A robust model free controller for a class of SISO nonaffine nonlinear systems: Application to an electropneumatic actuator

This paper presents a robust model free controller (RMFC) for a class of uncertain continuous-time single-input single-output (SISO) minimum-phase nonaffine-in-control systems. Firstly, the existence of an unknown dynamic inversion controller that can achieve control objectives is demonstrated. Afterwards, a fast approximator is designed to estimate as best as possible this dynamic inversion controller. The proposed robust model free controller is an equivalent realization of the designed fast approximator. The perturbation theory and Tikhonov’s theorem are used to analyze the stability of the overall closed-loop system. The performance of the developped controller are verified experimentally in the position control of a pneumatic actuator system

Adaptive observer-based fault estimation for a class of Lipschitz nonlinear systems

Fault input channels represent a major challenge for observer design for fault estimation. Most works in this field assume that faults enter in such a way that the transfer functions between these faults and a number of measured outputs are strictly positive real (SPR), that is, the observer matching condition is satisfied. This paper presents a systematic approach to adaptive observer design for joint estimation of the state and faults when the SPR requirement is not verified. The proposed method deals with a class of Lipschitz nonlinear systems subjected to piecewise constant multiplicative faults. The novelty of the proposed approach is that it uses a rank condition similar to the observer matching condition to construct the adaptation law used to obtain fault estimates. The problem of finding the adaptive observer matrices is formulated as a Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) optimization problem. The proposed scheme is tested on the nonlinear model of a single link flexible joint robot system

Unknown input observer based robust control for fuzzy descriptor systems subject to actuator saturation

International audienceFor the stabilization problem of non linear system, a new control based on unknown input observer (UIO) is proposed to consider unknown inputs and actuators saturation. The proposed control method consists of designing an H∞ control for nonlinear systems based on TS fuzzy systems subject to unknown inputs and actuators saturation using the idea of UIO. To estimate state variables and unknown inputs, the unknown input observer is investigated. The saturation effect is considered through the polytopic representation. The descriptor representation is used to derive the new robust stabilization conditions of closed-loop system with unknown and constraints inputs. Both the UIO and controller gains are formulated as an optimization problem, which is expressed under Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMI). Simulations results are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed method

Adaptive fuzzy observer based non-quadratic control for nonlinear system subject to actuator faults and saturation

International audienceThis paper provides a new non-quadratic stabilization conditions based on adaptive fuzzy observer for a class of Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy systems subject to external disturbances and both actuator faults and saturation. Firstly, an observer based fault tolerant control (FTC) is proposed, not only to estimate both system states and actuator faults but also to compensate for the actuator faults and to stabilize the faulty system with input constraints. The saturation effect is transformed into dead-zone nonlinearity and the generalized sector bound condition is used to estimate the attraction domain. To less the conservatism of the quadratic Lyapunov technique, a proper integral structure based on the non-quadratic function is investigated. The H∞ criteria is considered and the robust stabilization conditions of the faulty closed-loop system are expressed as a linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) optimization problem. Finally, the robustness and the advantages of the proposed approach are demonstrated through a mixed CSTR and a numerical example

Multi-objective H 2 /H ∞ saturated non-PDC static output feedback control for path tracking of autonomous vehicle

International audienceThis paper presents a new fuzzy output feedback control design for autonomous vehicle steering under actuator saturation, unavailability of the sideslip angle measurement, unknown road curvature, and lateral wind force. To take into account the actuator constraint, the saturation effect is transformed into dead-zone nonlinearity. A static output controller based on non-compensation parallel distributed technic and a Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) model of vehicle lateral dynamics is proposed to consider the unavailability of some vehicle states. To avoid the problem of imposing bounds on membership functions time derivatives resulting from the use of the fuzzy Lyapunov approach, a proper integral structure based on the non-quadratic Lyapunov approach is investigated. The mixed [Formula: see text] stabilization conditions of the augmented closed-loop system are expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Finally, the robustness and the advantages of the proposed approaches are demonstrated through different tests

Design and experimentation of an observer-based linear adaptive control applied to an electropneumatic actuator

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Dynamic anti-windup controller design for Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy systems under saturations

International audienceThis paper presents a new H∞ anti-windup dynamic output control developed for a class of nonlinear systems subject to both sensors and actuators saturations. First, the nonlinear system under consideration is represented by a Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model. Then, a dynamic output feedback (DOF) control strategy is proposed and the saturation constraints are transformed into dead-zone nonlinearities. Based on this transformation and by using the sector condition, the H∞ dynamic output stabilization conditions of the closed-loop system are given in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMI). Finally, a numerical example is simulated to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed design method

Adaptive fuzzy control of a class of MIMO nonlinear systems

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