A survey of underactuated mechanical systems

Y Liu, H Yu - IET Control Theory & Applications, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
An underactuated mechanical system (UMS) is a system which has fewer independent
control actuators than degrees of freedom to be controlled. Control of UMS is considered as …

A review on the control of second order underactuated mechanical systems

S Krafes, Z Chalh, A Saka - Complexity, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes some important classes of two degrees of freedom of underactuated
mechanical system and also surveys review of the recent state‐of‐the‐art concerning the …

Nonlinear control of underactuated systems subject to both actuated and unactuated state constraints with experimental verification

H Chen, N Sun - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In practice, underactuated systems are widely used, and their control problems have
attracted much attention in recent years. For safety concerns or transient performance …

Design and implementation of integral sliding-mode control on an underactuated two-wheeled mobile robot

JX Xu, ZQ Guo, TH Lee - IEEE Transactions on industrial …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel implementation of an integral sliding-mode controller (ISMC) on
a two-wheeled mobile robot (2 WMR). The 2 WMR consists of two wheels in parallel and an …

Reconfigurable tolerant control of uncertain mechanical systems with actuator faults: A sliding mode observer-based approach

B Xiao, S Yin, H Gao - IEEE Transactions on Control Systems …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies a key issue of developing reconfigurable fault-tolerant control to retain a
nominal feedback controller and simultaneously handles actuator faults and system …

Adaptive optimal motion control of uncertain underactuated mechatronic systems with actuator constraints

T Yang, N Sun, H Chen, Y Fang - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Underactuated mechatronic systems are widely used in industrial production, where the
control efforts and operation accuracy are both important aspects of performance …

Fast terminal sliding control of underactuated robotic systems based on disturbance observer with experimental validation

T Rojsiraphisal, S Mobayen, JH Asad, MT Vu, A Chang… - Mathematics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, a novel fast terminal sliding mode control technique based on the disturbance
observer is recommended for the stabilization of underactuated robotic systems. The finite …

A survey on underactuated robotic systems: bio-inspiration, trajectory planning and control

P Liu, MN Huda, L Sun, H Yu - Mechatronics, 2020 - Elsevier
Underactuated robotic systems have become an important research topic aiming at
significant improvement of the behavioural performance and energy efficiency. Adopting …

Integral backstepping sliding mode control for underactuated systems: Swing-up and stabilization of the Cart–Pendulum System

N Adhikary, C Mahanta - ISA transactions, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper an integral backstepping sliding mode controller is proposed for controlling
underactuated systems. A feedback control law is designed based on backstepping …

Dynamics analysis and nonlinear control of an offshore boom crane

Y Fang, P Wang, N Sun, Y Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper analyzes the dynamics of an offshore boom crane and proposes a high-
performance nonlinear controller to drive the system states to track some constructed …