Repetitive processes are a distinct class of 2D systems of both theoretic and practical interest. For example, they arise in the study of industrial processes such as long-wall coal cutting operations and also in the ...
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Repetitive processes are a distinct class of 2D systems of both theoretic and practical interest. For example, they arise in the study of industrial processes such as long-wall coal cutting operations and also in the modeling of classes of iterative learning control schemes. This paper describes the development of MATLAB based tools for control related analysis/controller design in the case of so-called discrete linear repetitive processes with particular emphasis on the iterative learning control application. Some areas for short to medium term further development are also briefly noted.
The existence and stability properties of periodic orbits are studied for nonlinear systems with impulse effects. This is achieved with an extension of the well-known method of Poincare. The main result is then applie...
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The existence and stability properties of periodic orbits are studied for nonlinear systems with impulse effects. This is achieved with an extension of the well-known method of Poincare. The main result is then applied to a model of an under actuated, five degree of freedom biped robot with a torso in order to prove, for the first time, the existence of an asymptotically stable walking cycle.
Repetitive, or multipass, processes are a class of 2D systems of both practical and algorithmic/theoretical interest whose dynamics cannot be analysed or controlled using standard (1D) systems theory. Recently it has ...
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Repetitive, or multipass, processes are a class of 2D systems of both practical and algorithmic/theoretical interest whose dynamics cannot be analysed or controlled using standard (1D) systems theory. Recently it has been shown that the modelling of the boundary conditions, also known as the process initial conditions, is a crucial feature in the analysis and control of these processes. This paper presents some further results on the effects of so-called 'dynamic' process initial conditions on the controllability and stability properties of discrete linear repetitive processes. Previous work has shown that these dynamic process initial conditions alone can destroy the stability properties of these processes. Hence their effects must be 'adequately' accounted for the process modelling stage in order to ensure that subsequent analysis does not lead to incorrect results/conclusions. The main results developed in this paper can be summarised as follows. (i) Computationally efficient stability tests which can, in effect, be applied using standard, or 1D, linear systems tests. (ii) Characterisation of so-called pass controllability in the form of matrix rank based conditions. (iii) Conditions under which the dynamic process initial conditions can be selected to ensure stability and pass controllability.
SDL is currently gaining interest as a system level specification language for HW/SW codesign. Automated synthesis of SDL in hardware so far had problems with its efficiency. The investigations on the resource usage o...
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SDL is currently gaining interest as a system level specification language for HW/SW codesign. Automated synthesis of SDL in hardware so far had problems with its efficiency. The investigations on the resource usage of SDL-to-VHDL designs presented in this paper identify two key challenges: minimizing the overhead introduced by SDL process infrastructure, and choosing the appropriate synthesis method. This paper presents a framework for SDL hardware synthesis where VHDL code generation, high-level synthesis and RT-level synthesis are combined. A configurable run-time environment implements services like data handling and message passing in efficient, hand-coded library components, which take into account properties of the target architecture. For these components RT-level synthesis was found to be suitable. The behavior of each SDL process on the other hand is freely specified by the system designer. Depending on the type of application, i.e. complex data-oriented or control-oriented either high-level synthesis, RT-level synthesis, or a combination of both can prove to be optimal.
This contribution describes the development of a multi-media based course in control, targeted primarily to engineers in industry. We describe some of the difficulties we have encountered in this work, and how we have...
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This contribution describes the development of a multi-media based course in control, targeted primarily to engineers in industry. We describe some of the difficulties we have encountered in this work, and how we have approached them. Experiences from the first couple of courses will be described. In the presentation at the conference, we will also demonstrate some of the interaction with the course material.
Various aspects of dynamical systems with switches are studied. The two concepts “higher-order sliding” and “fast sliding” are defined and a result for stability of second order sliding is given. The linear case i...
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Various aspects of dynamical systems with switches are studied. The two concepts “higher-order sliding” and “fast sliding” are defined and a result for stability of second order sliding is given. The linear case is described in particular detail. Several examples illustrate the results.
A new kind of robotic mechanism is proposed to be used for inspection tasks in complex setups of industrial plants. We propose a multiarticulated snake-like mobile robot, with a body consisting of repeating modules, c...
The "nested" structure of the control system for the X33 vehicle in launch mode is developed. The outer loop (guidance) and the inner loop (rates) continuous sliding mode controllers are designed. Simulation...
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This work develops a sliding mode controller for the X-33 vehicle in launch and re-entry mode. The resulting controller utilizes two-loop sliding mode controller and provides robust, de-coupled tracking of both the re...
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