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Optimal control of uncertain nonlinear systems: An application to a two-link robotic arm

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OSTI ID:7060214

This paper presents an adaptive optimal control algorithm for uncertain nonlinear systems. A variational technique based on Pontryagin's Maximum Principle is used to track the system's unknown terms, and to calculate the optimal control. The reformation of the variational technique as an initial value problem allows this microprocessor-based algorithm to perform as a closed-loop controller by updating the model and controlling the system on-line. To validate the algorithm a system representing a two-link mechanical manipulator is simulated. In the control model, the coupling and friction terms are unknown. The robot's task is to follow a prescribed trajectory and to pick up an unknown mass. 3 refs., 1 fig.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
7060214
Report Number(s):
CONF-881208-3; ON: TI89001490
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English