In the context of the initiative Formation for Atmospheric Science and Technology demonstration (FAST), this dissertation describes the design and comparison of several nonlinear attitude controllers for TU Delft’s micro-satellite. The control requirements include robustness against model uncertainties and disturbances. To this end, five Backstepping schemes are selected for comparison: Standar...

In this paper, an adaptive fuzzy tracking control approach is proposed for a class of single-inputsingle-output (SISO) nonlinear systems in which the unknown continuous functions may be nonlinearlyparameterized. During the controller design procedure, the fuzzy logic systems (FLS) in Mamdani type are applied to approximate the unknown continuous functions, and then, based on the minimal learnin...

Using Lyapunov stability theory, an adaptive backstepping controller is presented in this paper for optimal descent tracking. Unlike the traditional approach, the proposed control law can cope with input saturation and failure which enables the embedded autonomy of lander system. In addition, this control law can also restrain the unknown bounded terms (i.e., disturbance). To show the controlle...

In this paper, a novel problem of observer-based adaptive fuzzy fractional control for fractional order dynamic systems with commensurate orders is investigated; the control scheme is constructed by using the backstepping and adaptive technique. Dynamic surface control method is used to avoid the problem of “explosion of complexity” which is caused by backstepping design process. Fuzzy logic sy...

Solutions exist for the problem of canceling sinusoidal disturbances by the measurement of the state or by the measurement of an output for linear and nonlinear systems. In this paper, an adaptive backstepping controller is designed to cancel sinusoidal disturbances forcing an unknown linear time-invariant system in controllable canonical form which is augmented by a linear input subsystem with...

In this thesis, Some adaptive neural control design ways are presented for a class of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems in block-triangular form with disturbance input and state time-varying delay. Neural networks are employed to approximate the unknown continuous functions. By combining the use of a novel quadratictype Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals and adaptive NN backsteppin...

An adaptive backstepping fuzzy-immune controller for a class of chaotic systems is proposed. An adaptive backstepping fuzzy method and adaptive laws are used to approximate nonlinear functions and the unknown upper bounds of uncertainty, respectively. The proposed adaptive backstepping fuzzy-immune controller guarantees the stability of a class of chaotic systems while maintaining good tracking...

Promulgated by some with religious-like fervor, viewed with skepticism by others, adaptive control has for almost forty years been one of the most alluring, intriguing, and often misunderstood areas within the eld of automatic control. In truth, despite its present shortcomings fe.g., its failure to adequately address performance issuesg adaptive control has come quite a long way since rst conc...