Model predictive control (MPC) at each time step minimizes a cost function subject to dynamical constraints to obtain a stabilizing control signal. Further, MPC is one of the few methodologies that can be used to design feedback control for nonlinear dynamical systems taking into consideration of actuator saturations. It can thus serve as a suitable fault tolerant control approach for quad-roto...

An adaptive position controller is investigated to compensate for the effects of both the actuator and linkage dynamics in a four axis hydraulic robot. A simulation study was done, prior to the experimental implementation, in order to compare and contrast different adaptive control algorithms for this system. The dynamics of the linkage were developed using Lagrangian techniques. The equations ...