A new adaptive control algorithm for mechanical systems with time-varying parameters and/or time-varying disturbances is proposed and investigated. The proposed method does not assume any structure to the time-varying parameter or disturbance. The method is based on the expansion of the time-varying parameter/disturbance using Taylor’s formula. This facilitates expanding a time-varying function as a finite length polynomial and a bounded residue. The coefficients of the finite-length polynomial are estimated in a small time interval so that they can be assumed to be constant within that interval. A gradient projection algorithm is used to estimate the parameters within each time interval. Stability of the proposed adaptive controller is shown and discussed. A novel experiment is designed using a two-link planar mechanical manipulator to investigate the proposed algorithm experimentally. Results of the proposed adaptive controller are compared with an ideal nonadaptive controller that assumes complete knowledge of the parameters and disturbances. A representative sample of the experimental results is shown and discussed.
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September 2004
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Adaptive Control of Mechanical Systems With Time-Varying Parameters and Disturbances
Prabhakar R. Pagilla, Associate Professor,
e-mail: pagilla@ceat.okstate.edu
Prabhakar R. Pagilla, Associate Professor
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078-5016
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Yongliang Zhu, Graduate Student
Yongliang Zhu, Graduate Student
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078-5016
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Prabhakar R. Pagilla, Associate Professor
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078-5016
e-mail: pagilla@ceat.okstate.edu
Yongliang Zhu, Graduate Student
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078-5016
Contributed by the Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control Division of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS, MEASUREMENT, AND CONTROL. Manuscript received by the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division March 12, 2003; final revision, June 23, 2003. Associate Editor: M. Goldfarb.
J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. Sep 2004, 126(3): 520-530 (11 pages)
Published Online: December 3, 2004
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March 12, 2003
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June 23, 2003
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December 3, 2004
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Pagilla, P. R., and Zhu, Y. (December 3, 2004). "Adaptive Control of Mechanical Systems With Time-Varying Parameters and Disturbances ." ASME. J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. September 2004; 126(3): 520–530. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1789538
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