An analysis of on-line autonomous robust tracking controller based on variable structure control is presented for an aerospace launch vehicle. Decentralized sliding-mode controller is designed to achieve the decoupled asymptotic tracking of guidance commands upon plant uncertainties and external disturbances. Development and application of the controller for an aerospace launch vehicle during a...

In this paper, a robust autopilot is proposed using stable interpolation based on Youla parameterization. The most important condition of stable interpolation between local controllers is the preservation of stability so that each local controller can ensure stability for an open neighborhood around a nominal point. The proposed design used fixed-order robust controller with parameter-dependent...

The dynamic characteristics of a controller designed by the gain-scheduling approach can be strongly dependent on the realisation adopted; that is, the manner in which the local linear controller designs are combined to obtain a nonlocal controller. The purpose of the present paper is to investigate the choice of appropriate realisations for general MIMO gain-scheduled controllers. An extended ...

We present new algorithms for the robust stability analysis and gain-scheduled controller synthesis for linear systems aaected by time-varying parametric uncertainties. Suucient conditions for robust stability as well as conditions for the existence of a robustly stabilizing gain-scheduled controller are given in terms of a nite number of Linear Matrix Inequalities; explicit formulae for constr...

This article presents a fuzzy robust Mixed - Sensitivity Gain - Scheduled H controller based on the Loop -Shaping methodology for a class of MIMO uncertain nonlinear Time - Varying systems. In order to design this controller, the nonlinear parameter - dependent plant is first modeled as a set of linear subsystems by Takagi and Sugeno’s (T - S) fuzzy approach. Both Loop - Shaping methodology and...

this article presents a fuzzy robust mixed - sensitivity gain - scheduled h controller based on the loop -shaping methodology for a class of mimo uncertain nonlinear time - varying systems. in order to design this controller, the nonlinear parameter - dependent plant is first modeled as a set of linear subsystems by takagi and sugeno’s (t - s) fuzzy approach. both loop - shaping methodology and...

In this thesis we develop a gain-scheduled control law for the quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Techniques from linear control theory are introduced and used to construct adaptive proportional and proportional-integral control laws for use with both state and observer-based output feedback. The controller monitors the yaw angle of the quadcopter and updates a gain matrix as the system ...

* Graduate Research Assistant. Student Member AIAA. † Professor. Fellow AIAA. ‡ Lockheed Martin Assistant Professor of Avionics Integration. Member AIAA. Future reusable launch vehicles must be designed to fly a wide spectrum of missions and survive numerous types of failures. The X-33 Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator is used as a simulation platform for testing a neural network-...