Design of robust PD-type control laws for robotic manipulators with parametric uncertainties

In this article, design of a simple robust control law that achieves desired positions and orientations for robotic manipulators with parametric uncertainties is studied. A discontinuous control law is proposed, which consists of a high-gain linear proportional plus derivative (PD) term and additional terms that compensate for the effect of gravitation. The stability of the robotic system under the proposed control law is proved by LaSalle's stability theorem. Furthermore, by the theory of singularly perturbed systems, it is shown that if the proportional and derivative gain matrices are diagonal with large positive elements then the system is decoupled into a set of first-order linear systems. Simulation results are presented to illustrate the application of the proposed control law to a two-link robotic manipulator.     

A class of nonlinear PD-type controllers for robot manipulators

In this article we present the stability analysis of a class of PD-type controllers for position and motion control of robot manipulators. The main feature of this class of controllers is that the proportional and derivative gains can be nonlinear functions of the robot states. These controllers can be obtained from control strategies that adjust the controller gains depending on the robot states. It is shown that global asymptotic stability of the control system is achieved provided that the P and D gains have suitable structure. As an outcome, we propose a global regulator constrained to deliver torques within prescribed limits of the actuator's capabilities. Experimental results on a two degrees of freedom direct drive arm show the usefulness of the proposed scheme. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

On the global stability of conventional PID control for a class of chemical reactors

The stabilization properties of derivative control for chemical reactor stabilization have been rarely studied in the literature. In a pioneering work, Aris and coworkers (textitChem. Eng. Sci. 1959; 11 :199–206.) used linear analysis to show that derivative control offers greater stabilization flexibility than proportional control. The aim of this work is to show that mixed derivative and proportional control can yield global stabilization for a large class of continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTR) characterized by having stable isothermical dynamics. The stability proof exploits the structure of CSTR models where the nonlinearity is concentrated in the chemical reaction kinetics. It is shown that the proportional mode is a type of energy shaping to induce a unique equilibrium point, while the derivative mode can be interpreted as a global damping injection to reduce undesired transient effects, such as temperature overshooting and oscillations. A numerical example is used to illustrate the different features of mixed proportional and derivative control in chemical reactor dynamics. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global positioning of robot manipulators with mixed revolute and prismatic joints

The existing controllers for robot manipulators with uncertain gravitational force can globally stabilize only robot manipulators with revolute joints. The main obstacles to the global stabilization of robot manipulators with mixed revolute and prismatic joints are unboundedness of the inertia matrix and the Jacobian of the gravity vector. In this note, a class of globally stable controllers for robot manipulators with mixed revolute and prismatic joints is proposed. The global asymptotic stabilization is achieved by adding a nonlinear proportional and derivative term to the linear proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller. By using Lyapunov's direct method, the explicit conditions on the controller parameters to ensure global asymptotic stability are obtained.     

Stabilization and algorithm of integrator plus dead-time process using PID controller

In this paper, we develop an algorithm to determine the entire set of stabilising PID parameters for the integrator plus dead-time process. Our method is a combination of the traditional D-partition technique and graphical technique. We first apply the D-partition technique to address the stability regions in the plane of proportional and integral gains, which depend on the steady-state gain and the time delay. Next for fixed proportional gain, again using the D-partition technique we obtain a series of critical straight lines in the plane of integral and derivative gains and then choosing the derivative gain as a parameter, we investigate how the derivative gain affects the distribution of the roots of the corresponding characteristic equation of the closed-loop control system, which provide the stability regions in the plane of integral and derivative gains. On the base of the results obtained in the previous two steps, an efficient algorithm for determining the entire set of stabilising PID parameters is also proposed. Finally, numerical simulations are given to support our theoretical results.     

MIMO controller synthesis with integral-action integrity

A controller synthesis method is presented for closed-loop stability and asymptotic tracking of step input references with zero steady-state error. Integral-action is achieved in two design steps starting with any stabilizing controller and adding a PID-controller in a configuration that guarantees robust stability and tracking. The proposed design has integral-action integrity, where closed-loop stability is maintained even when any of the proportional, integral, or derivative terms are removed or the entire PID-controller is limited by a constant gain matrix. The integral constant can be switched off when integral-action is not wanted.     

Reliable Dissipative Control for a Class of Uncertain Singular Markovian Jump Systems via Hybrid Impulsive Control

In this paper, the problem of robust normalization and reliable dissipative control is investigated for a class of uncertain singular Markovian jump systems with actuator failures. The uncertainties exhibit in both system matrices and transition rate matrix of the Markovian chain. A new impulsive and proportional–derivative control strategy is presented. The gain matrices of the impulsive control part can be obtained together with the design approach. Moreover, the dissipative control results obtained in this paper include the results of H‐infinity and passive control as special cases. Finally, two numerical examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed methods.     

A small gain approach to global stabilization of nonlinear feedforward systems with input unmodeled dynamics

In this paper, we study the global robust stabilization problem of strict feedforward systems subject to input unmodeled dynamics. We present a recursive design method for a nested saturation controller which globally stabilizes the closed-loop system in the presence of input unmodeled dynamics. One of the difficulties of the problem is that the Jacobian linearization of our system at the origin may not be stabilizable. We overcome this difficulty by employing a special version of the small gain theorem to address the local stability, and, respectively, the asymptotic small gain theorem to establish the global convergence property, of the closed-loop system. An example is given to show that a redesign of the controller is required to guarantee the global robust asymptotic stability in the presence of the input unmodeled dynamics.     

Synthesis of PID controllers for integral processes with time delay

This article deals with the problem of determination of the stabilizing parameter sets of Proportional‐Integral‐Derivative (PID) controllers for first‐order and second‐order integral processes with time‐delay. First, the admissible stabilizing range of proportional‐gain is determined analytically in terms of a version of the Hermite–Biehler Theorem applicable to quasi‐polynomials. Then, based on a graphical stability condition developed in parameter space, the complete stabilizing regions in an integral‐derivative plane are drawn and identified graphically, not calculated mathematically, by sweeping over the admissible range of proportional‐gain. An actual algorithm for finding the stabilizing parameter sets of PID controllers is also proposed. Simulations show that the stabilizing regions in integral‐derivative space are either triangles or quadrilaterals. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Input-to-state stable finite horizon MPC for neutrally stable linear discrete-time systems with input constraints

MPC or model predictive control is representative of control methods which are able to handle inequality constraints. Closed-loop stability can therefore be ensured only locally in the presence of constraints of this type. However, if the system is neutrally stable, and if the constraints are imposed only on the input, global asymptotic stability can be obtained; until recently, use of infinite horizons was thought to be inevitable in this case. A globally stabilizing finite-horizon MPC has lately been suggested for neutrally stable continuous-time systems using a non-quadratic terminal cost which consists of cubic as well as quadratic functions of the state. The idea originates from the so-called small gain control, where the global stability is proven using a non-quadratic Lyapunov function. The newly developed finite-horizon MPC employs the same form of Lyapunov function as the terminal cost, thereby leading to global asymptotic stability. A discrete-time version of this finite-horizon MPC is presented here. Furthermore, it is proved that the closed-loop system resulting from the proposed MPC is ISS (Input-to-State Stable), provided that the external disturbance is sufficiently small. The proposed MPC algorithm is also coded using an SQP (Sequential Quadratic Programming) algorithm, and simulation results are given to show the effectiveness of the method.     

A Class of Transpose Jacobian‐based NPID Regulators for Robot Manipulators with an Uncertain Kinematics

Transpose Jacobian‐based controllers present an attractive approach to robot set‐point control in Cartesian space that derive the end‐effector posture to a specified desired position and orientation with neither solving the inverse kinematics nor computing the inverse Jacobian. By a Lyapunov function with virtual artificial potential energy, a class of complete transpose Jacobian‐based Nonlinear proportional‐integral‐derivative regulators is proposed in this paper for robot manipulators with uncertain kinematics on the basis of the set of all continuous differentiable increasing functions. It shows globally asymptotic stability for the result closed‐loop system on the condition of suitable feedback gains and suitable parameter selection for the corresponding function set as well as artificial potential function, and only upper bound on Jacobian matrix error and Cartesian dynamics parameters are needed. The existing linear PID (LPID) regulators are the special cases of it. Nevertheless, in the case of LPID regulators, only locally asymptotic stability is guaranteed if the corresponding conditions are satisfied. Simulations demonstrate the result and robustness of transpose Jacobian‐based NPID regulators. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

ON THE LYAPUNOV APPROACH TO ROBUST STABILIZATION OF UNCERTAIN NONLINEAR SYSTEMS

In the Lyapunov approach employed in this paper, known in the literature as Lyapunov control, or min-max control, robust, global uniform asymptotic stability is achieved by a discontinuous control law which ensures that the Lyapunov derivative is negative despite bounded uncertainty. For that, it is assumed that the uncertainties satisfy certain matching conditions, and that a Lyapunov function for the nominal plant is available. To obtain lower control magnitudes, this paper develops control laws which counter the uncertainties on a component-wise basis, rather than the usual normic one. Both the basic discontinuous control law, which is proved to provide robust global uniform asymptotic stability, and a continuous app roximation, which is proved to ensure global uniform ultimate boundedness, are derived. Application to model following is given. We adapt recent results on robust quadratic stabilization of nominally linear time-invariant plants subjected to nonlinear, bo unded and unmatched uncertain perturbations, to extend our results to this important class of systems; this is illustrated by two examples.     

一阶时滞系统的智慧PI控制

针对一阶时滞系统的控制问题,提出了一种不依赖于受控对象模型和属性的智慧比例–积分(WPI)控制方法. WPI控制方法通过速度因子将比例和积分环节紧密联系在一起形成一个协同控制核心.理论分析表明,由WPI控制器构成的闭环控制系统是全局渐近稳定的.数值仿真实验表明了WPI控制方法不仅响应速度快、控制精度高,而且还具有良好的抗扰动鲁棒性,因而是一种有效的控制方法,在时滞系统控制领域具有广泛的应用价值.     

Discrete-time optimal fuzzy controller design: global conceptapproach

Proposes a systematic and theoretically sound way to design a global optimal discrete-time fuzzy controller to control and stabilize a nonlinear discrete-time fuzzy system with finite or infinite horizon (time). A linear-like global system representation of a discrete-time fuzzy system is first proposed by viewing such a system in a global concept and unifying the individual matrices into synthetic matrices. Then, based on this kind of system representation, a discrete-time optimal fuzzy control law which can achieve a global minimum effect is developed theoretically. A nonlinear two-point boundary-value-problem (TPBVP) is derived as a necessary and sufficient condition for the nonlinear quadratic optimal control problem. To simplify the computation, a multi-stage decomposition of the optimization scheme is proposed, and then a segmental recursive Riccati-like equation is derived. Moreover, in the case of time-invariant fuzzy systems, we show that the optimal controller can be obtained by just solving discrete-time algebraic Riccati-like equations. Based on this, several fascinating characteristics of the resultant closed-loop fuzzy system can easily be elicited. The stability of the closed-loop fuzzy system can be ensured by the designed optimal fuzzy controller. The optimal closed-loop fuzzy system can not only be guaranteed to be exponentially stable, but also stabilized to any desired degree. Also, the total energy of system output is absolutely finite. Moreover, the resultant closed-loop fuzzy system possesses an infinite gain margin, i.e. its stability is guaranteed no matter how large the feedback gain becomes. An example is given to illustrate the proposed optimal fuzzy controller design approach and to demonstrate the proven stability properties     

Control Lyapunov-Razumikhin functions and robust stabilization oftime delay systems

Motivated by control Lyapunov functions and Razumikhin theorems on stability of time delay systems, we introduce the concept of control Lyapunov-Razumikhin functions (CLRF). The main reason for considering CLRFs is construction of robust stabilizing control laws for time delay systems. Most existing universal formulas that apply to CLFs, are not applicable to CLRFs. It turns out that the domination redesign control law applies, achieving global practical stability and, under an additional assumption, global asymptotic stability. This additional assumption is satisfied in the practically important case when the quadratic part of a CLRF is itself a CLRF for the Jacobian linearization of the system. The CLRF based domination redesign possesses robustness to input unmodeled dynamics including an infinite gain margin. While, in general, construction of CLRFs is an open problem, we show that for several classes of time delay systems a CLRF can be constructed in a systematic way     

PID control for global finite-time regulation of robotic manipulators

This paper addresses the global finite-time regulation problem of robotic manipulators. A simple nonlinear proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control is proposed by adding a nonlinear proportional and derivative term to the commonly used PID controller. Lyapunov's stability theory and geometric homogeneity technique are employed to prove global finite-time stability. Advantages of the proposed control include the absence of modelling information in the control law formulation and the global finite-time stability featuring fast transient and high-precision positioning. Explicit conditions on the controller parameters to ensure global finite-time regulation stability are obtained. Simulations are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and the improved performances of the proposed approach.     

A New Tuning Procedure for PID Control of Rigid Robots

This paper is concerned with classical PID control of rigid robots. We introduce a tuning procedure for selection of the PID gains ensuring asymptotic stability in a domain which can be enlarged arbitrarily. The novelty of our approach relies on the fact that conditions for stability are formulated as expressions that have to be satisfied at each joint instead of conditions on norms of gain and parameter matrices as reported previously. This allows better performances than those obtained using tuning procedures previously reported in the literature.