Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This master thesis proposes a current control technique based on sliding mode strategy and disturbance observer for high-performance drive applied to permanent magnet synchronous motors and can be extended to other systems. The combination of sliding mode control and disturbance observer applied to the current control presents the characteristics necessary to minimize the coupling between the axes, rejection of external disturbances and parametric variations. A continuous time control scheme is developed, the stability proofs are performed from the Lyapunov analysis. The performance of the propose technique is evaluates through simulation results. Moreover, this master thesis presents a discrete-time sliding mode controller combined with a discrete-time disturbance observer. The development in discrete-time enables the implementation in digital processors. The conditions of reach of the proposed controller considering the transport delay of digital implementation are still evaluated. The stability proofs of the proposed scheme are presented. Simulation results are shown. In addition, it is developed an experimental platform for drive and control of the permanent magnet synchronous motor in which the experimental results are obtained. / Esta dissertação propõe uma técnica de controle de corrente baseada na estratégia por modos deslizantes e observador de distúrbios para acionamento de alto desempenho aplicada a motores síncronos de ímãs permanentes, podendo ser estendida a outros sistemas. A combinação do controle por modos deslizantes e do observador de distúrbio aplicada ao controle de corrente apresenta as características necessárias para minimização do acoplamento existente entre os eixos, rejeição a distúrbios externos e variações paramétricas. É desenvolvido um esquema de controle em tempo contínuo, são apresentadas as provas de estabilidade a partir de critério de Lyapunov. O desempenho da técnica proposta é avaliado através de resultados de simulação. Além disso, é apresentado um controlador por modos deslizantes associado ao observador de distúrbio em tempo discreto. O desenvolvimento em tempo discreto possibilita a implementação em processadores digitais de sinais. Ainda são avaliadas as condições de alcance do controlador proposto considerando o atraso de transporte da implementação digital. Provas de estabilidade do esquema proposto e resultados de simulação são apresentados. Este trabalho faz o desenvolvimento de uma bancada experimental para o acionamento e controle do motor síncrono de ímãs permanentes na qual são obtidos os resultados experimentais apresentados.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This Thesis proposes sensorless vector control schemes that combine designed observers in the discrete-time domain to estimate the rotor position and speed for a permanent magnet synchronous generator of non-salient poles. Two control schemes are proposed. The first scheme is based on a discrete sliding mode current observer in series with an adaptive electromotive force observer. Then, the sliding conditions that assure the sliding motion around the sliding surface are derived to ensure the stability of the current observer as well as an innovative design procedure is proposed for it. Moreover, the electromotive force observer is designed using Lyapunov s Discrete Direct Method, which provides the estimated rotor position and speed. The second scheme extends the developed methodology for the former, considering the parametric uncertainties and eliminating the high frequency components of chattering. The second scheme uses a discrete sliding mode current observer as in the first scheme. However, the electromotive force observer is replaced by a phase-locked loop in series with a discrete sliding mode robust differentiator, which follows the proposed methodology for the discrete sliding mode current observer. Experimental results validate the theoretical analysis and demonstrate the performance of the proposed control schemes considering a small scale wind energy conversion system. In addition, proposed schemes are compared with others of the literature. It should be noticed that the whole approach is carried out in discrete time domain making it suitable for a microcontroller or digital signal processor implementation. / Esta Tese propõe esquemas de controle vetorial sem sensores mecânicos de posição e de velocidade que combinam observadores projetados no domínio de tempo discreto para estimar essas variáveis para um gerador síncrono a ímãs permanentes de polos não salientes. Dois esquemas de controle são propostos. O primeiro esquema baseiase em um observador de corrente por modos deslizantes discretos em série com um observador adaptativo de força eletromotriz. Então, as condições de deslizamento que asseguram os modos deslizantes em torno da superfície de deslizamento são estabelecidas no domínio de tempo discreto para garantir a estabilidade do observador de corrente e um inovador procedimento de projeto para ele é proposto. Em seguida, o observador de força eletromotriz é projetado usando o método direto de Lyapunov discreto, que fornece a posição e a velocidade rotóricas estimadas. O segundo esquema estende a metodologia desenvolvida para o primeiro, considerando as incertezas paramétricas bem como eliminando as componentes de alta frequência de chattering. O segundo esquema usa um observador de corrente por modos deslizantes discretos como o primeiro. Entretanto, o observador de força eletromotriz é substituído por um retentor de fase em série com um diferenciador robusto por modos deslizantes discretos, que segue a metodologia proposta para o observador de corrente. Resultados experimentais validam a análise teórica desenvolvida e demonstram o desempenho dos esquemas de controle propostos considerando um sistema de conversão de energia eólica de pequeno porte. Além disso, os esquemas propostos são comparados com outros da literatura. Ressalta-se que a toda abordagem é desenvolvida no domínio de tempo discreto tornando-a apta para uma implementação em microcontroladores e em processadores digitais de sinais.

Les capacités installées d’énergie éolienne continuent à croître rapidement et prennent une place de plus en plus significative dans le monde. Au fur et à mesure, les études menées sur la conception, la sureté de fonctionnement et la supervision de la chaîne éolienne ont pris progressivement de l’importance. Deux axes de recherche ont été privilégiés dans cette thèse. Le premier concerne la continuité de service d'une éolienne connectée au réseau en présence de défaut de court-circuit entre spires dans une phase du stator de la génératrice asynchrone à cage d'écureuil. L'analyse du défaut ainsi que son impact sur le système éolien et notamment sur la qualité de la puissance produite souligne l'intérêt de développement d'un algorithme de détection et d'isolation rapide, dédié par la suite à la reconfiguration de la commande. Ainsi, une commande tolérante au défaut (CTD) a été conçue de manière à éviter l'arrêt de la production, compenser l'impact de défaut et garder des performances acceptables de la qualité d'énergie produite. Le travail effectué s'est articulé sur les observateurs à mode glissant (OMG), communément connus comme outil puissant pour la supervision et la commande à la fois. Le deuxième axe porte sur la sécurité structurale et la stabilité du système éolien sous contraintes vibratoires. Les travaux se répartissent en deux parties complémentaires : L'établissement d'un modèle numérique tridimensionnel (3-D) sous un logiciel d’analyse par éléments finis (ANSYS) et la réalisation des essais vibratoires sous différentes excitations au sein d'une plateforme vibratoire (TREVISE). Dans ce cadre, un modèle numérique (3-D) d'une éolienne à axe horizontal couplée à un mât et une fondation adéquats a été développé en utilisant la méthode de volumes finis (FVM) afin d'appréhender son comportement vibratoire. Les essais vibratoires expérimentaux valident le modèle numérique et permettent l’identification de la réponse dynamique de la structure d'une manière fine. De plus, nous avons élaboré un modèle expérimental de la tenue de l’éolienne aux contraintes vibratoires de formes aléatoire, sinusoïdale et impulsionnelle. / The wind energy capacity carries on growing quickly and taking an increasingly significant place in the world. Progressively, research studies dealing with designing and supervising wind turbines have become more important. Two areas of research were developed in this thesis. The first one concerns the continuity of service of a wind turbine connected to the grid while an inter-turn short-circuit fault is present in the stator phase of the induction squirrel cage generator. The analysis of the fault as well as its impact on the wind turbine system and mainly on the quality of the produced power highlights the interest of development of a fast detection and isolation algorithm, dedicated to the reconfiguration of the control law. Hence, a fault tolerant control scheme has been established in order to avoid stopping production, compensate the fault impact and maintain acceptable performances of the quality of the produced energy. The carried out work was based on sliding mode observers, commonly known as robust tools for monitoring and controlling at the same time. The second axis concerns the structural modeling and stability checking of the wind system under vibratory stresses. The work is divided into two complementary parts: The establishment of a three-dimensional (3-D) numerical model using a finite element analysis software (ANSYS) and the realization of vibratory tests under different excitations within the platform (TREVISE). In this framework, a numerical (3-D) model of a horizontal axis wind turbine coupled to a suitable tower and foundation was developed basing on the finite volume method (FVM) in order to analyze its vibratory behavior. The experimental vibratory tests validate the numerical model and allow the identification of the dynamic response of the structure in a precise way. In addition, we have developed an experimental model of the behavior of the wind turbine under vibratory stresses of random, sinusoidal and impulse shapes.

Nesta Dissertação são propostos dois esquemas de controle para sistemas não-lineares com atraso. No primeiro, o objetivo é controlar uma classe de sistemas incertos multivariáveis, de grau relativo unitário, com perturbações não-lineares descasadas dependentes do estado, e com atraso incerto e variante no tempo em relação ao estado. No segundo, deseja-se controlar uma classe de sistemas monovariáveis, com parâmetros conhecidos, grau relativo arbitrário, atraso arbitrário conhecido e constante na saída. Admitindo-se que o atraso na entrada pode ser deslocado para a saída, então, o segundo esquema de controle pode ser aplicado a sistemas com atraso na entrada. Os controladores desenvolvidos são baseados no controle por modo deslizante e realimentação de saída, com função de modulação para a amplitude do sinal de controle. Além disso, observadores estimam as variáveis de estado não-medidas. Em ambos os esquemas de controle propostos, garante-se propriedades de estabilidade globais do sistema em malha fechada. Simulações ilustram a eficácia dos controladores desenvolvidos. / Two control schemes for nonlinear time-delay systems are proposed in this thesis. The purpose of the first scheme is to control a class of uncertain multivariable systems, with relative degree one, nonlinear unmatched state dependent disturbances, and uncertain time-varying state delay. The purpose of the second scheme is to control a class of single-input-single-output systems, with known parameters, arbitrary relative degree, with constant and known arbitrary output delay. Assuming that input delays can be transferred to the output, so the second scheme can be applied to systems with input time-delay. The developed controllers are based on sliding mode control and output feedback, with modulation function to the control signal amplitude. Furthermore, observers estimate unmeasured state variables. In both schemes, global stability properties of the closed loop system are guaranteed. Simulations illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2018-05-25T12:16:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 lucasalvesdealmeida.pdf: 7514122 bytes, checksum: a0029ec07180541f754e98112ec47b6b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-06-14T11:52:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 lucasalvesdealmeida.pdf: 7514122 bytes, checksum: a0029ec07180541f754e98112ec47b6b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-14T11:52:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 lucasalvesdealmeida.pdf: 7514122 bytes, checksum: a0029ec07180541f754e98112ec47b6b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-27 / Sistemas eletromecânicos são de grande importância atualmente, e a procura por maior eficiência e desempenho aliados a um menor custo justificam a busca por alternativas tanto em topologia quanto no controle e acionamento de tais sistemas. A máquina de relutância chaveada é capaz de cumprir estes requisitos e tem despertado o interesse de pesquisadores e empresas nos últimos anos, emergindo como uma alternativa viável em diversas aplicações. Porém, esta máquina possui características singulares. Por conta de sua estrutura duplamente saliente, seu funcionamento correto depende da aplicação de pulsos de corrente por determinados intervalos de tempo, e na sequência correta, seus parâmetros são variáveis no tempo, apresentando um comportamento com características não-lineares. Tais particularidades fazem com que seja difícil controlar o torque destas máquinas, as quais possuem a tendência de apresentar altas oscilações durante a mudança da excitação de cada fase. Este trabalho tem por objetivo contribuir com o estudo da modelagem e do acionamento de uma máquina de relutância chaveada. É apresentada sua modelagem matemática e um modelo de simulação que leva em consideração as não linearidades existentes. Em seguida são apresentadas técnicas de controle de corrente que incluem um regulador de histerese, um controlador PI e um controlador por modos deslizantes. Também é utilizado um método capaz de determinar o momento em que cada fase deve ser acionada, baseado no ângulo do rotor, e uma técnica de variação dos ângulos de acionamento de maneira dinâmica, usados em conjunto com os controladores propostos. O trabalho também caracteriza e apresenta as funções de divisão de torque como uma maneira de reduzir drasticamente as oscilações de torque. São apresentadas as operações como motor e como gerador, bem como um exemplo de aplicação de modo a ilustrar ambos os modos de operação. / Electromechanical systems have a huge relevance nowadays, and seeking for improvements in efficiency and performance at the lowest cost make valid to identify topological and control alternatives of these systems. The switched reluctance machine is capable to fulfill such requirements and emerges as an interesting field of research. Academics and industrial works shows that it is a promising alternative in several applications. However, this machine presents unique characteristics, like the doubly salient structure, the necessity to apply phase currents in a sequence determined by the stator/rotor pole ratio, its time variantparameters,andthestrongnonlinearcharacteristics. Suchsingularitiesmaketorque control hard, as it tends to present high ripples and makes a lot of noise. This thesis aims to contribute on switched reluctance machine modeling and drive system. A mathematical model is presented, and also a simulation model that accounts for nonlinearities, making possible to simulate the machine accurately in a computational environment. A hysteresis regulator, a PI controller and a sliding mode controller are designed and simulated. An algorithm to determine when each phase should be excited based on rotor angle is used, and a technique to change such firing angles dynamically is developed that can be used along with current control methods presented. The work also defines and presents torque sharing functions as a way to greatly reduce torque ripple. Motor and generator operation are contemplated, and both modes are illustrated in an application example.

Cette thèse CIFRE est réalisée dans le cadre d’un partenariat entre le laboratoire IMS de l’Université Bordeaux I et Airbus Operations S.A.S à Toulouse. Le thème abordé concerne la détection robuste et précoce de deux types particuliers de pannes dans le système de commandes de vol, à savoir l’embarquement et le grippage des gouvernes de profondeur. Afin de contribuer à l’optimisation du design structural des futurs avions, l’objectif est de proposer des méthodes capables d’améliorer les performances en détection des techniques actuellement en place, tout en garantissant un haut niveau de robustesse. Trois stratégies de surveillance à base de modèle sont présentées. La première solution est basée sur un filtre de Kalman dédié, associé à une procédure d’optimisation de ses paramètres. La seconde technique est basée sur un test de décision appliqué dans l’espace paramétrique, à une direction sensible identifiée. Finalement, une troisième approche consiste à utiliser un différentiateur à modes glissants pour estimer les dérivées du signal d’entrée et de sortie de la boucle d’asservissement. Les méthodes développées ont été implémentées dans le calculateur de commandes de vol et validées sur les bancs de tests Airbus et même en vol. Les résultats expérimentaux ont clairement mis en évidence l’apport des techniques présentées dans cette thèse par rapport à l’état de l’art industriel. / The research work done in this PhD has been carried out under an industrial convention (CIFRE) between the IMS laboratory (Bordeaux University, France) and Airbus Operations S.A.S. (Toulouse, France). The thesis deals with two important Electrical Flight Control System failure cases: runaway (a.k.a. hard over) and jamming (or lock-in-place failure) of aircraft control surfaces. Early and robust detection of such failures is an important issue for achieving sustainability goals and for early system reconfiguration. The thesis focuses on the elevator runaway and jamming. Three model-based monitoring strategies are presented. The first approach is based on a dedicated Kalman filtering with optimised tuning parameters. The second method is based on a decision test applied to an identified sensitive direction in the parametric space. Finally, the third solution is based on a sliding mode differentiator. The techniques have been implemented in the flight control computer and validated on Airbus test facilities and during real flight tests. The experimental results confirmed that good level of performance and robustness can be obtained.

Cette thèse traite du problème d'observation et d'estimation des variables caractéristiques des systèmes dynamiques. Il s’agit d’une problématique fondamentale qui est au cœur de nombreux domaines relavant des sciences de l'ingénieur. Les travaux sont conduits dans un contexte ensembliste. Les techniques développées pour l’estimation de l’état et des variables d’entrées ont pour objectif final le contrôle de cohérence des systèmes non linéaires à temps continu. Une première approche conjugue les relations de parité et les différentiateurs à modes glissants pour l’estimation des entrées d’un système non linéaire. Les domaines des entrées compatibles avec les mesures sont alors reconstruits grâce à l’analyse par intervalles et aux techniques de satisfaction de contraintes. Il est montré que la relaxation des contraintes de stabilité/coopérativité pour la construction d’un observateur intervalle peut se faire grâce à des changements de base déterminés de différentes manières et pouvant être variants ou invariants dans le temps. Des simulations numériques illustrent les techniques proposées. Une application à un système aéronautique est également présentée à l’aide d’un jeu de données réelles. / This thesis deals with the problem of a dynamical system observation and the estimation of its characteristic variables; the latter point constitutes the core element in many engineering science fields. The final aim is to build a general framework for integrity control and fault detection of such systems within a bounded error context. The developments offered herein make use of parity relations, sliding mode differentiators, interval observers and constraint satisfaction problems. Input reconstruction techniques are developed for a general class of nonlinear continuous-time systems. Domains are reconstructed for the input values which are consistent with the measurements using interval analysis and constraint satisfaction techniques. It is shown that time-varying or invariant coordinate changes may relax the applicability conditions (stability/cooperativity) of the interval observer design methods. Sliding mode differentiators were also used to enhance interval observer accuracy. The proposed approaches are illustrated through computer simulations and they have been applied to aircraft servo loop control surface for robust and early detection of abnormal positions.

Les travaux présentés dans ce mémoire de thèse s’inscrivent dans le cadre des Systèmes de TransportIntelligents (STI). Bien que les premières études sur ces systèmes ont commencé dans les années 60, leurdéveloppement reposant sur les techniques de l’information et de la communication, a atteint sa maturitédans le début des années 80. Les STI, sont composés de différents systèmes et intègrent différents concepts(systèmes embarqués, capteurs intelligents, autoroutes intelligentes, . . .) afin d’optimiser le rendementdes infrastructures routières et répondre aux problèmes quotidiens des congestions. Ce mémoire présentequatre contributions dans le cadre du trafic routier et aborde les problèmes de l’estimation et de lacommande afin d’éliminer les problèmes de congestions « récurrentes ». Le premier point traite unproblème crucial dans le domaine des STI qui est celui de l’estimation. En effet, la mise en oeuvre delois de commande pour réguler le trafic impose de disposer de l’ensemble des informations concernantl’évolution de l’état du trafic. Dans ce contexte, deux algorithmes d’estimation sont proposés. Le premierrepose sur l’emploi du modèle METANET et les techniques de modes de glissement d’ordre supérieur. Lesecond est basé sur les CTM (Cell Transmission Models). Plusieurs études comparatives avec les filtresde Kalman sont proposées. La seconde contribution concerne la régulation du trafic. L’accent est mis surle contrôle d’accès isolé en utilisant les algorithmes issus du mode de glissement d’ordre supérieur. Cettecommande est enrichie en introduisant une commande intégrée combinant le contrôle d’accès et le routagedynamique. L’ensemble des résultats, validé par simulation, est ensuite comparé aux stratégies classiquesnotamment le contrôle d’accès avec l’algorithme ALINEA. La troisième contribution traite des problèmesde coordination. En effet, l’objectif est d’appliquer le principe de la commande prédictive pour contrôlerplusieurs rampes d’accès simultanément. L’ensemble des contributions ont été validées en utilisant desdonnées réelles issues en grande partie de mesures effectuées sur des autoroutes françaises. Les résultatsobtenus ont montré un gain substantiel en termes de performances tels que la diminution du trajet, dutemps d’attente, de la consommation énergétique, ainsi que l’augmentation de la vitesse moyenne. Cesrésultats permettent d’envisager plusieurs perspectives nouvelles de développement des recherches dansce domaine susceptibles d’apporter des solutions intéressantes. / The works presented in this PhD dissertation fit into the framework of Intelligent TransportationSystems. Although the beginnings of these systems have started since the 60s, their development, basedon information and communication technologies, has reached maturity during the early 80s. The ITS usesthe intelligence of different systems (embedded systems, intelligents sensors, intelligents highways, etc.)in order to optimize road infrastructures performances and respond to the daily problems of congestions.The dissertation presents four contributions into the framework of road traffic flow and tackles theestimation and control problems in order to eliminate or at least reduce the “recurrent" congestionsphenomena. The first point treats the problem of traffic state estimation which is of most importance inthe field of ITS. Indeed, the implementation and performance of any control strategy is closely relatedto the ability to have all needed information about the traffic state describing the dynamic behavior ofthe studied system. Two estimation algorithms are then proposed. The first one uses the “metanet"model and high order sliding mode techniques. The second is based on the so-called Cell TransmissionModels. Several comparative studies with the Kalman filters, which are the most used in road traffic flowengineering, are established in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches. Thethree other contributions concern the problem of traffic flow control. At first, the focus is on the isolatedramp metering using an algorithm based on the high order sliding mode control. The second contributiondeals with the dynamic traffic routing problem based on the high order sliding mode control. Such controlstrategy is enriched by introducing the concept of integration, in the third contribution. Indeed, integratedcontrol consists of a combination of several traffic control algorithms. In this thesis the proposed approachcombines an algorithm of on-ramp control with a dynamic traffic routing control. The obtained results arevalidated via numerical simulations. The validated results of the proposed isolated ramp metering controlare compared with the most used ramp metering strategy : ALINEA. Finally, the last contributiontreats the coordination problems. The objective is to coordinate several ramps which cooperate andchange information in order to optimize the highway traffic flow and reduce the total travel time in theapplied area. All these contributions were validated using real data mostly from French freeways. Theobtained results show substantial gains in term of performances such as travel time, energetic consumptiondecreasing, as well as the increasing in the mean speed. These results allow to consider several furtherworks in order to provide more interesting and efficient solutions in the ITS field.

This work presents different proposals to deal with common problems in robot visual servoing based on the application of discontinuous control methods. The feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed approaches are substantiated by simulation results and real experiments using a 6R industrial manipulator. The main contributions are: - Geometric invariance using sliding mode control (Chapter 3): the defined higher-order invariance is used by the proposed approaches to tackle problems in visual servoing. Proofs of invariance condition are presented. - Fulfillment of constraints in visual servoing (Chapter 4): the proposal uses sliding mode methods to satisfy mechanical and visual constraints in visual servoing, while a secondary task is considered to properly track the target object. The main advantages of the proposed approach are: low computational cost, robustness and fully utilization of the allowed space for the constraints. - Robust auto tool change for industrial robots using visual servoing (Chapter 4): visual servoing and the proposed method for constraints fulfillment are applied to an automated solution for tool changing in industrial robots. The robustness of the proposed method is due to the control law of the visual servoing, which uses the information acquired by the vision system to close a feedback control loop. Furthermore, sliding mode control is simultaneously used in a prioritized level to satisfy the aforementioned constraints. Thus, the global control accurately places the tool in the warehouse, but satisfying the robot constraints. - Sliding mode controller for reference tracking (Chapter 5): an approach based on sliding mode control is proposed for reference tracking in robot visual servoing using industrial robot manipulators. The novelty of the proposal is the introduction of a sliding mode controller that uses a high-order discontinuous control signal, i.e., joint accelerations or joint jerks, in order to obtain a smoother behavior and ensure the robot system stability, which is demonstrated with a theoretical proof. - PWM and PFM for visual servoing in fully decoupled approaches (Chapter 6): discontinuous control based on pulse width and pulse frequency modulation is proposed for fully decoupled position based visual servoing approaches, in order to get the same convergence time for camera translation and rotation. Moreover, other results obtained in visual servoing applications are also described. / Este trabajo presenta diferentes propuestas para tratar problemas habituales en el control de robots por realimentación visual, basadas en la aplicación de métodos de control discontinuos. La viabilidad y eficacia de las propuestas se fundamenta con resultados en simulación y con experimentos reales utilizando un robot manipulador industrial 6R. Las principales contribuciones son: - Invariancia geométrica utilizando control en modo deslizante (Capítulo 3): la invariancia de alto orden definida aquí es utilizada después por los métodos propuestos, para tratar problemas en control por realimentación visual. Se apuertan pruebas teóricas de la condición de invariancia. - Cumplimiento de restricciones en control por realimentación visual (Capítulo 4): esta propuesta utiliza métodos de control en modo deslizante para satisfacer restricciones mecánicas y visuales en control por realimentación visual, mientras una tarea secundaria se encarga del seguimiento del objeto. Las principales ventajas de la propuesta son: bajo coste computacional, robustez y plena utilización del espacio disponible para las restricciones. - Cambio de herramienta robusto para un robot industrial mediante control por realimentación visual (Capítulo 4): el control por realimentación visual y el método propuesto para el cumplimiento de las restricciones se aplican a una solución automatizada para el cambio de herramienta en robots industriales. La robustez de la propuesta radica en el uso del control por realimentación visual, que utiliza información del sistema de visión para cerrar el lazo de control. Además, el control en modo deslizante se utiliza simultáneamente en un nivel de prioridad superior para satisfacer las restricciones. Así pues, el control es capaz de dejar la herramienta en el intercambiador de herramientas de forma precisa, a la par que satisface las restricciones del robot. - Controlador en modo deslizante para seguimiento de referencia (Capítulo 5): se propone un enfoque basado en el control en modo deslizante para seguimiento de referencia en robots manipuladores industriales controlados por realimentación visual. La novedad de la propuesta radica en la introducción de un controlador en modo deslizante que utiliza la señal de control discontinua de alto orden, i.e. aceleraciones o jerks de las articulaciones, para obtener un comportamiento más suave y asegurar la estabilidad del sistema robótico, lo que se demuestra con una prueba teórica. - Control por realimentación visual mediante PWM y PFM en métodos completamente desacoplados (Capítulo 6): se propone un control discontinuo basado en modulación del ancho y frecuencia del pulso para métodos completamente desacoplados de control por realimentación visual basados en posición, con el objetivo de conseguir el mismo tiempo de convergencia para los movimientos de rotación y traslación de la cámara . Además, se presentan también otros resultados obtenidos en aplicaciones de control por realimentación visual. / Aquest treball presenta diferents propostes per a tractar problemes habituals en el control de robots per realimentació visual, basades en l'aplicació de mètodes de control discontinus. La viabilitat i eficàcia de les propostes es fonamenta amb resultats en simulació i amb experiments reals utilitzant un robot manipulador industrial 6R. Les principals contribucions són: - Invariància geomètrica utilitzant control en mode lliscant (Capítol 3): la invariància d'alt ordre definida ací és utilitzada després pels mètodes proposats, per a tractar problemes en control per realimentació visual. S'aporten proves teòriques de la condició d'invariància. - Compliment de restriccions en control per realimentació visual (Capítol 4): aquesta proposta utilitza mètodes de control en mode lliscant per a satisfer restriccions mecàniques i visuals en control per realimentació visual, mentre una tasca secundària s'encarrega del seguiment de l'objecte. Els principals avantatges de la proposta són: baix cost computacional, robustesa i plena utilització de l'espai disponible per a les restriccions. - Canvi de ferramenta robust per a un robot industrial mitjançant control per realimentació visual (Capítol 4): el control per realimentació visual i el mètode proposat per al compliment de les restriccions s'apliquen a una solució automatitzada per al canvi de ferramenta en robots industrials. La robustesa de la proposta radica en l'ús del control per realimentació visual, que utilitza informació del sistema de visió per a tancar el llaç de control. A més, el control en mode lliscant s'utilitza simultàniament en un nivell de prioritat superior per a satisfer les restriccions. Així doncs, el control és capaç de deixar la ferramenta en l'intercanviador de ferramentes de forma precisa, a la vegada que satisfà les restriccions del robot. - Controlador en mode lliscant per a seguiment de referència (Capítol 5): es proposa un enfocament basat en el control en mode lliscant per a seguiment de referència en robots manipuladors industrials controlats per realimentació visual. La novetat de la proposta radica en la introducció d'un controlador en mode lliscant que utilitza senyal de control discontínua d'alt ordre, i.e. acceleracions o jerks de les articulacions, per a obtindre un comportament més suau i assegurar l'estabilitat del sistema robòtic, la qual cosa es demostra amb una prova teòrica. - Control per realimentació visual mitjançant PWM i PFM en mètodes completament desacoblats (Capítol 6): es proposa un control discontinu basat en modulació de l'ample i la freqüència del pols per a mètodes completament desacoblats de control per realimentació visual basats en posició, amb l'objectiu d'aconseguir el mateix temps de convergència per als moviments de rotació i translació de la càmera. A més, es presenten també altres resultats obtinguts en aplicacions de control per realimentació visual. / Muñoz Benavent, P. (2017). Robot Visual Servoing Using Discontinuous Control [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/90430 / TESIS

Ce travail vise à faire une pré-évaluation des paramètres de contrôle en vue de réduire la traînée sur véhicule réel. Deux mécanismes d’actionnement différents (Murata micro-blower et couteau d’air) ont été caractérisés et comparés en vue de déterminer leurs qualités ainsi que leurs limites. Les micro-blowers ont pour but d’exciter la couche limite en vue de perturber directement les structures tourbillonnaires formées dans la couche de cisaillement. Le couteau d’air étudié, à surface arrondie, pourrait être considéré comme un dispositif actif de réduction de la traînée à effet Coanda équivalent au dispositif passif de type boat-tail. Différentes stratégies de contrôle en boucles ouverte et fermée sont examinées, telles que le soufflage continu, le forçage périodique, le contrôle du mode glissant (SMC) et le contrôle par apprentissage (MLC). La SMC est un algorithme robuste en boucle fermée permettant de suivre, d’atteindre et de maintenir une consigne prédéfinie; cette approche présente l’intérêt d’avoir une capacité d’adaptation prenant en compte les perturbations extérieures inconnues. Le contrôle par apprentissage est un contrôle sans modèle qui permet de définir des lois de contrôle efficaces qualifiées et optimisées via une fonction coût/objectif spécifique au problème donné. Une solution hybride entre MLC et SMC peut également fournir un contrôle adaptatif exploitant les mécanismes d’actionnement non linéaires les plus adaptés au problème. L’ensemble de ces techniques de contrôle ont été testées sur diverses applications expérimentales allant d’une simple configuration académique de marche descendante jusqu’à des géométries présentant une structure d’écoulement représentatives de véhicules réels. Pour la configuration de marche descendante, l’objectif était de réduire expérimentalement la zone de recirculation via une rangée de micro-jets et de l’estimer par des capteurs de pression. Les contrôles d’écoulement ont été réalisés par forçage périodique ainsi que par MLC. On démontre dans ce cas que la MLC peut surpasser le contrôle par forçage périodique. Pour la configuration sur corps épais (corps d’Ahmed), l’objectif était de réduire et/ou de maintenir la traînée aérodynamique via un couteau d’air placé sur la partie supérieure du hayon arrière et évalué par le biais d’une balance aérodynamique. Le soufflage continu et le forçage périodique ont été utilisés dans ce cas comme stratégies de contrôle en boucle ouverte permettant ainsi de faire une comparaison avec les algorithmes SMC et MLC. La pré-évaluation des paramètres de contrôle a permis d’obtenir des informations importantes en vue d’une réduction de la traînée sur un véhicule réel. Dans ce cadre, les premiers essais de caractérisation sur véhicules réels ont été réalisés sur piste et un dispositif d’actionnement ainsi qu’un protocole expérimental sont également présentés en perspective à ce travail. / The present work aims to pre-evaluate flow control parameters to reduce the drag in a real vehicle. Two different actuation mechanisms (Murata’s micro-blower, and air-knives) are characterized and compared to define their advantages and limitations. Murata micro-blowers energized the boundary layer to directly perturb the vortex structures formed in the shear layer region. The air-knife has a rounded surface, adjacent to the slit exit, that could be considered as an active boat-tail (Coanda effect) for drag reduction. Different open-loop and closed-loop control strategies are examined, such as continuous blowing, periodic forcing, sliding mode control (SMC) and machine learning control (MLC). SMC is a robust closed-loop algorithm to track, reach and maintain a predefined set-point; this approach has on-line adaptivity in changing conditions. Machine learning control is a model-free control that learns an effective control law that is judged and optimized with respect to a problem-specific cost/objective function. A hybrid between MLC and SMC may provide adaptive control exploiting the best non-linear actuation mechanisms. Finally, all these parameters are brought together and tested in real experimental applications representative of the mean wake and shear-layer structures related to control of real cars. For the backward-facing step, the goal is to experimentally reduce the recirculation zone. The flow is manipulated by a row of micro-blowers and sensed by pressure sensors. Initial measurements were carried out varying the periodic forcing. MLC is used to improve performance optimizing a control law with respect to a cost function. MLC is shown to outperform periodic forcing. For the Ahmed body, the goal is to reduce the aerodynamic drag of the square-back Ahmed body. The flow is manipulated by an air-knife placed on the top trailing edge and sensed by a force balance. Continuous blowing and periodic forcing are used as open-loop strategies. SMC and MLC algorithms are applied and compared to the open-loop cases. The pre-evaluation of the flow control parameters yielded important information to reduce the drag of a car. The first real vehicle experiments were performed on a race track. The first actuator device concept and sensor mechanism are presented.