1. Introduction 1.1 A Brief Historical Perspective on Active Disturbance Rejection Control References 2. Generalities of ADRC 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Main Theoretical Issues 2.3 The Need for Flatness-Based ADRC Designs 2.4 Ultralocal Disturbance Models References 3. Merging Flatness, GPI Observation and GPI Control with ADRC 3.1 Introduction 3.2 GPI Extended State Observer Design 3.3 An Observer-Based Approach to GPI Perturbation Rejection 3.4 The Buck Converter 3.5 Example: A Pendulum System 3.6 Two-Link Robot Manipulator 3.7 Nonholonomic Wheeled Car 3.8 Two-Mass Rectilinear Mechanism 3.9 Remarks References 4. Extensions of ADRC 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Integral Reconstructors of MIMO Linear Systems 4.3 A Lyapunov Approach for a Class of Nonlinear Multivariable Systems 4.4 Combined Sliding-Mode-ADRC Controllers 4.5 ADRC and Sampled Systems: The Delta Operator Approach 4.6 Control of Time Delay Systems 4.7 Relations With Model-Free Control 4.8 Fractional-Order Systems References 5. Case Studies 5.1 Introduction 5.2 A Two-Degree-of-Freedom Robotic Arm 5.3 An Omnidirectional Robot 5.4 A Single-Link Manipulator Driven by a Synchronous Motor 5.5 Nonlinear Pendulum System 5.6 The Thomson Ring 5.7 Trajectory Tracking Control of a Delta Robot 5.8 A Time-Delayed Flywheel System 5.9 Control of Robot Manipulators with Delayed Inputs References 6. The Challenging Case of Underactuated Systems 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Controlling the Pendubot via Tangent Linearization 6.3 A Two-Mass Spring System with an Inverted Pendulum 6.4 Double Inverted Pendulum on a Cart 6.5 The Furuta Pendulum 6.6 The Ball-and-Beam System 6.7 Remarks References A. Differential Flatness A.1 Definition of Flatness A.2 Illustrative Examples A.3 About the Advantages and Disadvantages of Flatness A.4 Differential Flatness and Uncertainty References B. Generalized Proportional Integral Control B.1 Definitions and Generalities B.2 Generalized Proportional Integral Control and Classical Compensation Networks B.3 An Illustrative Application Example B.4 GPI Control for Discrete-Time Systems B.5 A General Result for Multivariable Linear Systems References Index
He obtained his Electrical Engineering degree in 1970 from the University of Los Andes (Merida, Venezuela). He completed his postgraduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass. USA) in 1974 where he held together, the titles of Master of Science in Electrical Engineer and Electrical Engineer. In 1977 he received a Doctorate (PhD) in Electrical Engineering from the Institute. Held the posts of Head of Control Systems from 1978 to 1980, the Administrative Vice Chancellor of University of the Andes during the period 1980-1984 and Head of the Graduate Faculty of Automatic Control Engineering 1992-1993.
Alberto Luviano Juárez was born in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1981. He received the B.S. degree in mechatronics engineering from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico, in 2003, the M.Sc. degree in automatic control from the Department of Automatic Control, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Mechatronics section, Departament of Electrical Engineering at CINVESTAV, IPN, in 2011.
Since 2011, he has been with the Postgraduate and Research Section at Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas, IPN. His research interests include robust estimation and control in mechatronic systems, robotics, and algebraic methods in the estimation and control of mechatronic systems. Dr. Alberto Luviano Juárez is the Coordinator of Master's Program in Advanced Technology, since april 2014.
M. Ramírez-Neria He received the B.S. degree in Mechatronics Engineering from UPIITA-IPN of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional , Mexico City, Mexico (2008), the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Mechatronics Section of the Electrical Engineering Department of CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City,Mexico (2011), Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate at Automatic Control Departament of CINVESTAV-IPN. His current research interest are applications of control theory, active disturbance rejection control, mechanical underactuated systems, robotics and mechatronic systems.
E.W. Zurita-Bustamante received the B.S.degree in electronic engineering from the Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México, in 2007, the M.S degree in Electronic and Computer Science from the Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México, in 2010. Currently, he is a Ph.D. student at Electrical Departament of CINVESTAV-IPN. His research interests include development and implementation of hardware architectures on reconfigurable logic for power electronics, automatic control and mechatronic systems.