Design of 'softer' robust nonlinear control laws

R. A. Freeman, P. V. Kokotovic*

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Abstract

We show that the Lyapunov function used in backstepping feedback designs for uncertain nonlinear systems leads to unnecessarily 'hard' control laws having undesirable high-gain properties. We present a new Lyapunov function and use it to design 'softer' control laws which exhibit the high-gain properties to a much lesser extent. We show that the 'soft' designs eliminate the chattering exhibited by the 'hard' designs and achieve the same or better performance with less control effort.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1425-1437
Number of pages13
JournalAutomatica
Volume29
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1993

Funding

Acknowledgementv--The authors would like to thank Riccardo Marino and Laurent Praly for their helpful comments. This research was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy under Grant DE-FG-02-88-ER-13939, in part by Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Grant AFOSR F49620-92-J-0004, and in part by the National Science Foundation under an NSF Graduate Fellowship.

Keywords

  • Backstepping
  • mismatched uncertainties
  • nonlinear systems
  • robust control

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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