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Thrust vector control of constrained multibody systems

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Tam W. Nguyen *
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Mehdi Hosseinzadeh
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Emanuele Garone
DOI:10.1016/j.automatica.2021.109586delete
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This paper presents a general control framework for the constrained control of multibody systems actuated by vectorized thrusters. A cascade control scheme augmented with a constraint-enforcement unit is proposed to stabilize the system while ensuring constraint satisfaction at all times. The cascade controller consists of an inner loop and an outer loop that are interconnected by a suitable mapping. The inner loop is tasked to control the attitude of the vectorized thrusters. The outer loop is designed to steer the task configuration of the system to a desired pose, while providing to the inner loop the desired attitude through a mapping. To prove the stability of the interconnected system, input-to-state stability (ISS) and small gain arguments are used. All stability properties are derived in the absence of constraints and are shown to be local. Hence, the control scheme is augmented with a Reference Governor (RG) to enforce constraints at all times. Simulations on an unmanned tiltrotor docked to a stationary platform for a refueling operation are carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control framework. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords:
Thrust vector control
Multibody systems
Constrained control
Aerial robotics
Reference governor
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