Nested Saturation Function Control of a Magnetic Levitation System

Output feedback control of a mechanical system using magnetic levitation.

This paper presents an application of a nonlinear magnetic levitation system to the problem of efficient active control of mass-spring-damper mechanical systems. An output feedback control scheme is proposed for reference position trajectory tracking tasks on the flexible mechanical system. The electromagnetically actuated system is shown to be a differentially flat nonlinear system. An extende...

Nonlinear Control of a Planar Magnetic Levitation System

In this paper, we derive the model of a three-magnet positioning device and design a nonlinear control that stabilizes it. The motivation of this work is to develop tools that may have practical significance to, e.g., photolithography and to create a challenging nonlinear control problem which can be used to test novel nonlinear control approaches. The nonlinear controller designed here transfo...

Adaptive Inverse Optimal Control of a Magnetic Levitation System

Sliding Mode Control of a Magnetic Levitation System

Sliding mode control schemes of the static and dynamic types are proposed for the control of a magnetic levitation system. The proposed controllers guarantee the asymptotic regulation of the states of the system to their desired values. Simulation results of the proposed controllers are given to illustrate the effectiveness of them. Robustness of the control schemes to changes in the parameters...

Experiment 4: Modeling and Control of a Magnetic Levitation System

Magnetic levitation is becoming widely applicable in magnetic bearings, high-speed ground transportation, vibration isolation, etc., [1]. For example, magnetic bearings support radial and thrust loads in rotating machinery. In addition, magnetic suspension generates levitation action in rectilinear motion devices such as high-speed ground transportation systems. Magnetic levitation is immensely...