Combined Feedback and Feedforward Control for an Inertial Stabilization System

Abstract:

This paper presents environmental disturbance rejection in a 2-DOF inertial stabilization system by a combination of feedback and feedforward control. For feedback control, sliding mode control and the line of sight (LOS) stabilization are used for compensation of the nonlinearities, model uncertainties, friction and disturbances from outside environment. Although our mechanisms are carefully designed with statically balance, the center of the gravity will changed due to the configuration change during moving of the gimbal relative to an aerial vehicle. The disturbance torque from unbalance mass and gimbal geometry is unavoidable under the effect of the vibration of the aerial vehicle, which will lead to degrade the systems accuracy. Since the acceleration of the aerial carrier, due to the disturbance torque, can be measured, a feedforward disturbance rejection can be generated to compensate the disturbance torque. The experimental results confirm the validity of the control design procedure for the two-axis gimbaled stabilization system. The proposed controller is capable enough to overcome the disturbances and the impact of LOS disturbances on the tracking performance.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 415)
• Pages: 101-108
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.415.101
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Kritsanun Malithong, Viboon Sangveraphunsiri
• Keywords: Acceleration Feedforward, Inertial Stabilization System, Sliding Mode Control

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