Reactionless robust finite-time control for manipulation of passive objects by free-floating space robots

On-orbit servicing requires efficient techniques for manipulating passive objects. The paper aims at developing a reactionless control method that drives the manipulator to manipulate passive objects with high precision, while inducing no disturbances to its base attitude. To this end, decomposition of the target dynamics from the base dynamics is discussed, so that they can be considered as two independent subsystems. A reactionless nonlinear controller is presented, which ensures high-precision manipulation of the targets and that the base orientation is unchanged. This is achieved by combining the robust finite-time control with the reaction null space. Finally, the performance of the proposed method is examined by comparing it with that of a reactionless PD controller and a pure finite-time controller.

Robust bounded control for uncertain flight dynamics using disturbance observer

The robust bounded flight control scheme is developed for the uncertain longitudinal flight dynamics of the fighter with control input saturation invoking the backstepping technique. To enhance the disturbance rejection ability of the robust flight control for fighters, the sliding mode disturbance observer is designed to estimate the compounded disturbance including the unknown external disturbance and the effect of the control input saturation. Based on the backstepping technique and the compounded disturbance estimated output, the robust bounded flight control scheme is proposed for the fighter with the unknown external disturbance and the control input saturation. The closed-loop system stability under the developed robust bounded flight control scheme is rigorously proved using the Lyapunov method and the uniformly asymptotical convergences of all closed-loop signals are guaranteed. Finally, simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed robust bounded flight control scheme for the uncertain longitudinal flight dynamics of the fighter.

Stability analysis for a second-order continuous finite-time control system subject to a disturbance

In this paper, using finite-time control method, we consider the disturbance analysis of a second-order system with unknown but bounded disturbance. We show that the states of the second-order system will be stabilized to a region containing the origin. The radius of this region is determined by the control parameters and can be rendered as small as desired. The rigorous stability analysis is also given. Compared with the conventional PD control law, the finite-time control law yields a better disturbance rejection performance. Numerical simulation results show the effectiveness of the method.

Controlling chaos in power system based on finite-time stability theory

Recent investigations show that a power system is a highly nonlinear system and can exhibit chaotic behaviour leading to a voltage collapse, which severely threatens the secure and stable operation of the power system. Based on the finite-time stability theory, two control strategies are presented to achieve finite-time chaos control. In addition, the problem of how to stabilize an unstable nonzero equilibrium point in a finite time is solved by coordinate transformation for the first time. Numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and the robustness of the proposed scheme. The research in this paper may help to maintain the secure operation of power systems.

Missile formation controller design based on disturbance observer and finite-time control

To keep multiple missiles to fly in a formation, a robust controller for missile formation is designed. Based on the leader-follower formation mode, two formation relative motion models in different coordinate frames are established and compared. The three-dimension model built in a follower reference coordinate frame is chosen due to its control inputs decoupling, then this model is decoupled into three subsystems. For each subsystem a robust formation controller is proposed based on the disturbance observer and f＇mite-time control theory when the external disturbance exits. The stability of the closed-loop system adopting the controller is proved theoretically. Simulation resuits show that the follower can foUow the leader and keep the desired formation despite the external disturbance, which validates the effectiveness of the proposed robust formation controller.

Robust output regulation problem with prescribed performance for nonlinear strict feedback systems

This paper investigates the problem of robust output regulation control with prospected transient property for strict feedback systems.By employing the internal model principle,the robust output regulation problem with a prospected property can be transformed to a robust stabilization problem with a new output constraint.Then,by constructing the speed function and adopting barrier Lyapunov function technique,the dynamic feedback controller can be designed not only to drive error output of the closed-loop system entering into a prescribed performance bound within a given finite time,but also to achieve that the error output converges to zero asymptotically.The effectiveness of the results is illustrated by a simulation example.

Stability Robustness Bounds of Stochastic Linear Systems with Delayed Perturbations

This note considers stability robustness bounds on a classof stochastic linear systems with delayed perturbations.Using the stochastic Lyapunov stability theory,severalsufficient conditions for delay-independent stochasticasymptotic stability are obtained.It is shown that if theperturbation terms satisfy some conditions,then the sto-chastic systems have the robustness.

Robust Finite-time H_∞ Control of Linear Time-varying Delay Systems with Bounded Control via Riccati Equations

In this paper, we will present new results on robust finite-time H∞ control for linear time-varying systems with both time-varying delay and bounded control. Delay-dependent sufficient conditions for robust finite-time stabilization and H∞ control are first established to guarantee finite-time stability of the closed-loop system via solving Riccati differential equations. Applications to finite-time H∞ control to a class of linear autonomous time-delay systems with bounded control are also discussed in this paper.Numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

考虑材料参数不确定性结构动力学稳健性拓扑优化设计

本文在考虑材料参数不确定性的条件下,对连续体结构动力学稳健性拓扑优化设计进行研究。在使结构的第一阶固有频率最大化的同时,显著减小其对材料性能不确定性的影响。基于非概率凸集模型,将材料参数的不确定性用有界区间变量表示;建立了能够抑制频率改变的结构动力学拓扑优化模型,用单层优化策略求解稳健性优化设计问题。通过对材料参数的导数分析,获得了在材料性能不确定情形下结构第一阶固有频率的二阶泰勒展开式,并推导出了频率对拓扑变量的一阶灵敏度显性表达式。基于变密度法,开展了结构动力学稳健性拓扑优化设计,并与确定性优化结果进行对比,验证了用本文方法获得的结构第一阶固有频率稳健性更高,受材料参数不确定性扰动影响更小,展示了考虑材料参数不确定性的重要性。

四旋翼飞行器的RBF神经网络鲁棒自适应控制

针对具有模型不确定性和有界外部扰动的四旋翼飞行器,提出了一种基于径向基函数神经网络的鲁棒自适应全局控制方法(RRAC)。所提方法结合了神经网络控制对未知非线性的强拟合能力和鲁棒控制的全局稳定性,解决了神经网络控制仅能实现半全局一致最终有界的问题,实现了控制精度和鲁棒性的双重提升。所设计的控制器由在近似域内工作的神经网络控制器和在近似域外工作的鲁棒控制器组成。引入一种新型切换函数来实现两者之间的平滑切换,以保证闭环系统的所有信号是全局一致最终有界的。利用Lyapunov函数和Barbalat引理严格证明了非线性四旋翼飞行器系统的稳定性。仿真表明,所设计的控制器在模型不确定性和有界外部扰动下对参考轨迹依旧保持良好的跟踪性能,且跟踪误差趋近于零。

T-S模糊系统的自触发有限时间H∞控制

为克服事件触发控制对硬件设备的依赖以及控制策略频繁更新的局限,针对一类不确定Takagi-Sugeno(T-S)模糊系统的有限时间H∞控制问题,引入自触发机制,提出一种基于此机制下只与触发时刻状态有关的模糊控制器设计方法;基于自触发机制并结合有限时间控制的思想,通过设计触发间隔函数、推导并求解线性矩阵不等式(LMI),使得系统在保障稳定性的前提下,系统运动轨迹不会超过一定的界限,并达到所期望H∞性能水平;同时相较于事件触发机制,自触发机制位于系统内部,无需额外硬件设备接收触发信号且只需利用当前的触发状态信息来预测下一触发时刻,在一定程度上进一步降低系统资源成本;此外,利用李亚普诺夫函数对系统稳定性进行了严格分析,并提供一个确保能够防止芝诺现象发生的证明;最后,通过数值仿真、单连杆刚性机器人系统实例仿真两个实验说明所提方法的有效性。

Sliding mode robust controller for automatic rectification of shield machine

According to the actual engineering problem that the precise load model of shield machine is difficult to achieve,a design method of sliding mode robust controller oriented to the automatic rectification of shield machine was proposed. Firstly,the nominal load model of shield machine and the ranges of model parameters were obtained by the soil mechanics parameters of certain geological conditions and the messages of the self-learning of shield machine by tunneling for previous segments. Based on this rectification mechanism model with known ranges of parameters,a sliding mode robust controller was proposed. Finally,the simulation analysis was developed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed controller. The simulation results show that the sliding mode robust controller can be implemented in the attitude rectification process of the shield machine and it has stronger robustness to overcome the soil disturbance.

Delay-dependent robust stability of uncertain networked control systems with multiple state time-delays

In this paper, delay-dependent robust stability for a class of uncertain networked control systems （NCSs） with multiple state time-delays is investigated. Modeling of multi-input and multi-output （MIMO） NCSs with networkinduced delays and uncertainties through new methods are proposed. Some new stability criteria in terms of LMIs are derived by using Lyapunov stability theory combined with linear matrix inequalities （LMIs） techniques. We analyze the delay-dependent asymptotic stability and obtain maximum allowable delay bound （MADB） for the NCSs with the proposed methods. Compared with the reported results, the proposed results obtain a much less conservative MADB which are more general. Numerical example and simulation is used to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.

Design of decentralized robust H_∞ state feedback controller

The design of decentralized robust H_∞ state feedback controller for large-scale interconnected systems with value bounded uncertainties existing in the state, control input and interconnected matrices was investigated. Based on the bounded real lemma a sufficient condition for the existence of a decentralized robust H_∞ state feedback controller was derived. This condition is expressed as the feasibility problem of a certain nonlinear matrix inequality. The controller, which makes the closed-loop large-scale system robust stable and satisfies the given H_∞ performance, is obtained by the offered homotopy iterative linear matrix inequality method. A numerical example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Robust output-feedback stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems with the nonlinearities of varied form

The back-stepping designs based on confine functions are suggested for the robust output-feedback global stabilization of a class of nonlinear continuous systems; the proposed stabilizer is efficient for the nonlinear continuous systems confined by a bound function, the nonlinearities of the systems may be of varied forms or uncertain; the designed stabilizer is robust means that a class of nonlinear continuous systems can be stabilized by the same output feedback stabilization schemes; numerical simulation examples are given.

Global finite-time attitude regulation using bounded feedback for a rigid spacecraft

This paper investigates the problem of global attitude regulation control for a rigid spacecraft under input saturation. Based on the technique of finite-time control and the switching control method, a novel global bounded finite-time attitude regulation controller is proposed. Under the proposed controller, it is shown that the spacecraft attitude can reach the desired attitude in a finite time. In addition, the bound of a proposed attitude controller can be adjusted to any small level to accommodate the actuation bound in practical implementation.

A New Noise-Tolerant Dual-Neural-Network Scheme for Robust Kinematic Control of Robotic Arms With Unknown Models

Taking advantage of their inherent dexterity,robotic arms are competent in completing many tasks efficiently.As a result of the modeling complexity and kinematic uncertainty of robotic arms,model-free control paradigm has been proposed and investigated extensively.However,robust model-free control of robotic arms in the presence of noise interference remains a problem worth studying.In this paper,we first propose a new kind of zeroing neural network(ZNN),i.e.,integration-enhanced noise-tolerant ZNN(IENT-ZNN)with integration-enhanced noisetolerant capability.Then,a unified dual IENT-ZNN scheme based on the proposed IENT-ZNN is presented for the kinematic control problem of both rigid-link and continuum robotic arms,which improves the performance of robotic arms with the disturbance of noise,without knowing the structural parameters of the robotic arms.The finite-time convergence and robustness of the proposed control scheme are proven by theoretical analysis.Finally,simulation studies and experimental demonstrations verify that the proposed control scheme is feasible in the kinematic control of different robotic arms and can achieve better results in terms of accuracy and robustness.

Modified robust finite-horizon filter for discrete-time systems with parameter uncertainties and missing measurements

A robust finite-horizon Kalman filter is designed for linear discrete-time systems subject to norm-bounded uncertainties in the modeling parameters and missing measurements.The missing measurements were described by a binary switching sequence satisfying a conditional probability distribution,the commonest cases in engineering,such that the expectation of the measurements could be utilized during the iteration process.To consider the uncertainties in the system model,an upperbound for the estimation error covariance was obtained since its real value was unaccessible.Our filter scheme is on the basis of minimizing the obtained upper bound where we refer to the deduction of a classic Kalman filter thus calculation of the derivatives are avoided.Simulations are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

基于平滑有界层的故障检测及抗差自适应滤波算法

针对GNSS信号易受到干扰,卡尔曼滤波器性能降低、平滑变结构滤波算法在组合导航中应用受到原理限制的问题,提出了一种基于平滑有界层的故障检测及抗差自适应滤波算法。在对平滑变结构滤波算法研究分析的基础上,设计基于平滑有界层的量测信息质量评估指标,结合抗差估计思想构建等价权矩阵,在量测信息故障情况下,对组合导航系统进行重构和自适应调整,提高状态估计的精度和鲁棒性。仿真及实验验证结果表明:在GNSS各类典型故障下,所提故障检测算法均能够有效检测并快速响应,抗差自适应滤波算法在估计精度以及平稳性方面均优于基于残差卡方检测的自适应滤波算法,提高了SINS/GNSS组合导航系统的鲁棒性。在车载实验中,与基于残差卡方检测的自适应滤波算法相比,所提算法的定位精度提升约29%。