Passivity-Based Tracking Control for Uncertain Nonlinear Feedback Systems

[abstFig src='/00280006/07.jpg' width='300' text='The asymptotic tracking performance and the passivity property' ] The tracking control problem for the uncertain nonlinear feedback systems is considered in this paper by using passivity-based robust right coprime factorization method. Concerned with the passivity for the nonlinear feedback system, two stable controllers are designed such that the nonlinear feedback system is robust stable and the plant output asymptotically tracks to the reference output. A numerical example is given to show the validity of the control scheme as well as the tracking performance.