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Sliding mode and shaped input vibration control of flexible systems
Copyright [2008] 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.In this paper, the vibration reduction problem is investigated for a flexible spacecraft during attitude maneuvering. A new control strategy is proposed, which integrates both the command input shaping and the sliding mode output feedback control (SMOFC) techniques. Specifically, the input shaper is designed for the reference model and implemented outside of the feedback loop in order to achieve the exact elimination of the residual vibration by modifying the existing command. The feedback controller, on the other hand, is designed based on the SMOFC such that the closed-loop system behaves like the reference model with input shaper, where the residual vibrations are eliminated in the presence of parametric uncertainties and external disturbances. An attractive feature of this SMOFC algorithm is that the parametric uncertainties or external disturbances of the system do not need to satisfy the so-called matching conditions or invariance conditions provided that certain bounds are known. In addition, a smoothed hyperbolic tangent function is introduced to eliminate the chattering phenomenon. Compared with the conventional methods, the proposed scheme guarantees not only the stability of the closed-loop system, but also the good performance as well as the robustness. Simulation results for the spacecraft model show that the precise attitudes control and vibration suppression are successfully achieved
The resupply interface mechanism RMS compatibility test
Spacecraft on-orbit servicing consists of exchanging components such as payloads, orbital replacement units (ORUs), and consumables. To accomplish the exchange of consumables, the receiving vehicle must mate to the supplier vehicle. Mating can be accomplished by a variety of docking procedures. However, these docking schemes are mission dependent and can vary from shuttle bay berthing to autonomous rendezvous and docking. Satisfying the many docking conditions will require use of an innovative docking device. The device must provide fluid, electrical, pneumatic and data transfer between vehicles. Also, the proper stiffness must be obtained and sustained between the vehicles. A device to accomplish this, the resupply interface mechanism (RIM), was developed. The RIM is a unique device because it grasps the mating vehicle, draws the two vehicles together, simultaneously mates all connectors, and rigidizes the mating devices. The NASA-Johnson Manipulator Development Facility was used to study how compatible the RIM is to on orbit docking and berthing. The facility contains a shuttle cargo bay mockup with a remote manipulator system (RMS). This RMS is used to prepare crew members for shuttle missions involving spacecraft berthing operations. The MDF proved to be an excellant system for testing the RIM/RMS compatibility. The elements examined during the RIM JSC test were: RIM gross and fine alignment; berthing method sequence; visual cuing aids; utility connections; and RIM overall performance. The results showed that the RIM is a good device for spacecraft berthing operations. Mating was accomplished during every test run and all test operators (crew members) felt that the RIM is an effective device. The purpose of the JSC RIM test and its results are discussed
Adaptive Finite-Time Model Estimation and Control for Manipulator Visual Servoing using Sliding Mode Control and Neural Networks
The image-based visual servoing without models of system is challenging since
it is hard to fetch an accurate estimation of hand-eye relationship via merely
visual measurement. Whereas, the accuracy of estimated hand-eye relationship
expressed in local linear format with Jacobian matrix is important to whole
system's performance. In this article, we proposed a finite-time controller as
well as a Jacobian matrix estimator in a combination of online and offline way.
The local linear formulation is formulated first. Then, we use a combination of
online and offline method to boost the estimation of the highly coupled and
nonlinear hand-eye relationship with data collected via depth camera. A neural
network (NN) is pre-trained to give a relative reasonable initial estimation of
Jacobian matrix. Then, an online updating method is carried out to modify the
offline trained NN for a more accurate estimation. Moreover, sliding mode
control algorithm is introduced to realize a finite-time controller. Compared
with previous methods, our algorithm possesses better convergence speed. The
proposed estimator possesses excellent performance in the accuracy of initial
estimation and powerful tracking capabilities for time-varying estimation for
Jacobian matrix compared with other data-driven estimators. The proposed scheme
acquires the combination of neural network and finite-time control effect which
drives a faster convergence speed compared with the exponentially converge
ones. Another main feature of our algorithm is that the state signals in system
is proved to be semi-global practical finite-time stable. Several experiments
are carried out to validate proposed algorithm's performance.Comment: 24 pages, 10 figure
Indirect neural-enhanced integral sliding mode control for finite-time fault-tolerant attitude tracking of spacecraft
In this article, a neural integral sliding mode control strategy is presented for the finite-time fault-tolerant attitude tracking of rigid spacecraft subject to unknown inertia and disturbances. First, an integral sliding mode controller was developed by originally constructing a novel integral sliding mode surface to avoid the singularity problem. Then, the neural network (NN) was embedded into the integral sliding mode controller to compensate the lumped uncertainty and replace the robust switching term. In this way, the chattering phenomenon was significantly suppressed. Particularly, the mechanism of indirect neural approximation was introduced through inequality relaxation. Benefiting from this design, only a single learning parameter was required to be adjusted online, and the computation burden of the proposed controller was extremely reduced. The stability argument showed that the proposed controller could guarantee that the attitude and angular velocity tracking errors were regulated to the minor residual sets around zero in a finite time. It was noteworthy that the proposed controller was not only strongly robust against unknown inertia and disturbances, but also highly insensitive to actuator faults. Finally, the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed control strategy were validated using simulations and comparisons
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