Control of the Nonstationary Motion of a Hopping Machine (Path Tracking)

The problem on control of the nonstationary motion of a hopping machine is solved. It is shown that similarly to a walking machine, this problem can be reduced to finding a periodic solution of the discrete Riccati equation. The simulation results are indicative of the efficiency of the algorithm proposed     

A Note on a Model Hopping Machine

A model of a statically unstable (one-legged) hopping machine is discussed. It is used to analyze whether and how well the control algorithms for systems with variable constraints can be employed in the engineering implementation of this machine. The results obtained indicate that the control algorithms make it possible to create a functioning machine with relatively simple components. The dynamical characteristics of this hopping machine are such that it can, for example, double the horizontal speed in two to three hops. This fact is interesting because a linear controller controls a nonlinear object.     

单足机器人周期跳跃控制的虚拟约束方法

 研究单足机器人周期跳跃控制问题．弹簧支撑倒立摆模型可以比较准确地描述动物的跳跃行为,但无控制的自然跳跃抗干扰能力较差,一般采用轨迹跟踪控制方法实现单足机器人周期跳跃．当系统存在比较大的误差时,传统的时间轨迹跟踪控制方法存在明显的不足．引入虚拟约束技术,采用基于空间路径跟踪的控制方法可以克服时间轨迹跟踪的不足．采用点足机器人模型,并通过控制腿伸缩的方式为系统提供动力,将跳跃过程分为地面摆动和腾空飞行两个阶段,并通过起飞和着陆两个事件完成两个阶段之间的转换,整个系统模型属于欠驱动非光滑动力学系统．根据简化的动力学方程获得系统的虚拟约束解析表达式,并采用部分反馈线性化方法结合PD 控制设计系统的控制律．分析了系统的混合零动力学方程,并证明了闭环系统的临界稳定性．仿真结果表明,提出的控制方法可以实现单足机器人的周期跳跃控制,并且对外部干扰具有较强的鲁棒性．     

High-accuracy algorithms for solving the discrete-time periodic Riccati equation

The paper proposes an algorithm for solving the discrete-time periodic Riccati equation, which arises, for instance, in designing a stabilization system for a hopping robot. This algorithm does not have a number of constraints on the matrix coefficients peculiar to other algorithms. It is significant that variable-precision arithmetic can be used in numerical implementation of the algorithm. This makes it possible to solve discrete-time periodic Riccati equations with high accuracy. Some examples are given __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 9, pp. 98–105, September 2007.     

A Control Algorithm for a 3D Hopping Machine

The paper addresses several control problems for a three-dimensional hopping machine. The machine consists of a ponderable torso and an imponderable leg. The leg is a kinematic chain with joints allowing rotation and translation. The leg is attached at the torso's center of mass. The force in the leg is developed by a linear spring. A control system is synthesized within the framework of a periodic linear quadratic problem. The efficiency of the controller is exemplified by a case where the hopper changes the direction of its motion     

Non-linear dynamics of a mechanical system with a frictional unilateral constraint

We analyze the dynamics of a two-dimensional system constituted by two masses subjected to elastic, gravitational and viscous forces and constrained by a moving frictional mono-lateral surface. The model exhibits a time-varying dynamics capable of reproducing the hopping phenomenon, an unwanted phenomenon observed in many applications such as the motion of a robotic arm on a surface or that of a wiper on a windscreen. The system dynamics, besides being affected by geometrical non-linearities, has a non-smooth nature due to the impact and friction laws involved in the model. The complexity of the resulting equations and of the transition conditions require the problem to be solved numerically. Various periodic motions are found and the effect of varying the system parameters, in particular the friction coefficient, is investigated. Finally, simulations are used to gain some insight the behavior of the windscreen wiper.     

An adaptive quenching algorithm for a nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom system

An indirect adaptive quenching algorithm for a nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom system with unknown constant system parameters is presented. The system is subject to external or parametric sinusoidal disturbances and the resulting control signal is also sinusoidal. The quenching algorithm provides a reduction in the control effort required compared to direct disturbance cancellation. The disturbance sinusoid and the unknown parameters are incorporated into the system model and an extended Kalman filter (EKF) with modified update equations is used to estimate the system state and parameters. The estimates are then used to form the quenching signal. The adaptive quenching algorithm is found to work well inside a quenching region defined by the separatrices and suggests the use of a hybrid control law. The algorithm was verified by implementing it on an analog computer.     

Qualitative analysis of a rolling hoop with mass unbalance

The dynamical behavior of a rolling hoop with an unbalanced point mass under the influence of gravity is discussed. The whole process from rolling to hopping of the hoop is analyzed qualitatively. The conditions of slipping, hopping and touching down of the hoop are obtained. It is shown that the hoop cannot maintain a pure rolling before hopping up, and the slippage is unavoidable. The hoop has neither vertical velocity nor vertical acceleration at the moment when the normal constraint force vanishes. The hopping motion of the hoop can occur only when the derivative of the vertical acceleration with respect to time is positive. It requires that the angular velocity of the hoop should be larger than a critical value, and the mass point should be located in the fourth quadrant of the hoop circle at the moment of hopping. The whole process of the pure rolling, rolling with slipping, hopping and falling motions of the hoop is shown in the phase plane, and the physical explanation of the hopping motion is given.     

A 3D Model of One-Legged Hopping Machine

The paper models the spatial motion of a hopping machine with allowance for the inertial properties of its leg. A control system is synthesized and a program trajectory is determined in view of the collision processes accompanying touchdowns. The synthesis procedure is based on optimization of periodic systems. The results from numerical simulation of the hopper's nonstationary motion are demonstrative of the high efficiency of the control system     

Model reference adaptive control of a nonsmooth dynamical system

In this paper a modified model reference adaptive control (MRAC) technique is presented which can be used to control systems with nonsmooth characteristics. Using unmodified MRAC on (noisy) nonsmooth systems leads to destabilization of the controller. A localized analysis is presented which shows that the mechanism behind this behavior is the presence of a time invariant zero eigenvalue in the system. The modified algorithm is designed to eliminate this zero eigenvalue, making all the system eigenvalues stable. Both the modified and unmodified strategies are applied to an experimental system with a nonsmooth deadzone characteristic. As expected the unmodified algorithm cannot control the system, whereas the modified algorithm gives stable robust control, which has significantly improved performance over linear fixed gain control.     

The bouncing motion appearing in a robotic system with unilateral constraint

The hopping or bouncing motion can be observed when robotic manipulators are sliding on a rough surface. Making clear the reason of generating such phenomenon is important for the control and dynamical analysis for mechanical systems. In particular, such phenomenon may be related to the problem of Painlevé paradox. By using LCP theory, a general criterion for identifying the bouncing motion appearing in a planar multibody system subject to single unilateral constraint is established, and found its application to a two-link robotic manipulator that comes in contact with a rough constantly moving belt. The admissible set in state space that can assure the manipulator keeping contact with the rough surface is investigated, and found which is influenced by the value of the friction coefficient and the configuration of the system. Painlevé paradox can cause either multiple solutions or non-existence of solutions in calculating contact force. Developing some methods to fill in the flaw is also important for perfecting the theory of rigid-body dynamics. The properties of the tangential impact relating to the inconsistent case of Painlevé paradox have been discovered in this paper, and a jump rule for determining the post-states after the tangential impact finishes is developed. Finally, the comprehensively numerical simulation for the two-link robotic manipulator is carried out, and its dynamical behaviors such as stick-slip, the bouncing motion due to the tangential impact at contact point or the external forces, are exhibited.     

Optimal reorientation of underactuated spacecraft using genetic algorithm with wavelet approximation

The optimal attitude control of an underactuated spacecraft is investigated in this paper. The flywheels of the spacecraft can somehow only provide control inputs in two independent directions. The dynamic equations are formulated for the spacecraft under a nonholonomic constraint resulting from the constant time-rate of the total angular momentum of the system. The reorientation of such underactuated spacecraft is transformed into an optimal control problem. A genetic algorithm is proposed to derive the control laws of the two flywheels angle velocity inputs. The control laws are approximated by the discrete orthogonal wavelets. The numerical simulations indicate that the genetic algorithm with the wavelet approximation is an effective approach to deal with the optimal reorientation of underactuated spacecraft.     

A new reduction-based LQ control for dynamic systems with a slowly time-varying delay

Time delays in the feedback control often dete- riorate the control performance or even cause the instability of a dynamic system. This paper presents a control strategy for the dynamic system with a constant or a slowly time-varying input delay based on a transformation, which sire-plifies the time-delay system the relation is discussed for into a delay-free one. Firstly, two existing reduction-based linear quadratic controls. One is continuous and the other is discrete. By extending the relation, a new reduction-based control is then developed with a numerical algorithm presented for practical control implementation. The controller suggested by the proposed method has such a promising property that it can be used for the cases of different values of an input time delay without redesign of controller. This property provides the potential for stabilizing the dynamic system with a time-varying input delay. Consequently, the application of the proposed method to the dynamic system with a slowly time-varying delay is discussed. Finally, numerical simulations are given to show the efficacy and the applicability of the method.     

浮筏的主动吸振控制实验研究

浮筏在低频减振方面存在较大不足,而这恰是主动减振的优势.将两者相结合,研究了浮筏的主动吸振控制问题.研制了一种主动吸振器,建立了以DSP F2812为核心的控制系统;提出了符号LMS算法,与广泛使用的滤波x-LMS等算法相比,该算法不需要精确的模型信息;在此基础上设计了自适应前馈主动吸振控制律,并在浮筏实验平台上进行主动吸振控制实验.实验结果表明,通过主动吸振控制,浮筏的低频减振能力得到了显著的改善.     

Chaos synchronization of discrete-time dynamic systems with a limited capacity communication channel

This paper offers a new control strategy for discrete-time chaos synchronization where the drive system and the response system are coupled via a limited capacity communication channel (LCCC for short). One simple condition is presented to ensure synchronization between the two chaotic systems coupled by a LCCC. Based on this condition, an explicit coder–decoder pair for the coding algorithm is designed and the synchronization error between the two chaotic systems decays to zero exponentially based on this coding algorithm. Finally, the proposed control strategy is applied to the well-known H\′{e}non system, and numerical simulations illustrate the validity of the obtained result.     

On Reliable Stabilization of Linear Periodic Systems

An algorithm is proposed to synthesize a reliable controller with a given stability margin for linear and periodic systems optimized with respect to a quadratic performance criterion. A reliable controller synthesized by the algorithm guarantees the stability margin and is close to the linear-quadratic requlator. The importance of ensuring the stability margin is demonstrated. The proposed algorithm is based on methods of linear matrix inequalities and can be implemented using standard MATLAB routines. As an example, a reliable controller that stabilizes the program motion of a hopping machine is synthesized __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 10, pp. 114–126, October 2005.     

空间机械臂捕获卫星过程的碰撞动力学模拟及镇定运动的鲁棒控制

讨论了漂浮基空间机械臂捕获未知运动目标卫星的接触碰撞动力学建模和接触碰撞后系统镇定运动的控制问题。利用第二类拉格朗日方法和牛顿-欧拉法分别建立了接触碰撞前漂浮基空间机械臂和目标卫星两分体系统的动力学模型;以此为基础借助于空间机械臂与目标卫星接触点间的运动几何关系、力传递关系,计算了接触碰撞所产生的影响效应;捕获卫星后,联立空间机械臂与卫星接触碰撞前的动力学模型,建立了接触碰撞后两系统组合体动力学模型;并设计了增广鲁棒控制算法,以对受碰撞冲击后处于不稳定的组合体系统进行镇定运动控制。上述控制方法能应用于空间机械臂载体位置不受控情况,并能使组合体系统控制方程关于卫星不确定参数呈线性化关系。最后,利用数值仿真模拟捕获过程系统运动状态,验证了上述鲁棒控制镇定运动的效果。     

Adaptive output feedback control of uncertain nonlinear chaotic systems based on dynamic surface control technique

In this paper, an adaptive output feedback control algorithm based on the dynamic surface control (DSC) is proposed for a class of uncertain chaotic systems. Because the system states are assumed to be unavailable, an observer is designed to estimate those unavailable states. The main advantage of this algorithm can overcome the problem of “explosion of complexity” inherent in the backstepping design. Thus, the proposed control approach is simpler than the traditional backstepping control for the uncertain chaotic systems. The stability analysis shows that the system is stable in the sense that all signals in the closed-loop system are uniformly ultimately bounded (UUB) and the system output can track the reference signal to a bounded compact set. Finally, an example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control system.     

大当量浅埋地下爆炸抛掷成坑效应的缩比模拟实验装置

针对当前地下爆炸物理模型实验无法模拟大当量地下爆炸抛掷弹坑和疏松鼓包现象的难题,基于相似理论,采用地下爆炸效应真空室模型实验方法,研制了考虑重力影响的大当量地下爆炸效应模拟实验装置。整套装置由容器罐体、快开门密闭机构、爆源系统、真空泵组、量测控制系统等组成,提出的新型爆源模拟装置可以实现精确起爆控制。该装置可模拟0.1~100 kt TNT、埋深20~400 m范围内不同比尺的地下核爆炸成坑和隆起实验,同时也能够模拟不同装药配置方案、不同地质条件下的大当量地下浅埋化爆抛掷实验。典型的核爆抛掷成坑模型实验结果表明,装置实验参数精确可调,实验过程可控,实验结果可信,为钻地核武器地下爆炸毁伤效应分析和大型工程爆破效果预测预报提供了实验室模拟和科学研究设备,填补了爆炸离心机无法模拟大当量地下爆炸抛掷成坑效应的空白。     

MAGNETIC STRIPS TO SIMULATE LAYERED BRITTLE SOLIDS IN CLEAVAGE AND FRACTURE EXPERIMENTS

A characteristic of the fracture and cleavage experiments is that they are usually intrinsically destructive. Cracks do not completely heal in an unstressed system, even in crystals such as mica. Here, we used magnetic solids composed of magnetic strips for the non-destructive cleavage and brittle fracture experiments. Between the magnetic strips materials with different mechanical characteristics can be inserted, such as Teflon or foam strips, to change the mechanical properties of the solid. For the cleavage experiments, we developed an apparatus where parameters such as the main involved force can be measured easily. By inserting flaws, the magnetic solid can be used in dynamic fracture experiments, with the advantages of simulating macroscopically a non-destructive experiment in an easier way, that happen in real materials with much higher velocities. The apparatus and the used magnetic solid may be useful for demonstrations of fractures in classes.