the aim is to build a controller such that y ( t ) tracks any prescribed reference trajectory y,(t). To avoid ambiguities in the sequel, we call (1) the input-state (IS) system (i.e. without a defined output), (2) the tracking output, and (1)(2) the input-output (Io) system. When the IO system is minimum phase, the tracking problem is easily solved (at least locally) by IO linearization (see e....

In this paper, an almost new control approach called terminal synergetic control which works based on user defined manifold is applied to a nonlinear helicopter model. Stability analysis is convestigated using Lyapunov stability theory. Synergetic controller is applied to this nonlinear fifth-order helicopter model to control height and angle. Simulation results showed that it has faster and sm...

Attitude control law design for spacecraft large angle maneuvers is investigated in this paper. The feedback linearization technique is applied to the design of a nonlinear tracking control law. The output function to be tracked is the quaternion attitude parameter. The designed control law turns out to be a combination of attitude and attitude rate tracking command. The attitude-only output fu...

In this work, a new control method for uncertain processes is developed based on two-degree-of-freedom control structure. The setpoint tracking controller designed by input/output linearization technique is used to regulate the disturbance-free output and the disturbance rejection controller designed is designed by high-gain technique. The advantage of two-degree-of-freedom control structure is...

The objective of this study is to design a robust direct model reference adaptive controller (DMRAC) for a nonlinear cardiovascular model over a range of plant parameters representing a variety of physical conditions. The direct adaptive controllers used in thisd study require the plant to be almost strictly positive real (ASPR) that is, for a plant to be controlled there must exist a feedback ...

We propose a practical maneuvering control strategy for an aquatic vehicle (AV) that uses an oscillating foil as a propulsor. The challenge of this problem lies in the need to consider the hydrodynamic interaction as well as the underactuated and non-minimum phase natures of the AV system. The control task is decomposed into the off-line step of motion planning and the online step of feedback t...

The objective of this study is to design a robust direct model reference adaptive controller (DMRAC) for a nonlinear cardiovascular model over a range of plant parameters representing a variety of physical conditions. The direct adaptive controllers used in thisd study require the plant to be almost strictly positive real (ASPR) that is, for a plant to be controlled there must exist a feedback ...

− This paper proposes the use of feedback linearization for the characterization of thermoresistive sensors and for the control of measurement systems based on thermoresistive sensors kept at constant temperature. Two important benefits brought by feedback linearization are: regarding sensor characterization, it allows the determination of static and dynamic parameters by a single experimental ...

For a class of single-input single-output continuous-time nonlinear systems, a three-layer neural network-based controller that feedback linearizes the system is presented. Control action is used to achieve tracking performance for a feedback linearizable but unknown nonlinear system. The control structure consists of a feedback linearization portion provided by two neural networks plus a robus...