Control of a magnetic bearing device is addressed by parameter varying control. Within the structure of decentralized PID controllers we compare linear interpolation and switching strategies with and without hysteresis. Piecewise LPV decentralized PID controllers are found to be an interesting alternative. Our method exploits the possibility to pre-compute for every parameter value an H∞ optima...

The fault of the robotic control system is critical and leads to the general system failure, while autonomous robots have to gain their aims without any maintenance. Contemporary academic studies propose decentralized control systems as prospective from the robustness point of view. On the other hand, a performance redundancy allows to optimize resource utilization and improve the fault-toleran...

We have investigated decentralized active control of periodic panel vibration using multiple pairs combining PZT actuators and PVDF sensors distributed on the panel. By contrast with centralized MIMO controllers used to actively control the vibrations or the sound radiation of extended structures, decentralized control using independent local control loops only requires identification of the di...