Nonlinear Stabilization Control of Multiple-RTAC Systems Subject to Amplitude-Restricted Actuating Torques Using Only Angular Position Feedback

• Published in: IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982) Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 3084 - 3094
• Main Authors: Sun, Ning, Wu, Yiming, Fang, Yongchun, Chen, He
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.04.2017; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Actuators; Amplitudes; Angular position; Computer simulation; Control stability; Control systems design; Control theory; Energy storage; Hardware; Lyapunov-based control; Mechanical engineering; Mechatronics; Nonlinear control; Nonlinear systems; Output feedback; Parameter uncertainty; Potential energy; rotational translational actuator (RTAC) systems; Rotors; Springs; Springs (elastic); Subsystems; Torque
• ISSN: 0278-0046; 1557-9948
• DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2016.2643598

Multiple rotational translational actuator (RTAC) systems are nonlinear complicated mechatronic systems introduced to investigate the self-synchronized phenomenon in mechanical engineering, which consist of a series of single-RTAC subsystems connected one by one through elastic springs. This paper s...