Sampled-data Control of a Class of Nonlinear Flat Systems With Application to Unicycle Trajectory Tracking

Author:

Léchevin N.1,Rabbath C. A.2

Affiliation:

1. Defence Research and Development Canada—Valcartier, 2459 Pie-XI N., Val-Belair, Qc, G3J 1X5, Canada and Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Qc, G9A 5H7, Canada

2. Defence Research and Development Canada—Valcartier and Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Qc, H3A 2K6, Canada

Abstract

In this paper we propose a flatness-based nonlinear sampled-data control approach for the trajectory tracking of nonlinear differentially flat systems that can be expressed in cascade form. The nonlinear sampled-data control method relies on the flatness property for the generation of appropriate trajectories, with the design of one-step predictive control laws, and on controller discretization by means of an averaging-like method. In the paper we demonstrate that the causality problem that might arise in the implementation is avoided by using an estimator based on numerical integration techniques of sufficiently high order. Stability-like properties are proved. Numerical simulations show that the proposed sampled-data control law offers the best closed-loop performance when compared with nonlinear direct digital design for the trajectory tracking of a rotorcraft-like UAV modeled as the unicycle. The synthesis of the nonlinear sampled-data control law takes advantage of the feedback linearizability property of the unicycle model. Furthermore, the proposed nonlinear sampled-data control does not rely on approximated discretization techniques and is computed from exponentially convergent steering trajectories that result from the stabilization of the linearized unicycle model.

Publisher

ASME International

Subject

Computer Science Applications,Mechanical Engineering,Instrumentation,Information Systems,Control and Systems Engineering

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