control was derived for the linear subsystem. The position trajectory tracking control was achieved by congruently combining the AIMC, and the position feedback control based on a recursive design idea. In addition, a complete state-space mathematical model for the HSM was developed and illustrated through simulations and experiments. Based on the proposed approach and the AIMC, the desired position and velocity trajectory tracking was examined on a hydraulic forging manipulator. The stability of the proposed method was analytically derived. Results of the simulations and experiments performed with the hydraulic manipulator demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Swing-up of the double pendulum on a cart by feedforward and feedback control with experimental validation

The swing-up maneuver of the double pendulum on a cart serves to demonstrate a new approach of inversion-based feedforward control design introduced recently. The concept treats the transition task as a nonlinear two-point boundary value problem of the internal dynamics by providing free parameters in the desired output trajectory for the cart position. A feedback control is designed with linear methods to stabilize the swing-up maneuver. The emphasis of the paper is on the experimental realization of the double pendulum swing-up, which reveals the accuracy of the feedforward/feedback control scheme.     

挠性卫星姿态机动三段式轨迹规划与滚动跟踪控制

以新颖成像模式对挠性敏捷卫星姿态的快速机动控制为需求,本文针对金字塔构型控制力矩陀螺(CMG)群为执行机构的挠性卫星,提出基于三段式正弦角加速度的姿态路径规划方法及具有滚动优化思想的跟踪算法。在姿态路径规划方法设计中,融合谱分析及非线性优化方法,设计了兼顾卫星姿态机动快速性及抑制挠性附件振动性能的姿态轨迹;为实现对规划姿态轨迹的高精度跟踪,综合加权优化指标及奇异性、执行机构能力等约束,设计了金字塔构型CMG群框架角速度的非线性模型预测(NMPC)跟踪控制律。在转动惯量存在测量误差及空间干扰情况下,多种姿态机动仿真表明,本文提出的控制方法是有效的,且表现出较强的鲁棒性。     

Rolling Contact Motion Generation and Control of Robotic Fingers

Dexterity in human hand is connected with the fingertip rolling ability. In this work we consider rolling motion of spherical robotic fingertips as one of the control objectives together with the set point position control and force trajectory tracking. The generation of a rolling motion trajectory is proposed and a control solution is designed which achieves prescribed transient and steady state tracking behavior. The proposed control law is structurally and computationally simple and does not utilize the dynamics of the robot model or its approximation. A simulation of a five degrees of freedom robot show excellent contact rolling performance even at cases of adverse friction conditions while alternative controllers lead to contact sliding. Experiments with a KUKA LWR4 + are performed to validate the proposed method.     

Stability and control aspects of flexible link robot manipulators during constrained motion tasks

The effect of robotic manipulator structural compliance on system stability and trajectory tracking performance and the compensation of this structural compliance has been the subject of a number of publications for the case of robotic manipulator noncontact task execution. The subject of this article is the examination of dynamics and stability issues of a robotic manipulator modeled with link structural flexibility during execution of a task that requires the robot tip to contact fixed rigid objects in the work environment. The dynamic behavior of a general n degree of freedom flexible link manipulator is investigated with a previously proposed nonlinear computed torque constrained motion control applied, computed based on the rigid link equations of motion. Through the use of techniques from the theory of singular perturbations, the analysis of the system stability is investigated by examining the stability of the “slow” and “fast” subsystem dynamics. The conditions under which the fast subsystem dynamics exhibit a stable response are examined. It is shown that if certain conditions are satisfied a control based on only the rigid link equations of motion will lead to asymptotic trajectory tracking of the desired generalized position and force trajectories during constrained motion. Experiments reported here have been carried out to investigate the performance of the nonlinear computed torque control law during constrained motion of the manipulator. While based only on the rigid link equations of motion, experimental results confirm that high-frequency structural link modes, exhibited in the response of the robot, are asymptotically stable and do not destabilize the slow subsystem dynamics, leading to asymptotic trajectory tracking of the overall system. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

An adaptive partial state-feedback controller for RLED robotmanipulators

An adaptive partial state-feedback controller is designed for rigid-link electrically driven (RLED) robot manipulators. The controller is based on structural knowledge of the electromechanical dynamics of the RLED robot and measurements of link position and electrical winding current in each of the brushed DC link actuators. The proposed controller is designed to adapt for parametric uncertainty in the electromechanical dynamics while utilizing a dynamic filter to generate link velocity tracking error information. The controller, adaptation laws, and the pseudovelocity filter are designed via a Lyapunov-like approach, the benefit of which is that at the end of the design procedure the controller can be mathematically shown to produce semiglobal asymptotic link position tracking. The basic design approach can be extended to many types of multiphase motors