Nonsingular terminal sliding mode based finite-time control for spacecraft attitude tracking

This paper studies finite-time attitude tracking control problem of a rigid spacecraft system with external disturbances and inertia uncertainties. Firstly, a new finite-time attitude tracking control law is designed using nonsingular terminal sliding mode concepts. In the absence and presence of external disturbances and inertia uncertainties, this controller can drive the attitude and angular velocity tracking errors to reach zero in finite time. Secondly, a finite-time disturbance observer is introduced to estimate the disturbance, and a composite controller is developed which consists of a feedback control based on nonsingular terminal sliding mode method and compensation term based on finite-time disturbance observer. Finite-time convergence of attitude tracking errors and the stability of the closed-loop system is ensured by the Lyapunov approach. Numerical simulations on attitude control of spacecraft are also given to demonstrate the performance of the proposed controllers.     

Second-order terminal sliding mode control for hypersonic vehicle in cruising flight with sliding mode disturbance observer

This paper focuses on the design of nonlinear robust controller and disturbance observer for the longitudinal dynamics of a hypersonic vehicle (HSV) in the presence of parameter uncertainties and external disturbances. First, by combining terminal sliding mode control (TSMC) and second-order sliding mode control (SOSMC) approach, the secondorder terminal sliding control (2TSMC) is proposed for the velocity and altitude tracking control of the HSV. The 2TSMC possesses the merits of both TSMC and SOSMC, which can provide fast convergence, continuous control law and hightracking precision. Then, in order to increase the robustness of the control system and improve the control performance, the sliding mode disturbance observer (SMDO) is presented. The closed-loop stability is analyzed using the Lyapunov technique. Finally, simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, as well as the improved overall performance over the conventional sliding mode control (SMC).     

Velocity-free adaptive nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode finite-time attitude tracking control for spacecraft

Aiming at the attitude tracking control problem of rigid spacecraft under the condition of unmeasurable angular velocity information, a velocity-free adaptive nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode finite-time tracking control method is proposed. The finite-time extended-state observer is used to estimate the attitude tracking speed errors and the integrated disturbances. Combined with the above control method, a fast nonsingular terminal sliding mode controller with attitude measurement is designed and the adaptive technology is introduced to compensate for the influence of observation errors on the controller. The finite-time convergence of the observer and the control method was demonstrated based on Lyapunov theory, and the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by numerical simulations.     

基于改进型非线性干扰观测器的爬壁机器人轨迹跟踪

针对爬壁机器人建模不准确及容易受外部扰动的影响造成位置及姿态误差的问题,提出了一种基于改进型非线性干扰观测器的轨迹跟踪控制方案.首先通过反演控制设计了一个运动学控制器为机器人动力学控制提供参考质心速度与角速度.其次应用改进型非线性扰动观测器作为前馈控制对建模误差及外部扰动进行估计,并保证扰动误差以指数形式收敛.最后针对引入干扰观测器的动力学模型设计了滑模控制器.该方案对外界干扰进行了快速补偿,并通过Lyapunov定理证明了其稳定性.仿真结果表明该控制方法对于克服建模误差及外界干扰具有较好的效果.     

基于扰动观测器补偿的机械臂非奇异快速终端滑模控制

针对机械臂系统在实际应用中存在的建模误差及未知扰动问题, 设计了一种基于扰动观测器的改进型非 奇异快速终端滑模控制策略. 通过扰动观测器准确估计系统存在的总扰动, 并设计恰当的非线性增益函数使扰动观 测误差指数收敛, 实现了对控制器的前馈补偿. 考虑到终端滑模存在的奇异性问题, 结合扰动观测器设计了非奇异 快速终端滑模控制器, 在保证跟踪误差有限时间收敛的同时抑制了滑模控制固有的抖振现象. 同时在控制器设计过 程中, 用fal函数代替sig函数有利于削弱滑模控制抖振, 提高系统稳定性及跟踪精度. 最后, 利用MATLAB软件进行 实验仿真, 验证了所设计控制器的有效性.     

轮式移动机器人固定时间轨迹跟踪控制

针对存在外部干扰的轮式移动机器人轨迹跟踪控制问题,提出一种固定时间轨迹跟踪控制方案.首先,对于轮式移动机器人的运动学误差模型,基于一种新颖的积分滑模面设计固定时间运动学速度控制器,使跟踪误差在固定时间收敛到原点所在的邻域内;其次,对于轮式移动机器人的动力学模型,设计固定时间干扰观测器对外部干扰信息进行估计,提出一种固定时间轨迹跟踪控制器,以确保动力学系统的固定时间稳定性,实现轮式移动机器人的高精度轨迹跟踪控制;最后,通过仿真结果验证所设计的轨迹跟踪控制方案的有效性.     

基于非线性干扰观测器的高超声速飞行器滑模反演控制

针对高超声速飞行器非线性、强耦合和参数不确定弹性体模型,提出了一种基于非线性干扰观测器的滑模反演控制方法.将飞行器曲线拟合模型分解为速度子系统和高度相关子系统并表示为严格反馈形式,分别采用滑模和反演方法设计实际控制量与虚拟控制量.采用1阶低通滤波器获取虚拟控制量的导数,解决了传统反演控制方法"微分项膨胀"问题.基于改进滑模微分器设计了一种新型非线性干扰观测器,以此对模型不确定项进行估计和补偿.仿真结果表明,该控制器对模型不确定性和气动弹性影响具有鲁棒性,且实现了对速度和高度参考输入的稳定跟踪.     

高超声速飞行器输入受限反演鲁棒控制

针对执行机构受限条件下高超声速飞行器的控制问题,提出一种鲁棒反演控制设计 方法.设计一种新的辅助系统对跟踪误差和控制律进行补偿,保证执行器受限时跟踪误差的 有界性.为了避免传统反演方法中虚拟导数计算量膨胀问题,引入滑模微分器对虚拟 导数进行求解.为了增强系统的鲁棒性,基于改进反正切跟踪微分器(MATD)设计 一种新型干扰观测器,对系统的不确定项进行估计和补偿.最后,通过实例仿真验证了所提出控制器的有效性.     

An extended observer-based robust nonlinear speed sensorless controller for a PMSM

This work focuses on the problem of observer-based robust speed sensorless control of a 3-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM). Nonlinear design techniques are employed for designing robust speed controller and observer that are able to withstand the effects of modelling uncertainties and load variations. A new cascaded observer scheme is proposed comprising a continuous sliding mode observer (SMO) and an extended high-gain observer (EHGO). The proposed cascaded observer reduces chattering, exhibits reasonable insensitivity to modelling inaccuracies and is capable of withstanding errors due to the finite boundary layer of continuous SMO. For the robust speed control, an integral sliding mode controller is designed that yields fast and accurate speed tracking performance even in the presence of bounded uncertainties and external disturbances. The complete scheme has been evaluated using simulations and experiments.     

基于扩张状态观测器的UCAV自适应滑模控制

针对固定翼UCAV（Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle）系统中存在的不确定性和外部扰动，设计了一种基于扩张状态观测器的自适应超扭曲滑模控制器用来抑制系统扰动，从而提高对于UCAV的控制性能。建立固定翼UCAV的六自由度非线性模型，针对姿态控制和速度控制分别设计扩张状态观测器对模型中难以精确测量的状态量和外部扰动进行估计，依据奇异摄动原理分别对姿态和速度设计自适应超扭曲滑模控制器，实现对UCAV的姿态和速度的跟踪控制。采用某型固定翼UCAV非线性模型对所设计的控制器进行仿真验证，并且与传统的自抗扰滑模控制方法进行了对比，仿真结果表明，基于扩张状态观测器的自适应超扭曲滑模控制器具有更小的超调量和稳态误差。     

永磁球形电机的少保守性滑模控制

永磁球形电机轨迹跟踪控制方法常常利用高增益的控制输出来保证系统的鲁棒性及跟踪控制的快速性.但这种保守控制会带来较大的控制作用,甚至导致执行器饱和.为了减少控制的保守性,本文设计了一种带有非线性干扰观测器的模糊滑模控制器来解决球形电机的轨迹跟踪问题.利用干扰观测器对不确定性、摩擦、外界干扰、负载扰动等进行估计,并在控制输入端进行补偿实现对干扰的抑制.并利用滑模控制器抵消干扰观测器的干扰观测误差及不可观测部分的干扰,为了减少滑模的抖振,本文利用模糊逻辑对该部分进行逼近,并利用模糊的输出增益代替滑模的切换增益.此外通过Lyapunov方程证明了本文控制器的稳定性.仿真结果表明在存在模型不确定性及各种干扰的情况下,本文的轨迹跟踪控制具有良好的动静态性能和少保守性.     

Reduced-order Generalized Proportional Integral Observer Based Continuous Dynamic Sliding Mode Control for Magnetic Levitation System with Time-varying Disturbances

In order to reduce the influence of time-varying disturbances for magnetic levitation system, we propose a reduced-order generalized proportional integral observer (RGPIO) based continuous dynamic sliding mode control scheme for magnetic levitation system in this paper. Unlike the popular extended state observer (ESO), it could deal with constant or slowing varying disturbances from theoretical point of view, the reduced-order generalized proportional integral observer (RGPIO) is designed to estimate the time-varying disturbances and system states, then the dynamic sliding mode surface is developed and deduce a continuous sliding mode controller (CSMC) for magnetic levitation system. Compared with ESO based continuous sliding mode controller, the proposed method not only ensures the position tracking accuracy, but also obtain better time-varying disturbance reject ability. Simulation and experimental results are also given to verify the effectiveness.

     

Observer/Controller With Global Practical Stability for Tracking in Robots Without Velocity Measurement

In this work, a global practical stability (GPS) observer/controller is given for a revolute‐jointed multiple degree of freedom robotic plant without velocity measurement and without knowledge of plant parameter values and with a globally bounded disturbance torque. For this considered plant, a global observer/controller that globally drives the combined estimation and position tracking error to a set on which the tracking error can be made arbitrarily small by adjusting parameters/gains of the observer/controller is proposed. For the above‐mentioned plant, the current paper is the first GPS result for which the control torque is not an exponential function of a (filtered) tracking error. This paper is also the first global result for which the convergence to the residual set is exponential in time (Global Exponential Practical Stability). The observer update is discontinuous, however, only at isolated time instants. No sliding modes are used. Also, the torque is continuous.     

Robust adaptive controller with disturbance observer for vehicular radar servo system

In vehicular radar servo system, parameter variations of the executive motor and external disturbance uncertainties have great effects on the position tracking precision of the system. In this paper, a robust adaptive controller with disturbance observer is designed for vehicular radar servo system, which combines the merits of disturbance observer, adaptive backstepping method and sliding mode control. The system is modeled, and a disturbance observer is employed to observe and compensate for the unknown uncertainties. Adaptive backstepping method is used to design the sliding model controller to guarantee the global stability of the overall system. Simulation results show that the proposed robust adaptive controller has good performance in position tracking and enhances the robustness of vehicular radar servo system while observing the uncertainties precisely and quickly.     

Disturbance Observer-Based Trajectory Tracking Control for Nonholonomic Wheeled Mobile Robot Subject to Saturated Velocity Constraint

The problem of trajectory tracking control for a nonholonomic mobile robot is discussed in this study, in which both the dynamic behaviors of disturbance adaptability and the velocity saturation constraint are considered simultaneously. To realize this objective, a double closed-loop control structure is presented. On the outer loop, an improved velocity saturated controller based on hyperbolic tangent function is established; on the inner loop, an integral sliding mode controller, which possesses a fast transient response property with less steady-state error, is developed. In addition, to alleviate the inherent chattering behavior of sliding mode technology and enhance the external disturbance adaptability, an adaptive scheme as a disturbance observer is adopted by which one could estimate the uncertain disturbance acting on the mobile wheels rapidly. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed control theories.     

带有干扰观测器的高超声速飞行器滑模控制

针对高超声速飞行器非线性和易受干扰影响的特点,提出了带有扩张状态干扰观测器的连续滑模控制方法.在对飞行器非线性模型做线性化处理的基础上,设计了一种连续时间滑模控制器.该控制器在对不确定性和未知动态保持鲁棒性的基础上,消除了传统滑模中存在的抖振现象.对系统中存在的外加干扰,设计了扩张状态干扰观测器.将外加干扰作为系统的一个状态变量被估计出来,再将估计值用作滑模控制器的补偿量,进而达到消除外干扰的目的.在高超声速飞行器巡航飞行状态的基础上进行了仿真.仿真结果表明,所提出的方案能够满足控制要求.     

基于干扰观测器的一类不确定仿射非线性系统有限时间收敛backstepping控制

针对一类不确定仿射非线性系统的跟踪控制问题,提出一种基于干扰观测器的有限时间收敛backstepping控制方法.为增强小脑模型(CMAC)泛化和学习能力,将非对称高斯函数和模糊理论相结合,给出非对称模糊CMAC结构,设计干扰观测器实现系统未知复合干扰在线准确逼近;基于非对称模糊CMAC干扰观测器,给出有限时间收敛backstepping控制器设计步骤,利用Lyapunov稳定理论证明闭环系统稳定性,其中采用非线性微分器获取虚拟控制量滤波和微分信息以避免backstepping设计中的微分“膨胀问题”,设计辅助系统修正因微分器带来的误差对系统跟踪性能影响,引入基于障碍型函数的自适应滑模鲁棒项抑制复合干扰估计偏差对跟踪误差的影响;将所提方法应用于无人机飞行控制仿真实验,结果表明所提方法的有效性.     

Nonlinear cascade control of an electro-hydraulic actuator with large payload variation

Electro-hydraulic actuators have been widely used in industrial production, but the unknown variable payload seriously affects its position control accuracy. Therefore, a radial basis function neural network disturbance observer is designed to estimate the lumped disturbance force through strong online learning ability in the absence of force sensor. Besides, a nonlinear cascade controller with double loop structure is proposed in this paper. A global fast terminal sliding mode control method is firstly applied in the outer loop position system, which can eliminate chattering and improve convergence speed comparing to traditional sliding mode control. The inner loop force system adopts a backstepping control method to calculate the actual input of the whole system. Theoretical analysis indicates that the proposed controller is stable even if existing time-variant disturbance. Moreover, three comparative controllers are designed and tested in both simulations and experiments. Comparative results show that the developed method has absolute average errors of 1.14 and 0.49 mm in different position tracking, which means more satisfactory tracking performance compared to the contrast controllers.     

电动汽车IPMSM滑模观测器速度控制方法

增程式电动汽车在实际运行中容易产生驱动电机内部参数不确定性和外部扰动的问题,制约了控制系统性能的进一步提升,针对此问题开展电动汽车内置式永磁同步电机速度跟踪控制的研究。为电动汽车驱动电机设计了常规的基于扰动上下界的滑模速度控制器。为了抑制抖振,采用滑模观测器对扰动进行观测,将观测结果前馈至控制器内部,对驱动电机中扰动进行补偿,以降低滑模控制器中的抖振。在ECE工况下对基于上下界的滑模控制和基于观测器的控制方案进行了仿真和实验,对速度的跟踪性能和抖振的削弱性能进行了对比,结果显示负载不发生变化时速度跟踪误差由±0.08 km/h缩小到±0.01 km/h,负载发生变化时,速度跟踪误差由11.3 km/h缩小到1.6 km/h。     

Straight‐Line Tracking Control of an Agricultural Vehicle with Finite‐Time Control Technique

For the agricultural vehicle straight‐line tracking system, three control algorithms based upon the finite‐time control technique have been proposed to force the vehicle to track a straight line. Without considering the lumped disturbance, a backstepping‐like finite‐time state‐feedback controller is first developed. On this basis, an adaptive state‐feedback controller in conjunction with integral sliding mode is further developed in the presence of the lumped disturbance. Finally, a sliding mode disturbance observer is given to estimate the lumped disturbance, and the composite control scheme is presented. Under the composite controller, the lumped disturbance can be compensated and thus the disturbance rejection property has been significantly improved. Simulation results verify the proposed control algorithms.