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This paper solves a class of robust control problems, with output feedback, for systems with mixed parametric uncertainty and unmodeled dynamics. This class of problems is characterized by a special rank-one assumption on the transfer matrix of the nominal plant. Under this assumption, the robust stabilization problem is reduced to a convex feasibility problem involving linear matrix inequaliti...

In this paper, a robust H∞ controller for a building structure with a time delay is studied. Firstly, the motion equation of the structural system with an explicit time delay is introduced. Then, the state space representation of a dynamic equation without any explicit time delay is deduced by a specific integral transformation to the time-delay equation. Secondly, a robust control method is ap...

Power generation using wind turbines is a highly researched control field. Many control designs have been proposed based on continuous-time models like PI-control, or state observers with state feedback but without special regard to robustness to model uncertainties. The aim of this thesis was to design a robust digital controller for a wind turbine. The design was based on a discrete-time mode...

Content: A logical tool in robust control theory for systems of parametric inhomogeneous linear ODEs.

We developed a robust control policy design method in high-dimensional state space by using differential dynamic programming with a minimax criterion. As an example, we applied our method to a simulated five link biped robot. The results show lower joint torques from the optimal control policy compared to a hand-tuned PD servo controller. Results also show that the simulated biped robot can suc...

A model-free robust control (MFRC) approach is proposed for position control of robot manipulators in the state space. The control approach is verified analytically to be robust subject to uncertainties including external disturbances, unmodeled dynamics, and parametric uncertainties. There is a high flexibility to work on different systems including actuators by the use of the proposed control...