ECTS
credits: 4
Course type:
MSc. (graduate level)
Period:
Q3 (third quarter), S2 (second semester)
Lecturer:
dr.ir. Alessandro Abate, DCSC, Mekelweg
2, block 8e, 4th floor, room 190, tel: 015 27 85606
Lab Assistants:
ir. Hans Yoo, DCSC, Mekelweg 2, block 8e, 4th floor, room 240, tel: 015 27 84106
ir. Hildo
Bijl, DCSC, Mekelweg 2,
block 8e, 4th floor, room 260, tel: 015 27 81362
Lectures: 4 lectures (8 hours) in the first weeks of class. Dates and times:
Monday 11-02 2013, EWI-CZ D, 10:45-12:30
Friday 15-02 2013, 3mE-CZ F, 15:45-17:30
Friday 22-02 2013, 3mE-CZ F, 15:45-17:30
Lab Demo:
Monday 18-02 2013, 3mE 8f-0-420, 10:45-12:30
Laboratory Sessions:
Labs take place in weeks 9, 10, and 11 of Q3, in 3mE 8f-0-420.
Exact dates and times for the teams will be scheduled during the first two weeks of classes.
Course information sheet: PDF
Transparencies:
Practical lab sessions:
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The bearctrl.mdl Simulink
model of the magnetic bearing example can also serve as a template for your own
designs for the laboratory setups.
Teams for lab sessions:
Reference textbooks (not compulsory):
- G.F. Franklin, J.D. Powell & A. Emami-Naeini: Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, (5th ed) Prentice Hall, 2002.
- K. Astrom and B. Wittenmark: Computer Controlled Systems, (3rd ed) Prentice Hall, 1997.
Design, practical implementation and evaluation of a digital control system:
- mechatronic laboratory systems (inverted pendulum, 'helicopter' model, inverted wedge, 'acrobot' system)
- both standard and advanced control methods (state-feedback, output-feedback, system identification, adaptive control)
- use of MATLAB/Simulink and the Real-Time toolbox
The goal is to gain hands-on experience with the design and implementation of a computer-controlled system. We will use the discrete-time approach, in which the system to be controlled is modeled both by discretizing an available continuous-time physical model and by using system identification. A systematic, MATLAB-supported design methodology is followed, using a state estimator (observer) and a state-feedback controller.
In the first two weeks, four lectures and a lab demo are given in order to refresh the theoretical and methodological background. Then, the students work in groups of three in the lab, with a setup of their choice. The assignment is stated in terms of the control objective and the mathematical model of the process to be controlled is provided. The results will be summarized in a report and a final presentation will be given. The grade is determined on the basis of the report and the presentation (i.e., there is no written exam).
The course objective is to understand computer-controlled systems in terms of design, analysis and implementation. In particular:
- to understand discrete-time systems,
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to
be able to design sampled-data controllers,
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to
understand issues connected with implementation,
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to
be able to design and implement a controller for a simple physical process.
Prerequisites
A basic undergraduate course in feedback control, working knowledge with MATLAB.
Lectures
Lecture 1: Introduction. Course overview and
goals. Description and mathematical models of the
laboratory setups. System identification methods.
Experiment design, model validation.
Lecture 2: Modeling and identification. Mathematical modeling
of physical systems, parameter estimation and tuning, model validation,
simulation.
Lecture 3: Design of digital controllers. Pole placement. Observers and output feedback. More control architectures.
Lecture 4: Design of digital controllers. Recapitulation of computer-control design methodology. Design example and implementation in MATLAB / Simulink.
Lab sessions
Laboratory sessions in times according to the students’ preference (within lab availability constraints). The scheduled lecture times can be used for consulting the approach and results with the lecturers.
Assessment
Presentations and discussion of the results. A joint presentation, one per group, however each member of the group has to present a part of the results. A computer and a beamer are available. In the final week the report has to be turned in.