Switching structure state and parameter estimator for MIMO non-linear robust control

In this paper the problem of simultaneous robust state and parameter estimation for a class of MIMO non-linear systems under mixed uncertainties (unmodelled dynamics as well as observation noises) it tackled. A switching gain robust 'observer-identifier' is introduced to obtain the corresponding estimates. This is achieved by applying an observer to the so-called nominal extended system, obtained from the original system without any uncertainties and considering the parameters as additional constant states. As it is shown, in general the extended system can lose the global observability property, supposed by valid for the original non-extended system, and a special procedure is needed to provide a good estimation process in this situation. The suggested adaptive observer has the Luenberger type observer structure with switching matrix gain that guarantees a good enough upper bound for the identification error performance index. The Van der Monde generalized transformation is introduced to derive this bound which turns out to be 'tight' (it is equal to zero in the absence of both noises and unmodelled dynamics). The example dealing with an inverted pendulum illustrates the high effectiveness of the suggested approach.     

Robust observer design for nonlinear uncertain systems with LQ regulators

For a class of uncertain systems with linear nominal dynamics and nonlinear uncertainties, it has been shown (Katayama and Sasaki 1987) that linear quadratic (LQ) state feedback regulators can be used to provide robust asymptotic stability. In this paper, we study the combined observer-controller design problem, based on the linear state feedback regulator proposed by Katayama and Sasaki (1987), so that only output feedback is needed. Both full-order and reduced-order observers are considered. For the full-order observer, we propose an algorithm to synthesize the robust observer gain matrix. It is shown that with the observer it is still possible to achieve robust asymptotic stability. For the reduced-order observer, some conditions are derived to guarantee the robust asymptotic stabilizability of the uncertain systems. The trade-off between the magnitudes of controller and observer gains is clear in our approach. An example is used to illustrate the design process of the robust controller with full-order as well as reduced-order observers.     

Nominal model manipulation for enhancement of stability robustness for disturbance observer-based control systems

Disturbance observer-based control systems often encounter the stability problem due to modeling uncertainties. In such cases, the disturbance observer (DOB) may have to be re-designed by narrowing the bandwidth of the Q-filter to enhance stability robustness, but this approach to stability enhancement deteriorates the performance of DOB. In order to improve robust stability while maintaining the performance of DOB, this paper proposes a method that manipulates the nominal plant model in the DOB; the parameters of the discretized nominal model are optimized to improve robust stability in the discrete time domain. For the optimization of nominal model, it is assumed that the closed-loop poles of DOB are subjected to multiplicative uncertainties, and the maximum allowable magnitude of uncertainties is utilized as the measure of stability robustness. Then, the proposed method changes the location of closed-loop poles to maximize the robustness margin. This paper provides a case study that includes experimental results.     

Asynchronous Observer Design for Switched Linear Systems: A Tube-Based Approach

This paper proposes a tube-based method for the asynchronous observation problem of discrete-time switched linear systems in the presence of amplitude-bounded disturbances.Sufficient stability conditions of the nominal observer error system under mode-dependent persistent dwell-time(MPDT)switching are first established. Taking the disturbances into account, a novel asynchronous MPDT robust positive invariant(RPI) set and an asynchronous MPDT generalized RPI(GRPI)set are determined for the difference system between the nominal and disturbed observer error systems. Further, the global uniform asymptotical stability of the observer error system is established in the sense of converging to the asynchronous MPDT GRPI set, i.e., the cross section of the tube of the observer error system. Finally, the proposed results are validated on a space robot manipulator example.     

Active disturbance rejection and Lyapunov redesign approaches for robust boundary control of plate vibration

In this paper, two approaches, namely active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) and Lyapunov redesign, are utilised to stabilise the vibration of a boundary-controlled flexible rectangular plate in the presence of exogenous disturbances. Based on ADRC, an estimation/cancellation strategy is applied where disturbance is estimated online by an extended state observer (ESO) and cancelled by injecting the output of ESO into the feedback loop. By the Lyapunov redesign, on the other hand, the control law intended for a nominal system is redesigned by adding a (discontinuous) control component that makes the system robust to large uncertainties. Both control algorithms are designed directly based on partial differential equation model of the plate so that spillover instabilities that are a result of model truncation are avoided. The established control schemes are able to stabilise the plate vibration by actuating and sensing only along the plate boundary while accounting for the dynamical effects of Gaussian curvature integral, in-plane membrane force and actuator mass. The stability of each control approach is proven using Lyapunov analysis. The efficacy of each proposed control is illustrated by simulation results.     

Integrated observer based fault estimation for a class of Lipschitz nonlinear systems

The fault estimation for a class of nonlinear systems with Lipschitzian nonlinearities and faults is studied in this article. An integrated estimation observer that covers the robust estimation observer (REO) and adaptive estimation observer (AEO) is proposed to improve the accuracy of fault estimation. Compared with the traditional AEO, the designed observer does not involve the output derivatives and can be more suitable for practical applications. Furthermore, based on the designed observer, the coupling term emerging in the obtained error dynamics can be eliminated reasonably and less conservative stability conditions for the error dynamics can be obtained, whereas the case is hard to be achieved based on the existing intermediate estimator approach in the literature. Compared with the traditional REO and AEO, the fault can be estimated with a good accuracy by using the proposed integrated estimation observer. Numerical examples test the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed method.     

线性/非线性切换扩张状态观测器的收敛性和稳定性分析

线性/非线性切换扩张状态观测器(linear/nonlinear switching extended state observer,SESO)是为追求更高的控制精度和抗扰能力,在进行状态估计时根据状态误差大小在线性扩张状态观测器(linear extended state observer,LESO)和非线性扩张状态观测器(nonlinear extended state observer,NLESO)之间进行切换的一种扩张状态观测器.但由于该算法存在非线性结构,目前还没有从频域角度对该方法进行收敛性和控制系统稳定性分析的相关研究.针对此问题,以二阶系统为研究对象,首先对SESO的结构及参数选择进行了介绍,然后,分别采用等效增益法和描述函数法,从频域角度对了其状态估计误差的收敛性和基于SESO的自抗扰控制系统的稳定性进行了研究.结果表明,三阶SESO具有良好的收敛性,能实现对系统状态和"总扰动"的误差估计,并且选择适当的SESO参数,可避免极限环的产生.     

不确定性系统的自适应鲁棒跟踪控制

针对存在未知干扰和未建模动态等不确定性的系统的自适应鲁棒跟踪控制问题进行了 探讨.首选将l1优化控制器的有限拍设计方法结合给出了最优鲁棒稳态跟踪控制器的设计方法． 然后利用集员辨识的思想,将名义模型的参数和未建模动态及干扰的大小作为未知参数,提出了 一种递推参数估计方法.最后将上述研究结果结合起来提出了一种自适应鲁棒跟踪控制策略,证 明了自适应算法的全局收敛性并给出了鲁棒跟踪性能指标的一下较紧的上界.与现有的结果相 比,本文提出的自适应控制具有非保守的鲁棒稳定性,具有渐近最优的鲁棒跟踪性能.     

Robust moving horizon estimation based output feedback economic model predictive control

In this work, we develop an economic model predictive control scheme for a class of nonlinear systems with bounded process and measurement noise. In order to achieve fast convergence of the state estimates to the actual system state as well as the robustness of the observer to measurement and process noise, a deterministic (high-gain) observer is first applied for a small time period with continuous output measurements to drive the estimation error to a small value; after this initial small time period, a robust moving horizon estimation scheme is used on-line to provide more accurate and smoother state estimates. In the design of the robust moving horizon estimation scheme, the deterministic observer is used to calculate reference estimates and confidence regions that contain the actual system state. Within the confidence regions, the moving horizon estimation scheme is allowed to optimize its estimates. The output feedback economic model predictive controller is designed via Lyapunov techniques based on state estimates provided by the deterministic observer and the moving horizon estimation scheme. The stability of the closed-loop system is analyzed rigorously and conditions that ensure the closed-loop stability are derived. Extensive simulations based on a chemical process example illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

A study of disturbance observers with unknown relative degree of the plant

Robust stability of the disturbance observer (DOB) control system is studied when the relative degree of the plant is not the same as that of the nominal model. The study reveals that the closed-loop system can easily become unstable with sufficiently fast Q-filter when the relative degree of the plant is not known. In a few cases of unknown relative degree, however, robust stability can be obtained, and we present a design guideline of the nominal model, as well as the Q-filter, for that purpose. Moreover, a universal design of DOB is given for a plant whose relative degree is uncertain but less than or equal to four.     

线性自抗扰控制器的稳定性研究

研究了线性扩张状态观测器(Extended state observer, ESO)的估计能力,并且分析了在线性自抗扰控制(Linear active disturbance rejection control, LADRC)下闭环系统的稳定性. 对于系统模型未知的情形, 给出了线性扩张观测器估计误差有界的证明, 并通过分析得出了如下结论: 在扩张状态观测器跟踪误差趋于零的前提下, 在线性自抗扰控制下的闭环系统可以实现对设定信号的精确跟踪以及输入-输出有界(Bounded input and bounded output, BIBO)稳定.     

Feedback Linearization Control for Systems with Mismatched Uncertainties via Disturbance Observers

This paper focuses on a novel feedback linearization control (FLC) law based on a self‐learning disturbance observer (SLDO) to counteract mismatched uncertainties. The FLC based on BNDO (FLC‐BNDO) demonstrates robust control performance only against mismatched time‐invariant uncertainties while the FLC based on SLDO (FLC‐SLDO) demonstrates robust control performance against mismatched time‐invariant and ‐varying uncertainties, and both of them maintain the nominal control performance in the absence of mismatched uncertainties. In the estimation scheme for the SLDO, the BNDO is used to provide a conventional estimation law, which is used as the learning error for the type‐2 neuro‐fuzzy system (T2NFS), and T2NFS learns mismatched uncertainties. Thus, the T2NFS takes the overall control of the estimation signal entirely in a very short time and gives unbiased estimation results for the disturbance. A novel learning algorithm established on sliding mode control theory is derived for an interval type‐2 fuzzy logic system. The stability of the overall system is proven for a second‐order nonlinear system with mismatched uncertainties. The simulation results show that the FLC‐SLDO demonstrates better control performance than the traditional FLC, FLC with an integral action (FLC‐I), and FLC‐BNDO.     

Simplified robust control for nonlinear uncertain systems: a method of projection and online estimation

Robust control based on an online estimation of uncertainty is presented for a class of nonlinear uncertain systems. The estimation is done via a robust observer after the uncertainty vector is projected onto a one-dimensional subspace. The proposed combination of dynamics projection and online estimation is to relax the knowledge about the size of uncertainty and required in the robust control design, to make robust control less conservative while being effective, and to ensure robust stability without undue complexity.     

LMI approach to robust unknown input observer design for continuous systems with noise and uncertainties

The full order robust unknown input observers for continuous systems are presented. The observers are designed for both linear and nonlinear systems considering both noise and uncertainties. First, an unknown input observer is designed for linear systems. The observer is derived based on linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach. Then the observer design problem is extended for a class of nonlinear systems whose nonlinear function satisfies the Lipschitz condition. The main advantage of these observers over the existing works on UIO design is that these can handle both noise and uncertainties simultaneously. The performance of the observers is demonstrated by applying it to the robust state estimation of single link robot arm.     

Robust stability and controller synthesis of discrete linear switched systems with dwell time

Sufficient conditions are derived for the robust stability of discrete-time, switched, linear systems with dwell time in the presence of polytopic type parameter uncertainty. A Lyapunov function, in quadratic form, is assigned to each of the subsystems. This function is allowed to be time-varying and piecewise linear during the dwell time and it becomes time invariant afterwards. Asymptotic stability conditions are obtained in terms of linear matrix inequalities for the nominal set of subsystems. These conditions are then extended to the case where the subsystems encounter polytopic type parameter uncertainties. The developed method is applied to l ₂-gain analysis where a bounded real lemma is derived, and to H _∞ control and estimation, both for the nominal and the uncertain cases.     

一类非线性系统的变结构鲁棒观测器

研究了系统中不确定因素不满足匹配条件且具有外部干扰的变结构鲁棒观测器的设计问题,构造的观测器适用于标称系统是线性定常系统或可化正则型的仿射非线性系统。采用Ｌｙａｐｕｎｏｖ函数为稳定观测器的判别条件,使观测器在外有部干扰时具有一致最终有界的构造误差。     

Robust control scheme based on an uncertainty and disturbance estimator for a quadrotor with motor failures

This paper proposes a new robust fault tolerant control architecture based on a disturbance observer. The control architecture is composed of a nominal controller and a rotor's fault observer capable to identify and estimate motors' degradation performance. Besides, is designed for a quadrotor vehicle and validated in critical and noncritical motors' failures. For both failure cases, each motor performance is analyzed to counteracted the failure and restore the system stability. If the practical stability is not recovered (critical case) a control reconfiguration is performed for safe landing. Experimental tests are carried out in real time to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed architecture when confronting the stability of the system with aggressive disturbances or uncertainties.     

Robust output regulation of a triaxial MEMS gyroscope via nonlinear active disturbance rejection

This paper presents a nonlinear disturbance rejection–based controller for the robust output regulation of a triaxial microelectromechanical system (MEMS) vibratory gyroscope. In a MEMS gyroscope, parameter variations, mechanical couplings, suspension system nonlinearities, thermal noise, and centripetal/Coriolis forces are the main uncertainty sources. In the dynamical equations of the gyroscope, these uncertainties appear as a matched total disturbance, which does not coincide with the required structure of a standard output regulation problem. More specifically, the total disturbance is not guaranteed to belong to the solution space of a fixed dynamical system. Therefore, we propose a control system that comprises a nominal output regulator equipped with a disturbance rejection loop. On the basis of a suitable reference dynamics of the gyroscope, the control system is developed as the stabilization of a zero‐error invariant manifold in the tracking error space. In the disturbance rejection loop, a nonlinear extended state observer (ESO) is designed to estimate the total disturbance. The convergence of the ESO is analyzed in a Lyapunov‐Lurie framework by linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). In the nominal output regulation loop, the stabilization problem of the desired manifold is tackled by introducing a suitable distance coordinate. Next, to achieve guaranteed attenuation of the ESO estimation errors, an energy‐to‐peak design is pursued. On the basis of the center manifold theory, the stability of the overall closed‐loop system is guaranteed. The efficacy of the proposed control method is assessed through software simulations.     

基于系统辨识的航空发动机稳态燃油自抗扰控制

自抗扰控制技术应用于航空发动机稳态燃油控制存在两个难点：发动机中的高频不确定动态导致扩张状态观测器(Extended State Observer,ESO)增益过高和名义控制系数整定困难。针对此现状,提出一种基于系统辨识的航空发动机稳态燃油自抗扰控制器。首先,使用经典Gram-Schmidt(Classical Gram-Schmidt,CGS)算法对控制系数和发动机未知动态进行辨识,将辨识信息加入ESO中设计改进ESO (Improved ESO,IESO),从而使总扰动中包含较少的高频动态,降低观测器增益。其次,基于IESO设计航空发动机稳态燃油自抗扰控制器,并根据辨识结果快速整定名义控制系数。最后,分析IESO观测误差的收敛性和闭环系统的稳定性。仿真结果表明,所提方法可以快速整定名义控制系数,有效降低观测器增益,进而提高系统的鲁棒性。     

Robust output containment control of multi-agent systems with unknown heterogeneous nonlinear uncertainties in directed networks

Output containment problem for high-order nonlinear time-invariant multi-agent systems in directed networks is investigated in this paper. The output is related with the observation matrix. The dimensions of observation matrix are extended so that it is non-singular. Then the containment problem is transformed into stability problem. The model of each agent is constructed by a nominal system combined with uncertainties. A robust controller, which includes a nominal controller and a robust compensator, is proposed to achieve output containment and restrain external uncertainties. The nominal controller is based on the output feedback and the nominal system constructed by the nominal controller contains desired containment properties. The robust compensator design is based on robust signal compensation technology for restraining the effects of external disturbances. A sufficient condition on the output containment is proposed and the containment errors can be made as small as desired with the expected convergence rate. Finally, numerical simulation is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the control method.