Adaptive fixed-time trajectory tracking control for Mars entry vehicle

Nonlinear Dynamics - This paper develops a fixed-time trajectory tracking control scheme for Mars entry vehicle under uncertainty. First, a novel fixed-time nonsingular terminal sliding mode...     

Truncated predictor stabilization control for interconnected nonlinear systems with time-varying input delay

This paper deals with control design for interconnected nonlinear systems with time-varying input delay. Based on the truncated prediction of the system state over the delay period, the state feedback control law is constructed. In the framework of the Lyapunov–Krasovskii function, the stability equations of closed-loop system under state feedback law are established, and the feasibility of the controller is transformed into the problem of establishing a set of linear matrix inequality (LMI) conditions. Based on the Lyapunov stability theorem, it is proved that the closed-loop system is asymptotically stable. Finally, a simulation example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the control scheme.

     

Adaptive synchronization of T-S fuzzy complex networks with time-varying delays via the pinning control method

In this paper, the synchronization of Takagi–Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy complex networks with time-varying delays and adaptive coupling weights is studied. Using the pinning control and adaptive feedback strategy, a new general class of complex networks with fuzzy logic is proposed and its synchronization is investigated in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The adaptive update law of coupling weight is only related to the dynamical behaviors of directly connected nodes. Based on the Lyapunov stability theory, it is proven that the synchronization of the addressed network can be achieved under those control strategies. Finally, two numerical examples are given to verify the effectiveness of our theoretical results.     

Adaptive trajectory tracking control of vector propulsion unmanned surface vehicle with disturbances and input saturation

Nonlinear Dynamics - This paper presents an adaptive trajectory tracking controller with full state feedback for vector propulsion unmanned surface vehicle (USV). The controller solves the problem...     

Fixed-time disturbance observer-based robust fault-tolerant tracking control for uncertain quadrotor UAV subject to input delay

Nonlinear Dynamics - This study focuses on the design of a fixed-time disturbance observer-based robust fault-tolerant tracking control scheme for an uncertain quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle...     

Bursting-like motion induced by time-varying delay in an internet congestion control model

Time delay is an important parameter in the problem of internet congestion control. According to some researches, time delay is not always constant and can be viewed as a periodic function of time for some cases. In this work, an internet congestion control model is considered to study the time-varying delay induced bursting-like motion, which consists of a rapid oscillation burst and quiescent steady state. Then, for the system with periodic delay of small amplitude and low frequency, the method of multiple scales is employed to obtain the amplitude of the oscillation. Based on the expression of the asymptotic solution, it can be found that the relative length of the steady state increases with amplitude of the variation of time delay and decreases with frequency of the variation of time delay. Finally, an effective method to control the bursting-like motion is proposed by introducing a periodic gain parameter with appropriate amplitude. Theoretical results are in agreement with that from numerical method.     

Dynamic gain control of teleoperating cyber-physical system with time-varying delay

Nonlinear Dynamics - Many industry applications of teleoperating cyber-physical system (TCPS) require operator and slave to keep state synchronization on the shared information. However, the...     

四旋翼飞行器建模及位置跟踪控制(英文)

相对其他无人飞行器平台,四旋翼飞行器有其独特的优势,因而受到广泛的关注。位置跟踪控制对四旋翼飞行器的应用非常重要。在阐述四旋翼飞行器的飞行原理和操控机制的基础上,研究了其动力学模型,并提出了一种简化的数学模型。四旋翼飞行器是欠驱动耦合系统,为了实现系统解耦并得到清晰的控制回路,设计了多回路PID控制方案,其控制目标是位置和偏航角,而姿态角和横滚角由位置误差调节。最后,通过仿真验证了控制方法的有效性。     

Discrete-time sliding mode control for robust tracking and model following of systems with state and input delays

This paper presents a novel robust tracking and model following control scheme for a class of linear systems with mismatched state and input delays. The algorithm is based on discrete-time sliding mode control (SMC) and time-delay control theory. The proposed scheme ensures the stability and robustness against time delays without state transformation, and achieves the ultimate boundedness of the tracking error. The selection of sliding surface and the existence of sliding mode are two important issues, which have been addressed. Chattering phenomenon and reaching phase are avoided. Simulation results demonstrate the validity of the proposed scheme.     

Adaptive fuzzy voltage-based backstepping tracking control for uncertain robotic manipulators subject to partial state constraints and input delay

Nonlinear Dynamics - The aim of this paper is to tackle the problem of adaptive fuzzy voltage-based tracking control for uncertain electrically driven robotic manipulators subject to input delay...     

Aerodynamic assessment of a rotary entry vehicle for Mars landing: an experimental analysis

Meccanica - A theoretical and experimental study has been undertaken, under ESA contract, by a team including GMV, the University of Bologna and EADS-Astrium, to assess the feasibility of an entry...     

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.     

Leader-following formation control for second-order multiagent systems with time-varying delay and nonlinear dynamics

In this paper, the leader-following formation control problem for second-order multiagent systems with time-varying delay and nonlinear dynamics is considered. Two different cases of coupling topologies, fixed topology and switching topology, are analyzed. Based on the Lyapunov theory combined with the linear matrix inequality (LMI) method, sufficient conditions in terms of LMIs are given to ensure the multiagent systems can reach and maintain the desired formation. The simulation results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the obtained theory results.     

Attitude tracking control of flexible spacecraft with large amplitude slosh

This paper is focused on attitude tracking control of a spacecraft that is equipped with flexible appendage and partially filled liquid propellant tank. The large amplitude liquid slosh is included by using a moving pulsating ball model that is further improved to estimate the settling location of liquid in microgravity or a zero-g environment. The flexible appendage is modelled as a three-dimensional Bernoulli–Euler beam, and the assumed modal method is employed.A hybrid controller that combines sliding mode control with an adaptive algorithm is designed for spacecraft to perform attitude tracking. The proposed controller has proved to be asymptotically stable. A nonlinear model for the overall coupled system including spacecraft attitude dynamics,liquid slosh, structural vibration and control action is established. Numerical simulation results are presented to show the dynamic behaviors of the coupled system and to verify the effectiveness of the control approach when the spacecraft undergoes the disturbance produced by large amplitude slosh and appendage vibration. Lastly, the designed adaptive algorithm is found to be effective to improve the precision of attitude tracking.     

A low-complexity tracker design for uncertain nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots with time-varying input delay at nonlinear dynamic level

A low-complexity design problem of tracking scheme for uncertain nonholonomic mobile robots is investigated in the presence of unknown time-varying input delay. It is assumed that nonlinearities and parameters of robots and their bounds are unknown. Based on a nonlinear error transformation, a tracking control scheme ensuring preassigned bounds of overshoot, convergence rate, and steady-state values of a tracking error is firstly presented in the absence of input delay, without using any adaptive and function approximation mechanism to estimate unknown nonlinearities and model parameters and computing repeated time derivatives of certain signals. Then, we develop a low-complexity tracking scheme to deal with unknown time-varying input delay of mobile robots where some auxiliary signals and design conditions are derived for the design and stability analysis of the proposed tracking scheme. The boundedness of all signals in the closed-loop system and the guarantee of tracking performance with preassigned bounds are established through Lyapunov stability analysis. The validity of the proposed theoretical result is shown by a simulation example.     

Robust tracking controller for multivariable delayed systems with input saturation via composite nonlinear feedback

In this paper, the composite nonlinear feedback (CNF) method for robust tracking control of multivariable time-delayed systems with input saturation is proposed. By constructing an appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and using the linear matrix inequality (LMI) technique, the asymptotic tracking criteria is derived in terms of LMI, which can be solved numerically using the LMI^® toolbox of MATLAB. Unlike the previous robust tracking controller design methods, which need restrictive assumptions, less conservative design conditions are obtained using this approach. The proposed CNF-based robust tracking controller improves the transient performance and steady state accuracy simultaneously. Simulation results are included to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Event-triggered-based cooperative game optimal tracking control for modular robot manipulator with constrained input

Nonlinear Dynamics - In this paper, a cooperative game optimal tracking control method based on event-triggered mechanism for constrained input modular robot manipulators (MRMs) system is...