Project Title:

Autonomous Control of Uncertain Flexible Space Systems

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Autonomous Control of Uncertain Flexible Space Systems

Abstract:

A research project to investigate the effective integration of 
robust control, intelligent control, on-orbit system 
identification, and adaptive control as applied to flexible space 
systems. The proposed approach to the control problem is to 
integrate parameter insensitive controller design, internal model 
principle for active disturbance rejection, self-tuning tapped-
delay filter design, and neural network learning techniques into a 
unified framework.
The anticipated benefits of this project include improved 
closed-loop performance, reduced re-design cycle time, and 
reduced cost.

Potential commercial applications include: 1 ) spacecrafts with 
flexible structures, 2) aircrafts vibration attenuation, 3) 
control of large, distributed systems, 4) control of precision 
machining and flexible robot mechanism. The unified design 
techniques can be applied to controller design of most physical 
systems with small modifications.

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