Robust control of a class of under-actuated mechanical systems with model uncertainty

Robust control of under-actuated mechanical systems (UMSs) with model uncertainty is still a challenging problem. For UMSs, the model parametric uncertainties make it difficult to precisely calculate the isolated equilibrium point corresponding to a fixed input. Without an accurate destination state, many set-point control methods cannot eliminate the positioning errors. An improved sliding mode control (ISMC) method is proposed to solve the robust control problem for a class of UMSs with model uncertainty and input disturbance. A balance variable is introduced in the sliding surface design to compensate for the disturbance caused by the inaccurate destination state, and the ISMC method is proposed to make the system state reach the sliding surface in finite time. Linear matrix inequality approach and particle swarm optimisation algorithm are applied to design the sliding mode surface parameters. The simulation results on an UMS are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Fuzzy sliding mode control for an under-actuated system with mismatched uncertainties

This article presents a robust fuzzy sliding mode controller. The methodology of sliding mode control provides an easy way to control under-actuated nonlinear systems with uncertainties. The structure of the sliding surface is designed as follows. First, decouple the entire system into second-order systems so that each subsystem has a separate control target expressed in terms of a sliding surface. Second, from the sliding surface of subsystems, organize the main sliding surface system. Third, generate a control input for the main sliding surface to make whole subsystems move toward their sliding surface. A fuzzy controller is used to obtain a smooth boundary layer to the sliding surface. Finally, the fuzzy sliding mode controller presented is used to control an under-actuated nonlinear system, and confirms the validity of the proposed approach and its robustness to uncertainties.     

Sum‐of‐Squares‐Based Finite‐Time Adaptive Sliding Mode Control of Uncertain Polynomial Systems With Input Nonlinearities

This paper proposes a novel adaptive sliding mode control (ASMC) for a class of polynomial systems comprising uncertain terms and input nonlinearities. In this approach, a new polynomial sliding surface is proposed and designed based on the sum‐of‐squares (SOS) decomposition. In the proposed method, an adaptive control law is derived such that the finite‐time reachability of the state trajectories in the presence of input nonlinearity and uncertainties is guaranteed. To do this, it is assumed that the uncertain terms are bounded and the input nonlinearities belong to sectors with positive slope parameters. However, the bound of the uncertain terms is unknown and adaptation law is proposed to effectively estimate the uncertainty bounds. Furthermore, based on a novel polynomial Lyapunov function, the finite‐time convergence of the sliding surface to a pre‐chosen small neighborhood of the origin is guaranteed. To eliminate the time derivatives of the polynomial terms in the stability analysis conditions, the SOS variables of the Lyapunov matrix are optimally selected. In order to show the merits and the robust performance of the proposed controller, chaotic Chen system is provided. Numerical simulation results demonstrate chattering reduction in the proposed approach and the high accuracy in estimating the unknown parameters.     

SECOND‐ORDER TERMINAL SLIDING MODE CONTROL OF INPUT‐DELAY SYSTEMS

This paper proposes a second‐order terminal sliding mode control for a class of uncertain input‐delay systems. The input‐delay systems are firstly converted into the input‐delay free systems and further converted into the regular forms. A linear sliding mode manifold is predesigned to represent the ideal dynamics of the system. Another terminal sliding mode manifold surface is presented to drive the linear sliding mode to reach zeros in finite time. In order to eliminate the chattering phenomena, a second‐order sliding mode method is utilized to filter the high frequency switching control signal. The uncertainties of the systems are analysed in detail to show the effect to the systems. The simulation results validate the method presented in the paper.     

Nonlinear Robust Adaptive Deterministic Control for Flexible Hypersonic Vehicles in the Presence of Input Constraint

A nonlinear deterministic robust control scheme is developed for a flexible hypersonic vehicle with input saturation. Firstly, the model analysis is conducted for the hypersonic vehicle model via the input‐output linearized technique. Secondly, the sliding mode manifold is designed based on homogeneity theory. Then an adaptive high order sliding mode control scheme is proposed to achieve tracking for the step change in altitude and velocity for hypersonic vehicles where the uncertainty boundary is unknown. Furthermore, the control input constraint is investigated and another new adaptive law is proposed to estimate the uncertainties and to guarantee the stability of the system with input saturation. Finally, the simulation results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Robust and adaptive variable structure output feedback control of uncertain systems with input nonlinearity

This brief proposes a robust control algorithm for stabilization of a three-axis stabilized flexible spacecraft in the presence of parametric uncertainty, external disturbances and control input nonlinearity/dead-zone. The designed controller based on adaptive variable structure output feedback control satisfies the global reaching condition of sliding mode and ensures that the system state globally converges to the sliding mode. A modified version of the proposed control law is also designed for adapting the unknown upper bounds of the lumped uncertainties and perturbations. The stability of the system under the modified control law is established. Numerical simulations show that the precise attitude pointing and vibration suppression can be accomplished using the derived robust or adaptive controller.     

Robust sliding mode control of uncertain time delay systems

A robust sliding mode control design methodology is presented in this paper for a class of uncertain time delay systems. The systems are assumed to have structured, unmatched and time-varying parameter uncertainties as well as matched and bounded external disturbances. Delay-independent sufficient conditions for the design of a stable sliding manifold are given first in terms of an ARE and then via the Schur complement as linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). A controller guaranteeing convergence of the state trajectory to the sliding manifold is then developed and then generalized to account for uncertainties in the delay. A technique for the adaptation of controller gains is also presented. A Lyapunov method underlies both sliding manifold and controller design. A numerical example with simulation results illustrates the effectiveness of the methodology.     

不确定离散时间系统的变结构控制

常规变结构控制用于不确定系统,须利用不确定性界确保系统的鲁棒性,控制器过于保宇且抖振变大本文把未知干扰和参数不确定性的影响等效为名义系统的外界干扰,利用时延技术对干扰进行在线估计,并将估计值引入到变结构控制中,从而抵消掉系统中的慢变不确定性,利用离散趋近律法,了准滑动模态的条件及其带宽,该方法克服了以往控制方法中须已知不确定性界的限制,且不泌满足匹配条件,用较低的控制增益保证了系统的鲁棒性,降低了     

Discrete-time sliding mode control for uncertain systems with state and input delays

This article presents a discrete-time sliding mode control method for the robust stabilisation of linear uncertain multi-input discrete-time systems with state and input delays. The systems are assumed to have structured mismatched time-varying parameter uncertainties. A specified switching surface is proposed and a sliding mode controller is derived to ensure the existence of the quasi-sliding mode. Based on the improved Lyapunov function and linear matrix inequality technique, delay-independent sufficient conditions for the design of a stable switching surface are given and the stability of the overall closed-loop system is guaranteed. Neither chattering phenomenon will occur nor the knowledge of upper bound of uncertainties is required. Finally, simulation results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed control methodology.     

Design of a chatter-free terminal sliding mode controller for nonlinear fractional-order dynamical systems

This paper investigates the problem of robust control of nonlinear fractional-order dynamical systems in the presence of uncertainties. First, a novel switching surface is proposed and its finite-time stability to the origin is proved. Subsequently, using the sliding mode theory, a robust fractional control law is proposed to ensure the existence of the sliding motion in finite time. We use a fractional Lyapunov stability theory to prove the stability of the system in a given finite time. In order to avoid the chattering, which is inherent in conventional sliding mode controllers, we transfer the sign function of the control input into the fractional derivative of the control signal. The proposed chattering-free sliding mode technique is then applied for stabilisation of a broad class of three-dimensional fractional-order chaotic systems via a single variable driving control input. Simulation results reveal that the proposed fractional sliding mode controller works well for chaos control of fractional-order hyperchaotic Chen, chaotic Lorenz and chaotic Arneodo systems with no-chatter control inputs.     

舰船混沌运动的单输入自适应变结构控制

针对在舰船混沌运动控制中由模型不确定性及外部扰动无法确知所引起的控制结果无法保证的问题,采用自适应控制与滑模变结构控制相结合的方法,在设计切换函数时,将符号函数转移到控制输入的一阶导数当中,有效抑制了变结构控制中的抖振问题,并提出了一种单输入自适应滑模变结构控制方法.实验结果表明,与传统滑模变结构控制相比,新方法能够在系统模型具有不确定性及未知外部扰动的情况下实现舰船混沌运动的良好控制,为舰船混沌运动控制提供了一种可靠的工程实现途径.     

Robust input shaping control for multi-mode flexible structures

Input shaping provides an effective method for suppressing residual vibration of flexible structure systems. However, robustness is not possible without a time penalty. In this paper, a robust input shaping method is developed for suppressing residual vibration of multi-mode flexible structure systems with parameter uncertainties and external disturbances. The proposed scheme integrates both input shaping control and sliding mode output feedback control. The input shaper is designed for the reference model and implemented outside of the feedback loop to reduce the residual vibration. In the feedback loop, the SMOFC technique is employed to make the closed-loop system behave like the reference model with input shaper, where the residual vibration is suppressed. The selection of switching surface and the existence of sliding mode have been addressed. The knowledge of upper bound of uncertainties is not required. Furthermore, it is shown that increasing the robustness to parameter uncertainties does not lengthen the duration of the impulse sequence. Simulation results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed control scheme.     

Automatic Train Operation Based on Adaptive Terminal Sliding Mode Control

This paper presents an adaptive terminal sliding mode control(ATSMC) method for automatic train operation. The criterion for the design is keeping high-precision tracking with relatively less adjustment of the control input. The ATSMC structure is designed by considering the nonlinear characteristics of the dynamic model and the parametric uncertainties of the train operation in real time. A nonsingular terminal sliding mode control is employed to make the system quickly reach a stable state within a finite time, which makes the control input less adjust to guarantee the riding comfort. An adaptive mechanism is used to estimate controller parameters to get rid of the need of the prior knowledge about the bounds of system uncertainty. Simulations are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller, which has robust performance to deal with the external disturbance and system parametric uncertainties. Thereby, the system guarantees the train operation to be accurate and comfortable.     

Robust H ∞ sliding mode control for a class of uncertain switched delay systems

This article considers the robust H _∞ sliding mode control problem for a class of uncertain switched delay systems. A single sliding surface is constructed such that the reduced-order equivalent sliding motion restricted to the sliding surface is completely invariant to all admissible uncertainties. For cases of known delay and unknown delay, the existence conditions of the sliding surface are proposed, respectively. The corresponding hysteresis switching laws are designed such that the sliding motion is stabilisable with H _∞ disturbance attenuation level γ. Furthermore, variable structure controllers are developed to drive the state of the switched system to reach the single sliding surface in finite time and remain on it thereafter. Finally, two numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed design methods.     

On a new adaptive sliding mode control for MIMO nonlinear systems with uncertainties of unknown bounds

This paper proposes a new approach of adaptive sliding mode controller designs for multiple‐input multiple‐output nonlinear systems with uncertainties of unknown bounds and limited available inputs. The goal is to obtain robust, smooth, and fast transient performance for real sliding mode control so that the phenomena of the slow response and the gain overestimation in most adaptive sliding mode controller designs can be greatly improved. We introduce an Integral/Exponential adaptation law with boundary‐layer targeting the reduction of the chatter levels of the sliding mode by significantly reducing the gain overestimation while simultaneously speeding up the system response to the uncertainties. The gain is further reduced when the system state is in the boundary layer. The simulation and experimental results demonstrate the proposed design. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Formation control of multiple mecanum-wheeled mobile robots with physical constraints and uncertainties

Aiming at the formation control of multiple Mecanum-wheeled mobile robots (MWMRs) with physical constraints and model uncertainties, a novel robust control scheme that combines model predictive control (MPC) and extended state observer-based adaptive sliding mode control (ESO-ASMC) is proposed in this paper. First, a linear MPC strategy is proposed to address the motion constraints of MWMRs, which can transform the robot formation model based on leader-follower into a constrained quadratic programming (QP) problem. The QP problem can be solved iteratively online by a delay neural network (DNN) to obtain the optimal control velocity of the follower robot. Then, to address the input saturation constraints, model uncertainties and unknown disturbances in the dynamic model, an improved ESO-ASMC is proposed and compared with the robust adaptive terminal sliding mode control (RATSMC) and the conventional sliding mode control (SMC) to prove the effectiveness. The proposed scheme, considering the optimal control velocity obtained by the kinematics controller as the given desired velocity of the dynamics controller, can implement precise formation control, while solving various physical constraints of the robot, and eliminating the effects of model uncertainties and disturbances. Finally, through a comparative simulation case, the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method are verified.

     

基于非奇异快速终端滑模的多水面船固定时间协同控制

针对多水面船协同控制过程中存在的时变海洋环境干扰、模型参数不确定性、速度测量值未知和输入饱和的问题,提出一种基于非奇异快速终端滑模的固定时间分布式协同控制方案,该方案可保证协同控制系统的全局固定时间稳定性.首先,设计一个固定时间扩张状态观测器,用于估计速度和集总干扰(包括时变海洋环境干扰和模型参数不确定性);其次,设计一种新型的固定时间辅助动态系统处理输入饱和;再次,基于固定时间非奇异快速终端滑模面提出一种分布式抗饱和的滑模控制器,消除系统的奇异性,并且使得收敛时间上界独立于系统的初始状态;最后,为了避免在编队控制律中使用邻船的加速度,设计一种改进的一致鲁棒精确微分器估计邻船的加速度信息.仿真结果验证了所提方案的有效性.     

Novel smooth sliding mode attitude control design for constrained re-entry vehicle based on disturbance observer

This paper investigates the attitude tracking control system design for reusable launch vehicle (RLV) in re-entry phase with input constraint, model uncertainty and external disturbance. The novel control scheme is designed via combining the advantages of the robust property of sliding mode control (SMC), the compensation ability of disturbance observer (DOB) and the systematic design procedure of backstepping technique. By applying DOB technique to estimate the lumped uncertainty, there is no need to choose the switch gain larger than the bound of uncertainty. Through designing the exponential form sliding surface and smooth sliding mode controller, the chattering and discontinuous problem inherent in the traditional SMC is alleviated. An additional system is constructed to handle input constraint. Based on Lyapunov theory, the asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system is proven. At last, compared simulations are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control approach.     

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.     

Robust control of a hydraulically driven flexible arm

A new robust controller is proposed to regulate both flexural vibrations and rigid body motion of a hydraulically driven flexible ann. The controller combines backsteppmg control and sliding mode to arrive at a controller capable of dealing with a nonlinear system with uncertainties. The sliding mode technique is used to achieve an asymptotic joint angle and vibration regulation in the presence of payload uncertainty by providing a virtual torque input at the joint while the backstepping technique is used to regtthte the spool position of a hydraulic valve to provide the required torque. It is shown that there is no chatter in the hydraulic valve, which results in smoother operation of the system.