Nonlinear Energy-Based Regulation Control of Three-Dimensional Overhead Cranes

• Published in: IEEE transactions on automation science and engineering Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 1297 - 1308
• Main Authors: Wu, Xianqing, He, Xiongxiong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Control systems; Couplings; Cranes; Energy shaping; Friction; Mechanical systems; nonlinear control; overhead cranes; passivity-based control; Payloads; Transportation; underactuated mechanical systems
• ISSN: 1545-5955; 1558-3783
• DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2016.2542105

To increase the transportation efficiency and ensure the safety of the crane system, the trolley/bridge is required to be driven to reach different preset destinations without retuning control gains of the controller, while the maximum payload swing amplitudes need to be similar for different transportation processes of different distances. Motivated by the desire to achieve these objectives, based on the energy shaping methodology and passivity-based control (PBC), an enhanced coupling control method is derived for three-dimensional (3-D) underactuated overhead cranes. Specifically, on the basis of the energy shaping methodology and PBC, a constructive storage function is constructed by solving partial differential equations. Then, a novel enhanced coupling control scheme enforcing the dissipation inequality with respect to the constructed storage function is investigated straightforwardly, and the corresponding stability analysis is proven by Lyapunov techniques and LaSalle's invariance theorem. Finally, the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated by digital simulations and experimental tests.