Finite-time tracking control of nth-order chained-form non-holonomic systems in the presence of disturbances

This paper addresses the problem of finite-time tracking controller design for nth-order chained-form non-holonomic systems in the presence of unknown disturbances. To this aim, a generalized disturbance observer based controller is proposed and combined with a recursive terminal sliding mode approach which guarantees finite-time convergence of the disturbance observer dynamic. By introducing a time-varying transformation and introducing a new control law, the existence of the sliding around the recursive terminal sliding mode surfaces is guaranteed. Finally, the proposed approach is applied for a wheeled mobile robot with a fourth-order chained-form non-holonomic model. The simulation results demonstrate the desirable and robust tracking performance of the proposed approach in the presence of unknown disturbance.     

A new fractional-order sliding mode controller via a nonlinear disturbance observer for a class of dynamical systems with mismatched disturbances

This paper investigates the stabilization and disturbance rejection for a class of fractional-order nonlinear dynamical systems with mismatched disturbances. To fulfill this purpose a new fractional-order sliding mode control (FOSMC) based on a nonlinear disturbance observer is proposed. In order to design the suitable fractional-order sliding mode controller, a proper switching surface is introduced. Afterward, by using the sliding mode theory and Lyapunov stability theory, a robust fractional-order control law via a nonlinear disturbance observer is proposed to assure the existence of the sliding motion in finite time. The proposed fractional-order sliding mode controller exposes better control performance, ensures fast and robust stability of the closed-loop system, eliminates the disturbances and diminishes the chattering problem. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed fractional-order controller is depicted via numerical simulation results of practical example and is compared with some other controllers.     

基于干扰观测器的时滞非线性切换系统滑模控制方法

为实现更加精准的时滞非线性切换系统滑模控制,应用干扰观测器设计一种新的系统滑模控制方法。构建时滞非线性切换系统模型,针对系统在发生结构变化时会产生复合干扰变化的情况,设计了一种非线性切换干扰观测器,实施系统不连续干扰的估计。通过 Backstepping 方法结合干扰观测器,设计一种切换滑模控制器,依据标量非线性特性打造一个滑模面,通过滑模控制器算法使时滞非线性切换系统能够满足滑模面的实际可达性条件,完成切换滑模控制器设计,实现系统的滑模控制。对设计的滑模控制方法进行测试,实验中选择的时滞非线性切换系统为一种变后掠翼 NSV 。实验结果表明,该设计方法能够实现较为准确地切入信号跟踪,表现出了很好的切换复合干扰估计性能。     

基于非线性干扰观测器的自动弹仓终端滑模控制

针对某自动弹仓位置控制过程中的负载变化和不确定性干扰,设计了基于干扰观测器和非奇异快速终端滑模的复合控制策略,建立了自动弹仓的不确定性动力学模型。干扰观测器用于估计系统复合干扰,估计值用于补偿滑模控制器以增强控制器的鲁棒性和抗干扰能力。运用Lyapunov准则证明了系统闭环稳定。所提算法和PID算法的对比实验结果显示,设计的控制律实现了自动弹仓位置的精确控制,具有良好的鲁棒性,有效提高了自动弹仓的定位稳定性。     

Finite-time fault tolerant attitude stabilization control for rigid spacecraft

A sliding mode based finite-time control scheme is presented to address the problem of attitude stabilization for rigid spacecraft in the presence of actuator fault and external disturbances. More specifically, a nonlinear observer is first proposed to reconstruct the amplitude of actuator faults and external disturbances. It is proved that precise reconstruction with zero observer error is achieved in finite time. Then, together with the system states, the reconstructed information is used to synthesize a nonsingular terminal sliding mode attitude controller. The attitude and the angular velocity are asymptotically governed to zero with finite-time convergence. A numerical example is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Neural network disturbance observer-based distributed finite-time formation tracking control for multiple unmanned helicopters

The distributed finite-time formation tracking control problem for multiple unmanned helicopters is investigated in this paper. The control object is to maintain the positions of follower helicopters in formation with external interferences. The helicopter model is divided into a second order outer-loop subsystem and a second order inner-loop subsystem based on multiple-time scale features. Using radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) technique, we first propose a novel finite-time multivariable neural network disturbance observer (FMNNDO) to estimate the external disturbance and model uncertainty, where the neural network (NN) approximation errors can be dynamically compensated by adaptive law. Next, based on FMNNDO, a distributed finite-time formation tracking controller and a finite-time attitude tracking controller are designed using the nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode (NFTSM) method. In order to estimate the second derivative of the virtual desired attitude signal, a novel finite-time sliding mode integral filter is designed. Finally, Lyapunov analysis and multiple-time scale principle ensure the realization of control goal in finite-time. The effectiveness of the proposed FMNNDO and controllers are then verified by numerical simulations.     

Adaptive fast sliding mode fault tolerant control integrated with disturbance observer for spacecraft attitude stabilization system

In this paper, the problem of fault-tolerant control (FTC) for spacecraft attitude stabilization system with actuator fault and mismatched disturbance is investigated. A novel fault tolerant control strategy based on adaptive fast terminal sliding mode control (AFTSMC) is proposed. Firstly, a novel composite observer is proposed to estimate the disturbance, actuator efficiency factor and partial states of the system. By introducing a sliding mode observer, the bias actuator fault is reconstructed. Subsequently, in accordance with the estimated information, a novel sliding mode fault tolerant controller is designed. The proposed control scheme contains two compensators and two adaptive parameters to attenuate the mismatched disturbance, to compensate actuator fault, and to guarantee fast convergence of the system. Furthermore, the reachability of sliding motion is proved. The simulation results for the spacecraft system illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

基于模糊切换增益调节的惯性稳定平台滑模控制

为了实现航空遥感惯性稳定平台在复杂多源扰动环境下的高精度控制,提出基于模糊滑模的惯性稳定平台高精度控制 方法,通过对总和扰动抑制实现对多源扰动抑制,从而提高稳定平台控制精度。 首先将惯性稳定平台的所有扰动视为整体,基 于滑模等效控制设计惯性稳定平台的全局快速终端滑模控制器,实现系统状态快速、精确地收敛到平衡状态并且不离开滑模 面。 其次,针对控制系统存在鲁棒性与抖振问题无法兼顾的问题,在滑模控制基础上融合模糊切换增益调节,设计模糊规则对 惯性稳定平台滑模控制中的切换增益进行实时调节,从而利用切换增益消除干扰项。 最后,对所提出方法的正确性进行仿真以 及实验验证。 结果表明,基于模糊切换增益调节的滑模控制方法扰动抑制能力强、稳定精度高,相对于 PID 控制和全局快速终 端滑模控制,稳定精度分别提高 32. 7% 和 15. 3% 。     

Sliding mode disturbance observer-based control of a twin rotor MIMO system

This work proposes a robust tracking controller for a helicopter laboratory setup known as the twin rotor MIMO system (TRMS) using an integral sliding mode controller. To eliminate the discontinuity in the control signal, the controller is augmented by a sliding mode disturbance observer. The actuator dynamics is handled using a backstepping approach which is applicable due to the continuous chattering-free nature of the command signals generated using the disturbance observer based controller. To avoid the complexity of analytically differentiating the command signals, a first order sliding mode differentiator is used. Stability analysis of the closed loop system and the ultimate boundedness of the tracking error is proved using Lyapunov stability arguments. The proposed controller is validated by several simulation studies and is compared to other schemes in the literature. Experimental results using a hardware-in-the-loop system validate the robustness and effectiveness of the proposed controller.     

Hybrid finite-time trajectory tracking control of a quadrotor

In this paper, accurate trajectory tracking control problem of a quadrotor with unknown dynamics and disturbances is addressed by devising a hybrid finite-time control (HFTC) approach. An adaptive integral sliding mode (AISM) control law is proposed for altitude subsystem of the quadrotor, whereby underactuated characteristics can decoupled. Backstepping technique is further deployed to control the horizontal position subsystem. To exactly attenuate external disturbances, a finite-time disturbance observer (FDO) combining with nonsingular terminal sliding mode (NTSM) control strategy is constructed for attitude subsystem, and thereby achieve finite-time stability. Using the compounded control scheme, trajectory tracking errors can be stabilized rapidly. Simulation results and comprehensive comparisons show that the proposed HFTC scheme has remarkably superior performance.     

Design and implementation of continuous finite-time sliding mode control for 2-DOF inertially stabilized platform subject to multiple disturbances

Control performances of inertially stabilized platforms (ISPs) are always affected by various disturbed phenomena such as cross-couplings, mass unbalance, parameter variations, and external disturbances in real applications. To improve the dynamic response and the disturbance rejection ability of the ISP, a continuous finite-time sliding mode control (SMC) approach with cascaded control structure is proposed. By constructing a finite-time disturbance observer, the multiple disturbances are precisely estimated in real time without the complex modeling and calibration work. Under the field oriented control framework, for the stabilized loop subsystem, an improved super-twisting controller incorporating the disturbance estimates is developed whereas for the current loop subsystem, the super-twisting control method is directly employed. Finite-time convergence of the inertial angular rates is guaranteed with the continuous control action such that chattering is alleviated remarkably. Moreover, by utilizing the manner of disturbance compensation, the feedback control gains can be tuning down without sacrificing the disturbance rejection ability. Comparative experiments are performed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control approach.     

Finite-time Extended State Observer based fault tolerant output feedback control for attitude stabilization

This work addresses the challenging problem of finite-time fault tolerant attitude stabilization control for the rigid spacecraft attitude control system without the angular velocity measurements, in the presence of external disturbances and actuator failures. Consider the severe circumstances with above failures and uncertainties, a novel continuous finite-time Extended State Observer is first established to observe the attitude angular velocity and the synthetic failure simultaneously. Unlike the existing observers, the finite-time methodology and Extended State Observer are utilized, to achieve the finite-time uniformly ultimately bounded stability of the attitude angular velocity and extended state observation errors. Furthermore, a novel continuous finite-time attitude controller is developed by using the nonsingular terminal sliding mode control and super-twisting method. The main feature of this work stems from our use of multiply advanced techniques or methodologies that enables the finite-time stability of the closed-loop attitude control system and the designed control scheme is continuous with the property of chattering restraining. Finally, numerical simulation results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and fine performances of the finite-time observer and controller for the attitude control system.     

具有负载柔性的液压伺服系统整形滑模控制

针对柔性臂等具有一定结构柔性的负载对液压伺服系统控制性能的影响,提出了一种基于输入整形器和代理滑模控制的复合控制策略。首先,为了克服负载连接刚度所引起的振动对最终控制性能的影响,采用输入整形器对期望信号进行修正;其次,将扰动观测器和代理滑模相结合并根据无源性理论及Lyapunov理论证明了控制系统的稳定性。该方法一方面可以避免高增益PID控制在跟踪方波等误差变化较大的信号时的超调及振荡等问题;另一方面从理论上取消了不连续符号函数,从而避免了滑模抖振问题。此外,利用基于辅助变量的扰动观测器以及动态面控制可以弥补传统代理滑模控制在扰动抑制方面的不足,并克服状态变量的微分信号对测量噪声的放大作用;基于以上研究,得到一种整形滑模控制方法,并且通过理论及仿真证明了该方法的有效性。     

Asymptotic stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems with long input delay in the presence of disturbance

Asymptotic stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems with known constant long input delay is addressed in the presence of external disturbance by applying sliding mode control method. Modified prediction variable scheme is employed to compensate long delays in the input, where conventional prediction variable approaches cannot be employed. This is mainly due to the fact that the external disturbance appears in the prediction variable, which renders the controller dependent on the external disturbance. In order to tackle this problem, the nonlinear disturbance observer based predictor is used. A suitable disturbance observer is designed to estimate the external disturbance that appears in the prediction variable. Respected to some existing results, the prediction-based control for more general class of the nonlinear systems in the presence of external disturbance is the main contribution of this paper. Actuator and sensor delays exist in the most common dynamic systems. So, the proposed control scheme can be employed in many conventional systems. The simulation results indicate the robustness and efficiency of the proposed controller.     

Sliding mode output feedback control based on tracking error observer with disturbance estimator

For a class of systems who suffers from disturbances, an original output feedback sliding mode control method is presented based on a novel tracking error observer with disturbance estimator. The mathematical models of the systems are not required to be with high accuracy, and the disturbances can be vanishing or nonvanishing, while the bounds of disturbances are unknown. By constructing a differential sliding surface and employing reaching law approach, a sliding mode controller is obtained. On the basis of an extended disturbance estimator, a creative tracking error observer is produced. By using the observation of tracking error and the estimation of disturbance, the sliding mode controller is implementable. It is proved that the disturbance estimation error and tracking observation error are bounded, the sliding surface is reachable and the closed-loop system is robustly stable. The simulations on a servomotor positioning system and a five-degree-of-freedom active magnetic bearings system verify the effect of the proposed method.     

基于扰动观测器的永磁同步电机电流环自适应滑模控制

针对扰动对永磁同步电机转速伺服系统性能的影响,提出了基于扰动观测器的电流环自适应滑模控制方法。设计了自适应律在线估计系统的内部参数摄动以补偿模型不确定性扰动。同时,设计了滑模扰动观测器实时估计系统外部负载扰动,并将观测值前馈补偿到电流环自适应滑模控制器,在提高系统鲁棒性的同时降低滑模控制系统的抖振。实验结果显示,采用基于扰动观测器的电流环自适应滑模控制方法,系统可快速、准确、无超调地跟踪900r/min的速度指令,调节时间为0.08s,稳态误差为±5r/min。加入0.6N·m的负载扰动,该控制方法的最大转速波动为21r/min,比PI控制方法的转速波动减小了3.4%。仿真和实验结果表明,基于扰动观测器的电流环自适应控制方法提高了永磁同步电机转速伺服系统的鲁棒性和动态响应性能,同时可有效抑制滑模控制系统的抖振。     

基于干扰观测器的电液伺服系统反馈线性化滑模控制

为抑制电液伺服系统中各种非线性因素及不确定干扰,提出了基于输入输出反馈线性化的滑模控制与非线性干扰观测器相结合的控制策略以提高其位置控制跟踪精度。以电液振动台为试验对象,建立其非线性控制模型,利用李雅普诺夫稳定性理论保证了位置闭环系统的全局稳定性。利用MATLAB/Simulink对设计的控制器进行了仿真验证,结果验证了提出的控制器的可行性。为了模拟实际环境下存在不确定干扰,在位置电液系统基础上增加了电液加载系统,开展了试验研究。结果表明,该控制器能有效的提高干扰下电液伺服系统的位置跟踪性能。     

基于滑模扰动观测器的磁轴承主动振动控制

由于磁悬浮控制力矩陀螺转子的不平衡振动会造成控制力矩陀螺系统的同频扰动,影响卫星姿态控制精度与卫星载荷精度,本文提出了基于滑模变结构扰动观测器的磁轴承主动振动控制方法.首先,对不平衡扰动力和力矩作用下的磁轴承-转子系统进行建模;接着,设计了滑模变结构扰动观测器观测不平衡扰动力和力矩;然后,利用跟踪微分器估计位移传感器输出信号的微分获取速度信号,降低观测器的阶数;最后,将滑模扰动观测器的输出引入磁轴承控制器,对观测得到的同频不平衡扰动力和力矩进行补偿.仿真和试验结果均表明,设计的滑模变结构观测器实现了对不平衡扰动的观测,通过控制器有效地实现了对不平衡扰动的补偿,减少了72％的同频振动.     

基于负载观测器的PMSM分数阶滑模位置控制

针对永磁同步电机位置控制系统,设计分数阶滑模变结构控制器,以代替传统PID三闭环串级控制结构的转速环和位置环控制器。针对电机运行时负载转矩会受到外界干扰的问题,设计负载转矩观测器。仿真结果表明分数阶滑模控制器有良好的动态和稳态性能以及良好的鲁棒性。