Red neuronal artificial para la extracción de parámetros dinámicos de robots a partir de información incompleta de su movimiento

The artificial neural networks are suitable for processing incomplete data to achieve the desired output. The acquisition system of the manipulator robots takes quantified samples of the position; therefore, it is not possible to execute deterministic algorithms of parameter extraction in a reasonable time. State of the art describes algorithms based on the assumption that the motion signals are not quantified, and the first and second derivatives of the position are sampled instead of estimated. In this paper, a trained neural network-based extraction parameter algorithm for a determined robot is proposed to reduce the robot characterization time. Also, with the proposed methodology is possible to extract the parameters of the same kind of robot used for training the neural network.Las redes neuronales artificiales son útiles para procesar datos con información incompleta para obtener una salida deseada. En los sistemas de medición de robots manipuladores, solo se toman muestras cuantificadas de la posición y, por lo tanto, no se puede ejecutar en un tiempo razonable algoritmos deterministas para extraer los parámetros del robot. En el estado del arte, se abordan algoritmos de extracción de parámetros basados en la suposición de que no existe la cuantificación de las señales del movimiento del robot y que la primera y segunda derivada de la posición son muestreadas y no estimadas. En este trabajo, se propone un algoritmo basado en una red neuronal entrenada para extraer los parámetros de un determinado robot para reducir el tiempo de caracterización del robot, además, con la metodología propuesta se pueden extraer parámetros dinámicos del mismo tipo de robot con el que se ha entrenado la red neuronal

Hybrid active force control for fixed based rotorcraft

Disturbances are considered major challenges faced in the deployment of rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems. Among different types of rotorcraft systems, the twin-rotor helicopter and quadrotor models are considered the most versatile flying machines nowadays due to their range of applications in the civilian and military sectors. However, these systems are multivariate and highly non-linear, making them difficult to be accurately controlled. Their performance could be further compromised when they are operated in the presence of disturbances or uncertainties. This dissertation presents an innovative hybrid control scheme for rotorcraft systems to improve disturbance rejection capability while maintaining system stability, based on a technique called active force control (AFC) via simulation and experimental works. A detailed dynamic model of each aerial system was derived based on the Euler–Lagrange and Newton-Euler methods, taking into account various assumptions and conditions. As a result of the derived models, a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller was designed to achieve the required altitude and attitude motions. Due to the PID's inability to reject applied disturbances, the AFC strategy was incorporated with the designed PID controller, to be known as the PID-AFC scheme. To estimate control parameters automatically, a number of artificial intelligence algorithms were employed in this study, namely the iterative learning algorithm and fuzzy logic. Intelligent rules of these AI algorithms were designed and embedded into the AFC loop, identified as intelligent active force control (IAFC)-based methods. This involved, PID-iterative learning active force control (PID-ILAFC) and PID-fuzzy logic active force control (PID-FLAFC) schemes. To test the performance and robustness of these proposed hybrid control systems, several disturbance models were introduced, namely the sinusoidal wave, pulsating, and Dryden wind gust model disturbances. Integral square error was selected as the index performance to compare between the proposed control schemes. In this study, the effectiveness of the PID-ILAFC strategy in connection with the body jerk performance was investigated in the presence of applied disturbance. In terms of experimental work, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) experimental tests were conducted for a fixed-base rotorcraft UAV system to investigate how effective are the proposed hybrid PID-ILAFC schemes in disturbance rejection. Simulated results, in time domains, reveal the efficacy of the proposed hybrid IAFC-based control methods in the cancellation of different applied disturbances, while preserving the stability of the rotorcraft system, as compared to the conventional PID controller. In most of the cases, the simulated results show a reduction of more than 55% in settling time. In terms of body jerk performance, it was improved by around 65%, for twin-rotor helicopter system, and by a 45%, for quadrotor system. To achieve the best possible performance, results recommend using the full output signal produced by the AFC strategy according to the sensitivity analysis. The HIL experimental tests results demonstrate that the PID-ILAFC method can improve the disturbance rejection capability when compared to other control systems and show good agreement with the simulated counterpart. However, the selection of the appropriate learning parameters and initial conditions is viewed as a crucial step toward this improved performance