This paper investigates the problem of global stabilization by state feedback for a class of uncertain nonholonomic systems in chained form with partial inputs saturation. By using input-state-scaling technique and backstepping recursive approach, a state feedback control strategy is presented. With the help of a switching control strategy, the designed controller renders that the states of clo...

M. Krstic Dept. Mechanical Engr. University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 J. M. Protz and J. D. Paduano Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 P. V. Kokotovic Dept. Electr. & Comp. Engr. University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Abstract. A new systematic method for nonlinear control design|backstepping|is applied to low-order compression system models. Backsteppi...

This paper investigates the problem of global stabilization by state feedback for a class of uncertain nonholonomic systems in chained form with partial inputs saturation. By using input-state-scaling technique and backstepping recursive approach, a state feedback control strategy is presented. With the help of a switching control strategy, the designed controller renders that the states of clo...

We propose novel distributed exponentially-converging control frameworks for flocking and centroid trajectory tracking of multiple thrust-propelled vehicles (TPVs), which consist of the under-actuated translation dynamics on E(3) with one-dimensional thrust-force input and the fully-actuated attitude kinematics on SO(3) with angular-rates inputs; and evolves on a strongly-connected, yet, balanc...

This paper presents an adaptive backstepping control method for trajectory tracking and stabilization of an omnidirectional wheeled mobile robot with parameter variations and uncertainties caused by friction and slip. The dynamic model of the robot with three independent driving omnidirectional wheels equally spaced at 120 degrees from one another is briefly introduced. With the dynamic model, ...

This paper presents a comparative study of four control strategies for a flexible joint space manipulator. The considered control strategies consist in the classical Slotine and Li algorithm, a simple proportional derivative controller, a singular perturbation-based controller and a nonlinear backstepping controller. All control methodologies are assessed in numerical simulations for endpoint p...

We present a receding horizon control scheme that utilizes a discrete time version of a nonlinear, iterative, projection-based optimization routine. The routine utilizes a projection operator to ensure feasible system trajectories at each iteration of the optimization resulting in valid control signals even when constraints on computation time prevent full convergence. An additional feature of ...

A novel approach to neural network based tracking-control of robot manipulator including actuator dynamics is proposed by using of backstepping method. A simple two-step backstepping is considered for an nlink robotic system, and a feedforward neural controller is designed at second step where structured and unstructured uncertainties in robot dynamics and actuator model are approximated by thi...

A quadrotor is nonlinear, coupled and unstable system. Two control schemes, namely backstepping and sliding mode, have been applied to obtain desired trajectory tracking by quadrotor. This paper presents the comparative performance results of quadrotor under two control schemes.

In this paper we present the modeling and control designs for a variable-speed constant-frequency wind energy conversion system using double fed induction generator (DFIG). The aim of this paper is to design and compare two distinct control strategies to control the rotor side converter and two control strategies to control the grid side converter. For the rotor side converter (RSC), a backstep...