Stability of Teleoperation Systems for Time-Varying Delays by Neutral LMI Techniques

Emma Delgado, Miguel Díaz-Cacho and Antonio Barreiro

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2012, vol. 2012, 1-17

Abstract:

This paper investigates the delay-dependent stability of a teleoperation system based on the transparent Generalized Four-Channel control (G-4C) scheme under time-varying communication delays. To address stability we choose here a primitive result providing a Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs) approach based on Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals. Firstly, the scheme is modeled as the neutral-type differential-delayed equation; that is, the delay affects not only the state but also the state derivative. Secondly, we apply a less conservative stability criteria based on LMIs that are delay dependent and delay's time-derivative dependent. The reason is that, for better performance in the case of small delays, we must accept the possibility that stability is lost for large delays. The approach is applied to an example, and its advantages are discussed. As a result, we propose to modify the values of standard controllers in G-4C defining the -4C scheme, which introduces a tuning factor to increase in practical conditions the stable region fixing the desired bounds on time-varying delay, with the particularity of maintaining the tracking properties provided by this transparent control scheme. The simulation results justify the proposed control architecture and confirm robust stability and performance.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1155/2012/467629

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