this paper concerns a study on the optimal control for nonlinear systems. an appropriate alternative in order to alleviate the nonlinearity of a system is the exact linearization approach. in this fashion, the nonlinear system has been linearized using input-output feedback linearization (iofl). then, by utilizing the well developed optimal control theory of linear systems, the compensated nonl...

Rapid human arm movements often have velocity profiles consisting of several bell-shaped acceleration-deceleration phases, sometimes overlapping in time and sometimes appearing separately. We show how such sub-movement sequences can emerge naturally as an optimal control policy is approximated by a reinforcement learning system in the face of uncertainty and feedback delay. The system learns to...

This research deals with master-slave control of a teleoperated hydraulic construction robot. In this system, the master consists of two joysticks, and the slave is the hydraulic construction robot (including the fork glove, boom, arm, and swing, driven by hydraulic actuators). In a previous research, the authors proposed a force feedback method based on position-velocity control, in which the ...

Six-wheel drive (6WD) articulated dump truck has excellent passing ability and high productivity, but its stability should be improved. A dynamic model of 6WD articulated vehicle with 3 degree-of-freedom (DOF) is established. With the control variables of yaw velocity and side-slip angle at mass center of front body, a feedfoward-feedback control system is designed by linear quadratic regulator...

This paper describes a theoretical and experimental investigation into an active four-mount vibration isolation system, in which electromagnetic actuators are installed in parallel with each of the four passive mounts placed between a three-dimensional piece of equipment and a vibrating base structure. Decentralized velocity feedback control is applied, where each actuator is operated independe...

A model of PVTOL aircraft with two delayed inputs is considered. The origin of this system is globally asymptotically and locally exponentially stabilized by bounded control laws. The explicit expressions of the control laws applied are determined through recent extensions of the forwarding approach to systems with a delay in the input. In a second step, the output feedback stabilization proble...

This paper describes the analysis and implementation of a motor drive control system for an intelligent wheelchair being developed at the Robotics Instihte at, Carnegie-Mellon University. The experimental mobile platform is mounted on four so-called Ilonators which permit otion n any direction wilhout conventional steering of the wheel axes. The kinematics of the platform were determined analyt...

This paper develops a non-contact active feedback control of web flutter in a narrow passage by using movable plates set at inlet and outlet of the passage. The strategy of this active feedback control is based on the flow-control which cancels the exciting fluid force acting on the web, i.e., cancels the self-excited feedback mechanism. In this paper, suppression of the web flutter by the acti...

Analysis and estimation of friction and compensation for its effects in the control of an electrohydraulic manipulator is addressed in this paper. The specific hydraulic manipulator is an integral part of an automated fish processing machine which has been developed in our laboratory. The analysis reveals that considerable static and dynamic friction exists in the system. An available nonlinear...

In this paper we present and propose a design methodology that uses intentional time delays for the active control of structures. We use here positive velocity-feedback, time-delayed control and show that its performance is, in general, superior to the previously developed methodology of using time delayed, negative velocity-feedback control. A detailed study carried out in this paper of the no...