Design of a Model Reference Adaptive Control System with Dead Zone

  • Yokota, Yukihiro (Graduate Course of Aerospace Engineering, Nihon University) ;
  • Uchiyama, Kenji (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Nihon University) ;
  • Shimada, Yuzo (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Nihon University)
  • Published : 2004.08.25

Abstract

Precise positioning is an important problem facing motion control systems which usually use electric motor. A motor possesses a nonlinear property which degrades the positioning accuracy. Therefore, a compensator which linearizes the relationship between the angular velocity and input signal of the motor is required to enable precise positioning. In this paper, the design of a Model Reference Adaptive Control System (MRACS) for realizing the precise positioning for a system using a motor including the nonlinear property is described. The designed MRACS is applied to the attitude control problem on a satellite using a DC servomotor to drive its reaction wheel. Experimental results demonstrate the validity of a proposed control method for a positioning control system with an electric motor.

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