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.     

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.     

基于模糊逻辑系统的输出跟踪控制问题

针对一类未知的非线性互联大系统，设计间接自适应模糊控制器以实现跟踪控制，采用模糊控制，模糊逻辑逼近和模糊滑模控制相结合的方法，对维数较低的子系统未知动态和维数较高的互联项未知动态分别采用两类模糊规则进行逼近，对系统的外部干扰及模糊逼近误差采用模糊滑模控制予以抵消，基于Lyapunov方法实现模糊系统中的参数自适应律并在线调节，所设计的间接自适应控制器使系统在Lyapunov意义下稳定，且跟踪误差趋近于0，仿真结果表明了该设计方法的正确性。     

Decentralised direct adaptive fuzzy control for a class of large-scale nonaffine nonlinear systems and application to AHS

A novel decentralised direct adaptive fuzzy controller design is presented for a class of large-scale nonaffine uncertain nonlinear systems in this article. By integrating a fuzzy logic system and H _∞ tracking technique, the designed controller is able to adaptively compensate for interconnections and disturbances with unknown bounds, but none of the control and adaptation laws contains a sign function so that control chattering can be shunned. The closed-loop large-scale system is guaranteed to be asymptotically stable and obtain good H _∞ tracking performance. The control approach developed is applied to the following control problem of a string of vehicles within an automated highway system (AHS) and simulation results verify its validity.     

一类互联机器人系统鲁棒分散自适应控制

研究一类存在模型不确定性和外部扰动的互联机器人系统的控制问题.控制器由一般线性控制器,线性自适应控制器和非线性自适应控制器综合构成.通过Lyapunov理论证明设计的鲁棒分散自适应控制器能够有效地克服不确定性对系统的影响,实现闭环系统的渐近轨迹跟踪控制.最后给出一个仿真例子进一步验证控制器的有效性.     

ADAPTIVE SLIDING MODE BACKSTEPPING CONTROL OF NONLINEAR SYSTEMS WITH UNMATCHED UNCERTAINTY

This paper considers an adaptive backstepping algorithm for designing the control for a class of nonlinear continuous uncertain processes with disturbances that can be converted to a parametric semi‐strict feedback form. Sliding mode control using a combined adaptive backstepping sliding mode control (SMC) algorithm, is also studied. The algorithm follows a systematic procedure for the design of adaptive control laws for the output tracking of nonlinear systems with matched and unmatched uncertainty.     

Robust adaptive control of nonlinearly parametrized multivariable systems with unmatched disturbances

A new robust adaptive control scheme is developed for nonlinearly parametrized multivariable systems in the presence of parameter uncertainties and unmatched disturbances. The developed control scheme employs a new integrated framework of a functional bounding technique for handling nonlinearly parametrized system dynamics, an adaptive parameter estimation algorithm for dealing with parameter uncertainties, a nonlinear feedback controller structure for stabilization of interconnected system states, and a robust adaptive control design for accommodating unmatched disturbances. It is proved that such a new robust adaptive control scheme is capable of ensuring the global boundedness and mean convergence of all closed‐loop system signals. A complete simulation study on an air vehicle system with nonlinear parametrization in the presence of an unmatched wind disturbance is conducted, and its results verify the effectiveness of the proposed robust adaptive control scheme.     

H∞ tracking-based sliding mode control foruncertain nonlinear systems via an adaptive fuzzy-neural approach

A novel adaptive fuzzy-neural sliding-mode controller with H(infinity) tracking performance for uncertain nonlinear systems is proposed to attenuate the effects caused by unmodeled dynamics, disturbances and approximate errors. Because of the advantages of fuzzy-neural systems, which can uniformly approximate nonlinear continuous functions to arbitrary accuracy, adaptive fuzzy-neural control theory is then employed to derive the update laws for approximating the uncertain nonlinear functions of the dynamical system. Furthermore, the H(infinity) tracking design technique and the sliding-mode control method are incorporated into the adaptive fuzzy-neural control scheme so that the derived controller is robust with respect to unmodeled dynamics, disturbances and approximate errors. Compared with conventional methods, the proposed approach not only assures closed-loop stability, but also guarantees an H(infinity) tracking performance for the overall system based on a much relaxed assumption without prior knowledge on the upper bound of the lumped uncertainties. Simulation results have demonstrated that the effect of the lumped uncertainties on tracking error is efficiently attenuated, and chattering of the control input is significantly reduced by using the proposed approach.     

Decentralised indirect adaptive output feedback fuzzy H ∞ tracking design for a class of large-scale nonlinear systems

A novel decentralised indirect adaptive output feedback fuzzy controller with a compensation controller and an H _∞ tracking controller is presented for a class of uncertain large-scale nonlinear systems in this article. The compensator adaptively compensates for interconnections between subsystems as well as mismatched errors, while the H _∞ controller suppresses the effect of external disturbances. Based upon the combination of fuzzy inference systems, a state observer, H _∞ tracking technique and the strictly positive real condition, the proposed overall observer-based decentralised algorithm guarantees not only asymptotical tracking of reference trajectories but also an arbitrary small attenuation level of the unmodelled error dynamics including the disturbances on the tracking control. Simulation results substantiate the effectiveness of the proposed 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.     

可反馈线性化系统的鲁棒自适应容错控制设计

针对存在不确定执行器故障和未知不匹配干扰的可反馈线性化非线性系统, 提出一种鲁棒自适应容错控 制策略. 首先分别给出系统输入和扰动关于系统输出的相对阶, 针对两种相对阶之间的不同关系设计鲁棒控制器, 抑制干扰对系统输出的影响; 然后针对各故障情况分别设计容错控制器; 最后将各控制器进行融合得到一个综合 故障补偿控制器, 从而有效解决故障模式、类型、大小、时间和外界干扰等多重不确定性, 保证闭环系统稳定和渐近 输出跟踪性能. 仿真结果验证了所设计控制方案的可行性与有效性.     

Online adaptive fuzzy neural identification and control of a class of MIMO nonlinear systems

This paper presents a robust adaptive fuzzy neural controller (AFNC) suitable for identification and control of a class of uncertain multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems. The proposed controller has the following salient features: 1) self-organizing fuzzy neural structure, i.e., fuzzy control rules can be generated or deleted automatically; 2) online learning ability of uncertain MIMO nonlinear systems; 3) fast learning speed; 4) fast convergence of tracking errors; 5) adaptive control, where structure and parameters of the AFNC can be self-adaptive in the presence of disturbances to maintain high control performance; 6) robust control, where global stability of the system is established using the Lyapunov approach. Simulation studies on an inverted pendulum and a two-link robot manipulator show that the performance of the proposed controller is superior.     

Adaptive fuzzy decentralised control for stochastic nonlinear large-scale systems in pure-feedback form

This paper is concerned with the problem of adaptive fuzzy decentralised output-feedback control for a class of uncertain stochastic nonlinear pure-feedback large-scale systems with completely unknown functions, the mismatched interconnections and without requiring the states being available for controller design. With the help of fuzzy logic systems approximating the unknown nonlinear functions, a fuzzy state observer is designed estimating the unmeasured states. Therefore, the nonlinear filtered signals are incorporated into the backstepping recursive design, and an adaptive fuzzy decentralised output-feedback control scheme is developed. It is proved that the filter system converges to a small neighbourhood of the origin based on appropriate choice of the design parameters. Simulation studies are included illustrating the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Asymptotic attenuation of a class of nonlinear systems with unknown sinusoidal disturbances

In this paper, nonlinear observers are incorporated into the adaptive control to synthesize controllers for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems with unknown sinusoidal disturbances which are presented in matched and unmatched forms. In addition to magnitudes and phases, frequencies of the sinusoidal disturbances need not be known as well, so long as the overall order is known. Nonlinear observers are constructed to eliminate the effect of unknown sinusoidal disturbances to improve the steady-state output tracking performance-asymptotic output tracking is achieved. The adaptation law is used to obtain the estimate of all unknown parameters. The presented disturbance decoupling algorithms can deal with matched and unmatched unknown sinusoidal disturbances.     

Asymptotic sliding mode control approach to adaptive distributed tracking problem for multi-agent nonlinear delayed systems

In this article, a sliding mode coordinated decentralised state-feedback model reference adaptive control is developed for a class of large-scale uncertain multi-agent systems with time-varying delays in the nonlinear interconnections. The design procedure is based on a combination of the model coordination concept and a sliding mode control methodology. Novel decentralised controller parameterisations that are robust to unknown information exchange delays and to external disturbances with unknown bounds are proposed. Two different controllers are designed: one with discontinuous and one with continuous control action, respectively.     

Decentralised stabilisation for nonlinear time delay interconnected systems using static output feedback

In this paper, time delay interconnected systems are considered where the nominal isolated subsystems are fully nonlinear. The interconnections and the matched and mismatched disturbances are nonlinear and time-delayed. A decentralised static output feedback control strategy is proposed to stabilise the resulting interconnected system uniformly asymptotically. A novel approach is proposed to deal with the interconnections by introducing artificial interconnections, such that accessible information is fully exploited in the control design to reduce conservatism. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

H∞ decentralized fuzzy model reference tracking controldesign for nonlinear interconnected systems

In general, due to the interactions among subsystems, it is difficult to design an H_∞ decentralized controller for nonlinear interconnected systems. The model reference tracking control problem of nonlinear interconnected systems is studied via H_∞ decentralized fuzzy control method. First, the nonlinear interconnected system is represented by an equivalent Takagi-Sugeno type fuzzy model. A state feedback decentralized fuzzy control scheme is developed to override the external disturbances such that the H∞ model reference tracking performance is achieved. Furthermore, the stability of the nonlinear interconnected systems is also guaranteed. If states are not all available, a decentralized fuzzy observer is proposed to estimate the states of each subsystem for decentralized control. Consequently, a fuzzy observer-based state feedback decentralized fuzzy controller is proposed to solve the H_∞ tracking control design problem for nonlinear interconnected systems. The problem of H _∞ decentralized fuzzy tracking control design for nonlinear interconnected systems is characterized in terms of solving an eigenvalue problem (EVP). The EVP can be solved very efficiently using convex optimization techniques. Finally, simulation examples are given to illustrate the tracking performance of the proposed methods     

Approximation-based adaptive tracking of a class of uncertain nonlinear time-delay systems in nonstrict-feedback form

This paper investigates a predefined performance control problem for adaptive tracking of uncertain nonlinear time-delay systems in nonstrict-feedback form. Nonstrict-feedback nonlinearities, time-varying delays and external disturbances are assumed to be unknown. Based on the exponential decaying design functions denoting the preassigned bounds of transient and steady-state tracking errors, some variable separation lemmas are derived to design an approximation-based robust adaptive control scheme in the presence of nonstrict-feedback time-delayed nonlinearities. The proposed control system guarantees that a tracking error remains within a predesigned bound for all t ≥ 0 and converges to a preselected neighbourhood of the origin. Compared with the existing results in the literature, the main contribution of this paper is to provide a solution on the guaranteed performance control in the presence of unknown nonstrict-feedback nonlinearities related to all delayed state variables. Simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.     

Adaptive dynamic surface control for disturbance attenuation of nonlinear systems

This paper proposes an adaptive dynamic surface control (DSC) approach for disturbance attenuation of uncertain nonlinear systems in the parametric strict-feedback form. In the proposed control system, a smooth projection algorithm is employed to train uncertain parameters. The proposed DSC system can overcome the complexity of an actual controller caused by the recursive differentiation of virtual controllers and parameter adaptation laws in the backstepping design procedure. From Lyapunov stability analysis, it is shown that the proposed controller has H_∞ tracking performance to attenuate external disturbances     

Intelligent robust control for uncertain nonlinear time-varying systems and its application to robotic systems.

This paper addresses the problem of designing adaptive fuzzy-based (or neural network-based) robust controls for a large class of uncertain nonlinear time-varying systems. This class of systems can be perturbed by plant uncertainties, unmodeled perturbations, and external disturbances. Nonlinear H(infinity) control technique incorporated with adaptive control technique and VSC technique is employed to construct the intelligent robust stabilization controller such that an H(infinity) control is achieved. The problem of the robust tracking control design for uncertain robotic systems is employed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the developed robust stabilization control scheme. Therefore, an intelligent robust tracking controller for uncertain robotic systems in the presence of high-degree uncertainties can easily be implemented. Its solution requires only to solve a linear algebraic matrix inequality and a satisfactorily transient and asymptotical tracking performance is guaranteed. A simulation example is made to confirm the performance of the developed control algorithms.