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University of California, Irvine

Nonlinear Feedback Control Synthesis
Sponsored by Rockwell International 

Our objective is to transition new nonlinear control theory and nonlinear feedback synthesis approaches to practical control design methods. We are currently using the problem of controlling the attitude of a rigid body as a model problem for nonlinear control design. In particular, the problem of global attitude stabilization has the challenging features of a nonlinear state space (involving the space of rotations SO(3)) and nonlinear dynamics. 

 

References:

S. Bharadwaj, M. Osipchuk, K. D. Mease, and F. C. Park, "Geometry and Inverse Optimality of Global Attitude Stabilization," J. Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 930-939, 1998.

S. Bharadwaj, M. Osipchuk, K.D. Mease, and F. Park, "A Geometric Approach to Global Attitude Stabilization," AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, San Diego, July 1996.

 


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To contact Professor Mease: kmease@uci.edu

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