01886nas a2200145 4500008004100000245010700041210006900148300001300217490000700230520132500237653001301562100001601575700001101591856013801602 2008 eng d00aUniform Semiglobal Practical Asymptotic Stability for Non-autonomous Cascaded Systems and Applications0 aUniform Semiglobal Practical Asymptotic Stability for Nonautonom a337-347 0 v443 a

It is due to the modularity they provide that results for cascaded systems have proved their utility in numerous control applications as well as in the development of general control techniques based on ``adding integrators''. Nevertheless, the standing assumptions in most of the present literature on cascaded systems is that, when \emph{decoupled}, the subsystems constituting the cascade are uniformly globally asymptotically stable (UGAS). Hence existing results fail in the more general case when the subsystems are uniformly semiglobally practically asymptotically stable (USPAS). This situation is often encountered in control practice, ıt e.g.}, in control of physical systems with external perturbations, measurement noise, unmodelled dynamics, ıt etc}. After giving a rigorous framework for the analysis of such stability properties, this paper generalizes previous results for cascades by establishing that, under a uniform boundedness condition on its solutions, the cascade of two USPAS systems remains USPAS. An analogous result is derived for uniformly semiglobally asymptotically stable (USAS) systems in cascade. Furthermore, we show the utility of our results in the PID control of mechanical systems affected by unknown non-dissipative forces and considering the dynamics of the DC motors.

10aRobotics1 aChaillet, A1 aLor, A uhttps://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/uniform-semiglobal-practical-asymptotic-stability-non-autonomous-cascaded-systems-and01264nas a2200157 4500008004100000245009800041210006900139260003100208520065500239653001300894100001600907700001500923700001100938700001700949856014000966 2007 eng d00aTowards uniform linear time-invariant stabilization of systems with persistency of excitation0 aTowards uniform linear timeinvariant stabilization of systems wi aNew Orleans, USAcDecember3 a

Consider the controlled system $dx/dt = Ax + \alpha(t)Bu$ where the pair $(A,B)$ is stabilizableand $\alpha(t)$ takes values in $[0,1]$ and is persistently exciting. In particular, when $\alpha(t)$ becomes zero the system dynamics switches to an uncontrollable system. In this paper, we address the following question: is it possible to find a linear time-invariant state-feedback, only depending on $(A,B)$ and the parameters of the persistent excitation, which globally exponentially stabilizes the system? We give a positive answer to this question for two cases: when $A$ is neutrally stable and when the system is the double integrator.

10aRobotics1 aChaillet, A1 aChitour, Y1 aLor, A1 aSigalotti, M uhttps://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/towards-uniform-linear-time-invariant-stabilization-systems-persistency-excitation.html01255nas a2200145 4500008004100000245013000041210006900171520065700240653001300897100001600910700001500926700001100941700001700952856014000969 2007 eng d00aUniform stabilization for linear systems with persistency of excitation. The neutrally stable and the double integrator cases0 aUniform stabilization for linear systems with persistency of exc3 a

Consider the controlled system $dx/dt = Ax + \alpha(t)Bu$ where the pair $(A,B)$ is stabilizable and $\alpha(t)$ takes values in $[0,1]$ and is persistently exciting. In particular, when $\alpha(t)$ becomes zero the system dynamics switches to an uncontrollable system. In this paper, we address the following question: is it possible to find a linear time-invariant state-feedback, only depending on $(A,B)$ and the parameters of the persistent excitation, which globally asymptotically stabilizes the system? We give a positive answer to this question for two cases: when $A$ is neutrally stable and when the system is the double integrator.

10aRobotics1 aChaillet, A1 aChitour, Y1 aLor, A1 aSigalotti, M uhttps://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/uniform-stabilization-linear-systems-persistency-excitation-neutrally-stable-and-double01589nas a2200157 4500008004100000245007200041210006900113260002900182520101900211653001301230100001901243700001101262700001601273700002001289856012201309 2006 eng d00aAdaptive output feedback control of spacecraft relative translation0 aAdaptive output feedback control of spacecraft relative translat aSan Diego, USAcDecember3 a

We address the problem of tracking relative translation in a leader-follower spacecraft formation using feedback from relative position only and under parameter uncertainty (spacecraft mass) and uncertainty in the leader variables (true anomaly rate and rate of change). We only assume boundedness of orbital perturbations and the leader control force but with unknown bounds. Under these conditions we propose a controller that renders the closed-loop system, uniformly semiglobally practically asymptotically stable. In particular, the domain of attraction can be made arbitrarily large by picking convenient gains, and the state errors in the closed-loop system are proved to converge from any initial condition within the domain of attraction to a ball in close vicinity of the origin in a stable way; moreover, this ball can be diminished arbitrarily by increasing the gains in the control law. Simulation results of a leader-follower spacecraft formation using the proposed controller are presented.

10aRobotics1 aKristiansen, R1 aLor, A1 aChaillet, A1 aNicklasson, P J uhttps://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/adaptive-output-feedback-control-spacecraft-relative-translation.html01277nas a2200133 4500008004100000245012000041210006900161260002900230520070800259653001300967100001600980700001100996856013601007 2006 eng d00aA converse Lyapunov theorem for semiglobal practical asymptotic stability and application to cascades-based control0 aconverse Lyapunov theorem for semiglobal practical asymptotic st aSan Diego, USAcDecember3 a

We present a converse Lyapunov result for nonlinear time-varying systems that are uniformly semiglobally asymptotically stable. This stability property pertains to the case when the size of initial conditions may be arbitrarily enlarged and the solutions of the system converge, in a stable way, to a closed ball that may be arbitrarily diminished by tuning a design parameter of the system (typically but not exclusively, a control gain). This result is notably useful in cascaded-based control when uniform practical asymptotic stability is established without a Lyapunov function, , ıt e.g.} via averaging. We provide a concrete example by solving the stabilization problem of a hovercraft.

10aRobotics1 aChaillet, A1 aLor, A uhttps://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/converse-lyapunov-theorem-semiglobal-practical-asymptotic-stability-and-application01663nas a2200157 4500008004100000245012700041210006900168260001300237300001400250490000700264520105600271653001301327100001601340700001101356856013801367 2006 eng d00aNecessary and sufficient conditions for uniform semiglobal practical asymptotic stability: Application to cascaded systems0 aNecessary and sufficient conditions for uniform semiglobal pract cNovember a1899-19060 v423 a

It is well established that for a cascade of two uniformly globally asymptotically stable (UGAS) systems, the origin remains UGAS provided that the solutions of the cascade are uniformly globally bounded. While this result has met considerable popularity in specific applications it remains restrictive since, in practice, it is often the case that the decoupled subsystems are only uniformly \emph{semiglobally} \emph{practically} asymptotically stable (USPAS). Recently, we established that the cascade of USPAS systems is USPAS under a local boundedness assumption and the hypothesis that one knows a Lyapunov function for the driven subsystem. The contribution of this paper is twofold: 1) we establish USPAS of cascaded systems without the requirement of a Lyapunov function and 2) we present a converse theorem for USPAS. While other converse theorems in the literature cover the case of USPAS ours has the advantage of providing a bound on the gradient of the Lyapunov function, which is fundamental to establish theorems for cascades.

10aRobotics1 aChaillet, A1 aLor, A uhttps://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/necessary-and-sufficient-conditions-uniform-semiglobal-practical-asymptotic-stability02197nas a2200169 4500008004100000245009400041210006900135260003700204300001400241520155400255653001301809100001901822700001101841700001601852700002001868856013901888 2006 eng d00aOutput feedback control of relative translation in a leader-follower spacecraft formation0 aOutput feedback control of relative translation in a leaderfollo aTromsoe, NorwaybSpringer Verlag a131–1513 a

We present a solution to the problem of tracking relative translation in a leader-follower spacecraft formation using feedback from relative position only. Three controller configurations are presented which enables the follower spacecraft to track a desired reference trajectory relative to the leader. The controller design is performed for different levels of knowledge about the leader spacecraft and its orbit. The first controller assumes perfect knowledge of the leader and its orbital parameters, and renders the equilibrium points of the closed-loop system uniformly globally asymptotically stable (UGAS). The second controller uses the framework of the first to render the closed-loop system uniformly globally practically asymptotically stable (UGPAS), with knowledge of bounds on some orbital parameters, only. That is, the state errors in the closed-loop system are proved to converge from any initial conditions to a ball in close vicinity of the origin in a stable way, and this ball can be diminished arbitrarily by increasing the gains in the control law. The third controller, based on the design of the second, utilizes adaptation to estimate the bounds that were previously assumed to be known. The resulting closed-loop system is proved to be uniformly semiglobally practically asymptotically stable (USPAS). The last two controllers assume boundedness only of orbital perturbations and the leader control force. Simulation results of a leader-follower spacecraft formation using the proposed controllers are presented.

10aRobotics1 aKristiansen, R1 aLor, A1 aChaillet, A1 aNicklasson, P J uhttps://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/output-feedback-control-relative-translation-leader-follower-spacecraft-formation.html01193nas a2200145 4500008004100000245008400041210006900125260002900194520064500223653001300868100001600881700001100897700001300908856012600921 2006 eng d00aRobustness of PID controlled manipulators with respect to external disturbances0 aRobustness of PID controlled manipulators with respect to extern aSan Diego, USAcDecember3 a

We present a robustness analysis for PID-controlled robot manipulators. For robot manipulators under the influence of external disturbances we provide a proof, and a tuning procedure, to establish uniform semiglobal practical asymptotic stability. In particular, in contrasts to other works on robust stability of PIDs, we do not use La Salle's principle but provide a strict Lyapunov function. The perturbations that we consider include discontinuous functions of the state, such as Coulomb friction. As corollaries of our main results, one may conclude the same stability property for the case of motion control using linear PID.

10aRobotics1 aChaillet, A1 aLor, A1 aKelly, R uhttps://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/robustness-pid-controlled-manipulators-respect-external-disturbances.html00948nas a2200133 4500008004100000245008600041210006900127490000700196520043600203653001300639100001600652700001100668856013500679 2006 eng d00aUniform global practical asymptotic stability for non-autonomous cascaded systems0 aUniform global practical asymptotic stability for nonautonomous 0 v123 a

This paper aims to give sufficient conditions for a cascade composed of nonlinear time-varying systems that are uniformly globally practically asymptotically stable (UGPAS) to be UGPAS. These conditions are expressed as relations between the Lyapunov function of the driven subsystem and the interconnection term. Our results generalise previous theorems that establish the uniform global asymptotic stability of cascades.

10aRobotics1 aChaillet, A1 aLor, A uhttps://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/uniform-global-practical-asymptotic-stability-non-autonomous-cascaded-systems.html00942nas a2200133 4500008004100000245007500041210006900116260002300185520043600208653001300644100001600657700001100673856012400684 2006 eng d00aUniform Global Practical Stability for non-autonomous cascaded systems0 aUniform Global Practical Stability for nonautonomous cascaded sy aKyoto, JapancJuly3 a

This paper aims to give sufficient conditions for a cascade composed of nonlinear time-varying systems that are uniformly globally practically asymptotically stable (UGPAS) to be UGPAS. These conditions are expressed as relations between the Lyapunov function of the driven subsystem and the interconnection term. Our results generalize previous theorems that establish the uniform global asymptotic stability of cascades.

10aRobotics1 aChaillet, A1 aLor, A uhttps://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/uniform-global-practical-stability-non-autonomous-cascaded-systems.html01387nas a2200157 4500008004100000245008200041210006900123260003300192520080200225653001301027100002301040700001601063700001101079700001601090856012301106 2005 eng d00aOutput feedback control via adaptive observers with persistency of excitation0 aOutput feedback control via adaptive observers with persistency  aPraha, Tcheck RepubliccJuly3 a

We address the problem of adaptive observer design for nonlinear time-varying systems which can be transformed in the so-called output feedback form (linear in the unmeasured variables). The observer design follows up previous work on adaptive observers for linear systems and has the form of the classical Luenberger observers for linear systems except that the observer gain is time-varying. A specific form of persistency of excitation is imposed to guarantee the convergence of the (state and parameter) estimation errors. As for the output feedback loop, we proceed using a cascade approach, i.e., we impose the appropriate conditions so that the closed loop system has a cascaded structure. Uniform global asymptotic stability may then be concluded based on cascaded systems theory.

10aRobotics1 aDe Leon Morales, J1 aChaillet, A1 aLor, A1 aBesancon, G uhttps://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/output-feedback-control-adaptive-observers-persistency-excitation.html01635nas a2200169 4500008004100000245009200041210006900133260002900202300001600231520101300247653001301260100001101273700001601284700001601300700001501316856013401331 2005 eng d00aOn the PE stabilization of time-varying systems: open questions and preliminary answers0 aPE stabilization of timevarying systems open questions and preli aSevilla, SpaincDecember a6847–68523 a

We address the following fundamental question: given a double integrator and a linear control that stabilizes it exponentially, is it possible to use the {\em same} control input in the case that the control input is multiplied by a time-varying term? Such question has many interesting motivations and generalizations: 1) we can pose the same problem for an input gain that depends on the state and time hence, a specific persistency of excitation property for nonlinear systems must be imposed; 2) the stabilization –with the same method– of chains of integrators of higher order than two is fundamentally more complex and has applications in the stabilization of driftless systems; 3) the popular backstepping method stabilization method for systems with non-invertible input terms. The purpose of this note is two-fold: we present some open questions that we believe are significant in time-varying stabilization and present some preliminary answers for simple, yet challenging case-studies.

10aRobotics1 aLor, A1 aChaillet, A1 aBesancon, G1 aChitour, Y uhttps://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/pe-stabilization-time-varying-systems-open-questions-and-preliminary-answers.html00538nas a2200121 4500008004100000245010000041210006900141260003300210653001300243100001600256700001100272856013300283 2005 eng d00aUniform Semiglobal Practical Asymptotic Stability for nonlinear time-varying systems in cascade0 aUniform Semiglobal Practical Asymptotic Stability for nonlinear  aPraha, Tcheck RepubliccJuly10aRobotics1 aChaillet, A1 aLor, A uhttps://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/uniform-semiglobal-practical-asymptotic-stability-nonlinear-time-varying-systems