Time Finite Methods Research Articles

Fuzzy super twisting mode control of a rigid-flexible robotic arm based on approximate inertial manifold dimensionality reduction.

The control of infinite-dimensional rigid-flexible robotic arms presents significant challenges, with direct truncation of first-order modal models resulting in poor control quality and second-order models leading to complex hardware implementations. To address these issues, we propose a fuzzy super twisting mode control method based on approximate inertial manifold dimensionality reduction for the robotic arm. This innovative approach features an adjustable exponential non-singular sliding surface and a stable continuous super twisting algorithm. A novel fuzzy strategy dynamically optimizes the sliding surface coefficient in real-time, simplifying the control mechanism. Our findings, supported by various simulations and experiments, indicate that the proposed method outperforms directly truncated first-order and second-order modal models. It demonstrates effective tracking performance under bounded external disturbances and robustness to system variability. The method's finite-time convergence, facilitated by the modification of the nonlinear homogeneous sliding surface, along with the system's stability, confirmed via Lyapunov theory, marks a significant improvement in control quality and simplification of hardware implementation for rigid-flexible robotic arms.

Flachheitsbasierte Randsteuerung von elastischen Balken mit Piezoaktuatoren (Flatness based Boundary Control of Piezoelectric Benders)

Für elastische Balken mit Piezoaktuatoren werden flachheitsbasierte Randsteuerungen entworfen, die eine Positionierung in endlicher Einstellzeit gestatten. Dabei werden sowohl Euler-Bernoulli-Balken als auch Timoshenko-Balken untersucht. Steuerungen für Balken mit mehreren Piezoaktuatoren werden durch Superposition berechnet. Die Methoden werden durch die Ergebnisse von Simulationen und eines Experiments illustriert.