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Adaptive optimal control of uncertain nonlinear systems: On-line microprocessor-based algorithm to control mechanical manipulators

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7183645

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 reformulation of the variational technique as an Initial Value Problem allows this microprocessor-based algorithm to perform on-line model-updating and control. 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. 5 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
7183645
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-10764; CESAR-88/19; ON: DE88011373
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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