{"title":"Improved functional interval observer for mecanum‐wheels omnidirectional automated guided vehicle","authors":"Jun Huang, Changjie Li, Yuan Sun, Tarek Raïssi","doi":"10.1002/rnc.7639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.7639","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a study of interval estimation approach based on functional interval observers for mecanum‐wheels omnidirectional automated guided vehicle (MOAGV). In the context of MOAGV, the nonlinear system in discrete time incorporates model uncertainty and unknown bounded disturbances. A functional observer is developed by integrating terminal sliding mode and techniques, aiming to reduce the impact of lumped disturbances/uncertainties. Additionally, a novel observer structure is introduced to increase the degrees of freedom in the design process. Subsequently, the linear function bounds are obtained using the reachability analysis of the estimation error. Finally, the performance of the improved functional interval observer is demonstrated by numerical simulations.","PeriodicalId":50291,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142252586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prescribed‐time distributed direct estimation under relative state measurements","authors":"Jin Ke, Ying Li, Tao Xie","doi":"10.1002/rnc.7644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.7644","url":null,"abstract":"The distributed estimation technology is prevalently utilized to solve the leader‐following multi‐agent tracking problem. This technology poses a challenge in practice, since it generally relies on the available absolute state measurements. For this reason, a novel distributed estimation approach based on relative state measurements is developed in this article. The proposed method directly estimates the tracking error between the leader and each follower, rather than using an existing indirect way of estimating and making subtraction under absolute state measurements. Specifically, a distributed directed estimation is first studied to complete estimation tasks within prescribed time under the known directed networks. Then, a fully distributed directed estimation problem is considered under the unknown directed networks. Both distributed and fully distributed results are extended to the robustness cases to resist external disturbances. Simulation examples, including numerical examples and a multiship coordination example, are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed distributed estimation method.","PeriodicalId":50291,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142252587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonlinear sliding mode predictive trajectory tracking control of underactuated marine vehicles: Theory and experiment","authors":"Run‐Zhi Wang, Li‐Ying Hao, Zhi‐Jie Wu","doi":"10.1002/rnc.7638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.7638","url":null,"abstract":"This article introduces a control method for trajectory tracking of underactuated unmanned marine vehicles (UMVs), employing the sliding mode predictive control (SMPC) scheme. To address the challenges of demonstrating system stability with a local feedback controller for underactuated UMVs in model predictive control (MPC), this article proposes an auxiliary controller design method based on sliding mode control. A sliding mode dynamic is derived through an error system and sliding surface equations. Compared to existing literature, which predominantly emphasizes demonstrating input‐state stability, this strategy ensures the asymptotic stability of the closed‐loop system by introducing a novel method for selecting weight matrices. Furthermore, extended terminal sets and feasible sets constructed via sliding variables are provided, thereby reducing conservatism. Ultimately, the SMPC scheme is validated through simulation and hardware experiments providing quantitative evidence of its effectiveness in real‐world applications.","PeriodicalId":50291,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142252585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonlinear scenario‐based model predictive control for quadrotors with bidirectional thrust","authors":"Jad Wehbeh, Inna Sharf","doi":"10.1002/rnc.7627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.7627","url":null,"abstract":"The control of quadrotor vehicles under state and parameter uncertainty is a well studied problem that is vitally important to the deployment of these systems under real world conditions. In this article, we propose a linearization‐based extension to nonlinear systems of the existing scenario model predictive control (MPC) framework, which quantifies the impact of uncertainty on the vehicle dynamics through repeated sampling of the uncertainty space. Given the computational costs of such an approach, we also propose two simplifications of the scenario MPC algorithm that are significantly more tractable. In order to evaluate the performance of the algorithms, the specific problem of the control of a bidirectionally actuated quadrotor vehicle is considered. Simulations are carried out for each scenario MPC scheme as well as for a reference deterministic MPC scheme. When a sufficiently large sample count is considered, each of the scenario MPC algorithms achieves safer performance than the deterministic formulation without sacrificing any optimality. Additionally, the approximate solution techniques conclusively outperform the original nonlinear scenario MPC formulation for the same computational cost.","PeriodicalId":50291,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142268666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhicheng He, Kailin Zhang, Baolv Wei, Jin Huang, Yufan Wang, Eric Li
{"title":"Path tracking control of high‐speed intelligent vehicles considering model mismatch","authors":"Zhicheng He, Kailin Zhang, Baolv Wei, Jin Huang, Yufan Wang, Eric Li","doi":"10.1002/rnc.7640","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.7640","url":null,"abstract":"The precision of path tracking in high‐speed intelligent vehicles is significantly influenced by model mismatch arising from factors like parameter uncertainty, model simplification, external disturbances, and other sources. In this paper, we propose a novel robust control strategy that integrates the compensation function observer (CFO) with the model predictive control (MPC) method, utilizing an optimized vehicle dynamics model (opt‐model) to address this challenge, called OCMPC. Initially, we establish the opt‐model to design predictive model by leveraging suspension kinematics and compliance (K&C) data collected from a miniature pure electric vehicle. Remarkably, the opt‐model exhibits improved accuracy compared to the conventional vehicle dynamics model (con‐model) while preserving the same degrees of freedom (DOF). Next, we incorporate CFO into the path tracking process of high‐speed intelligent vehicles, enabling dynamic real‐time observation of the model mismatch between the prediction model and the actual vehicle. CFO can capture the dynamics of the vehicle, including nonlinearities and uncertainties, without placing a heavy computing burden on the controller. This observed mismatch is subsequently employed for feed‐forward compensation, facilitating the attainment of optimal control values. Ultimately, we validate the effectiveness of our proposed method in enhancing path tracking accuracy for high‐speed intelligent vehicles through co‐simulation using Simulink and Carsim.","PeriodicalId":50291,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control","volume":"99 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142268668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Huimin Ouyang, Rong Shi, Xiaodong Miao, Hui Yi, Huan Xi
{"title":"Discrete adaptive sliding mode controller design for overhead cranes considering measurement noise and external disturbances","authors":"Huimin Ouyang, Rong Shi, Xiaodong Miao, Hui Yi, Huan Xi","doi":"10.1002/rnc.7637","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.7637","url":null,"abstract":"Research on the motion control of overhead cranes, constrained by underactuated characteristics, helps improve the efficiency of payload transportation. Most studies require all system state variables (trolley displacement, payload swing angle, and their velocities). In practice, sensors measure and transmit these variables, but noise affects their accuracy, reducing control performance. Additionally, uncertainties in crane parameters, unmodeled friction, and unknown disturbances threaten the system's stability. Traditional methods struggle to address these issues effectively. To address these challenges, this article proposes an adaptive discrete sliding mode control (DSMC) method with a Kalman filter. By extending the state system and considering disturbances as new variables, the Kalman filter effectively eliminates signal noise, accurately estimates disturbances, and estimates system states simultaneously. The proposed method incorporates disturbance compensators into the adaptive DSMC, utilizing exponential terms to suppress oscillations caused by excessively high or low control gains, thus increasing control speed. Experimental comparisons demonstrate the superiority and robustness of the proposed control method under various disturbance conditions.","PeriodicalId":50291,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control","volume":"106 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142268667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robust internal model‐based control for linear‐time‐invariant systems","authors":"Atabak Azimi, Stefan Koch, Markus Reichhartinger","doi":"10.1002/rnc.7643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.7643","url":null,"abstract":"This article addresses robust output regulation for systems affected by disturbances generated by an uncertain exosystem as well as matched external disturbances. The robustness of the feedback loop is achieved by combining internal model based control with sliding mode control, resulting in a structurally simple controller. The design of the proposed controller is presented first for the full information problem, that is, the disturbances generated by the exosystem and the state‐information is available for the control algorithm. This requirement is relaxed in the second step of the controller design, where the observer‐based robust output feedback‐loop structure is developed. Results from a comparative simulation study are presented to illustrate the advantages and the effectiveness of the proposed controller concept.","PeriodicalId":50291,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142252588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dual‐channel observer design for composite disturbances based on characteristic compensation","authors":"Xinyu Wen, Zhihao Wang, Yaling Dong, Ruixian Li","doi":"10.1002/rnc.7636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.7636","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a non‐coupled structure of characteristic compensation dual‐channel observer (CCDCO) for handling systems subjected to composite disturbances. There exist an outer disturbance compensation channel (ODCC) and an inner disturbance compensation channel (IDCC) in the design strategy. Specifically, in the ODCC, the proposed frequency characteristic compensation observer (FCCO) extracts and removes the regular periodic components from the composite disturbances, where the estimation error preserves irregular characteristics. Thus, the estimation error of FCCO and irregular parts are treated as lumped terms estimated via compensation function observer (CFO) in the IDCC. As a solving skill for composite disturbances estimation, CCDCO has two important advantages over previous designs. First, the proposed non‐coupled structure explicitly distinguishes disturbance characteristics according to a priori information known or not. Second, by combining the benefits of the CFO and proposed FCCO, different types of disturbances can be estimated accordingly without coupling of each other. Simulation results on the robotic manipulator are provided to validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":50291,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142252591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Attitude determination for multirotor aerial vehicles using a prescribed‐time super‐twisting algorithm","authors":"João Filipe Silva, Davi A. Santos","doi":"10.1002/rnc.7635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.7635","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is concerned with the prescribed‐time robust attitude determination (AD) of multirotor aerial vehicles (MAVs) using vector measurements from the local magnetic field and local gravity. To address this problem, we first introduce a novel modified super‐twisting algorithm endowed with the prescribed‐time convergence property. The state of the proposed algorithm is governed by an unbounded time‐varying gain up to the prescribed settling time (PST) and by a function after that. Therefore, after the PST, the new algorithm coincides with the conventional super‐twisting, thus showing robust stability at the origin. This prescribed‐time super‐twisting algorithm (PTSTA) is then applied to the formulation of a three‐stage gyro‐free attitude determination method for MAVs. In the first stage, the classical QUEST algorithm is used to compute a Wahba‐optimal attitude estimate from the vector measurements. In the second stage, the PTSTA is employed in the formulation of a robust state estimator that provides estimates of the attitude Gibbs vector and its rate. Finally, in the third stage, these state estimates as well as the attitude kinematic equation are immediately used to compute the MAV angular velocity. The proposed robust prescribed‐time gyro‐free AD method is evaluated numerically, showing invariance with respect to disturbance and model uncertainty.","PeriodicalId":50291,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control","volume":"209 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142252590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptive fast terminal sliding mode control of robotic manipulators based on joint torque estimation and friction compensation","authors":"Shunjing Hu, Yi Wan, Xichang Liang","doi":"10.1002/rnc.7624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.7624","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, an adaptive fast terminal sliding mode control (AFSMC) approach based on joint torque estimation and friction compensation is proposed to enhance the trajectory tracking accuracy of robotic manipulators under variable load conditions. The joint torque estimation utilizes an improved harmonic drive compliance model and adaptive low‐pass filtering, and friction compensation employs a hybrid model accounting for velocity and load torque effects. These compensations reduce the upper bound of the uncertainty, while AFSMC further reduces dependency on upper uncertainty bounds and minimizes the chattering. The stability analysis using the Lyapunov method confirms the effectiveness of this approach. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed controller achieves smaller root mean square and maximum error of trajectory tracking, thus significantly improving trajectory tracking accuracy under variable load conditions.","PeriodicalId":50291,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142252589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}