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    Fuzzy-enhanced Dual-loop Control Strategy for Precise Nanopositioning

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    Adaptive neural network control of a robotic manipulator with unknown backlash-like hysteresis

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    This study proposes an adaptive neural network controller for a 3-DOF robotic manipulator that is subject to backlashlike hysteresis and friction. Two neural networks are used to approximate the dynamics and the hysteresis non-linearity. A neural network, which utilises a radial basis function approximates the robot's dynamics. The other neural network, which employs a hyperbolic tangent activation function, is used to approximate the unknown backlash-like hysteresis. The authors also consider two cases: full state and output feedback control. For output feedback, where system states are unknown, a high gain observer is employed to estimate the states. The proposed controllers ensure the boundedness of the control signals. Simulations are also performed to show the effectiveness of the controllers

    Uncertainty and disturbance estimator-based control of a flapping-wing aerial vehicle withwith unknown backlash-like hysteresis

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    Robust and accurate control of a flapping-wing aerial vehicle (FWAV) system is a challenging problem due to the existence of backlash-like hysteresis nonlinearity. This paper proposes uncertainty and disturbance estimator (UDE)-based control with output feedback for FWAV systems. The approach enables the acquisition of the approximate plant model with only a partial knowledge of system parameters. For the design of the controller, only the bandwidth information of the unknown plant model is needed, which is available through the UDE filter. The stability analysis of the closed-loop system with the UDE-based controller is presented. It is shown that the proposed control scheme can ensure the boundedness of the control signals. A number of numerical simulations are carried out to demonstrate the satisfactory trajectory tracking performance of the proposed method

    Nonlinear Aeroelasticity and Active Control of Airfoils Subjected to Gusts

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    In this thesis, the coupling effects of structural nonlinearities and a gust input on the aeroelastic behaviour of an airfoil are studied, and an adaptive controller which is effective for suppressing limit-cycle oscillations (LCOs) is designed. The dynamics of the airfoil are approximated via two- (pitch and plunge) and three-degree-of-freedom (pitch, plunge and flap) models. Different types of structural nonlinearities, such as free-play and hysteresis are considered in the modelling. The nonlinear dynamics is analyzed based on time history, power spectral density (PSD), phase-plane, and Poincar\'{e} section plots, along with the estimation of the dominant Lyapunov exponent for the chaotic-like motion. It is found that free-play and hysteresis nonlinearities may considerably reduce the critical flow velocity compared to the linear system. The dynamic responses of the nonlinear system to sharp-edged and 1-cosine gust profiles are obtained at different flow velocities and compared to those of the system with no gust input. In addition, basin of attraction is plotted to show the stability boundary of the system subjected to a sharp-edged gust with various amplitudes. It is discussed that as the gust becomes stronger, the likelihood of the occurrence of LCO increases. Based on the nonlinear model with a control surface, the suppression of LCO is studied. Without uncertainties, a PD controller together with a partial feedback linearized controller can effectively alleviate oscillations due to gusts and structural nonlinearities. Considering some uncertain structural parameters, an adaptive controller with estimation parameter update law is further designed to stabilize the system. A Lyapunov function is constructed and utilized to prove the stability of the system

    H∞ control for networked systems with random communication delays

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    Copyright [2006] IEEE. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of Brunel University's products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to [email protected]. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.This note is concerned with a new controller design problem for networked systems with random communication delays. Two kinds of random delays are simultaneously considered: i) from the controller to the plant, and ii) from the sensor to the controller, via a limited bandwidth communication channel. The random delays are modeled as a linear function of the stochastic variable satisfying Bernoulli random binary distribution. The observer-based controller is designed to exponentially stabilize the networked system in the sense of mean square, and also achieve the prescribed H∞ disturbance attenuation level. The addressed controller design problem is transformed to an auxiliary convex optimization problem, which can be solved by a linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach. An illustrative example is provided to show the applicability of the proposed method

    Retrospective-Cost Adaptive Control of Uncertain Hammerstein-Wiener Systems with Memoryless and Hysteretic Nonlinearities

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    Robust control of systems with output hysteresis and input saturation using a finite time stability approach

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    © 2018 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.This paper presents a robust control approach for a class of nonlinear dynamic systems consisting of a linear plant connected in series with a hysteresis operator, and affected by control input saturation. Such a class of systems commonly appears in applications concerning smart materials, in particular thermal shape memory alloys wire actuators. The goal of this paper is to design a robust controller, in the form of an output PI law, which ensures set-point regulation with a desired decay rate and, at the same time, accounts for the effects of both hysteresis and input saturation. The resulting controller appears as attractive on the implementation stand-point, since no accurate hysteresis compensator is required. In order to deal with the proposed problem, the hysteretic plant is first reformulated as a linear parameter-varying system. Subsequently, a finite time stability approach is used to impose constraints on the control input. A new set of bilinear matrix inequalities is developed, in order to perform the design with reduced conservatism by properly exploiting some structural properties of the model. The effectiveness of the method is finally validated by means of a numerical case of study. © 2018 IEEE.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft
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