TY - JOUR UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tii.2018.2804351 PB - IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC TI - Generalized Dynamic Predictive Control for Nonparametric Uncertain Systems With Application to Series Elastic Actuators AV - public A1 - Yan, Yunda A1 - Zhang, Chuanlin A1 - Narayan, Ashwin A1 - Yang, Jun A1 - Li, Shihua A1 - Yu, Haoyong SP - 4829 SN - 1551-3203 EP - 4840 IS - 11 KW - Science & Technology KW - Technology KW - Automation & Control Systems KW - Computer Science KW - Interdisciplinary Applications KW - Engineering KW - Industrial KW - Computer Science KW - Engineering KW - Adaptive control KW - continuous-time predictive control KW - motion control systems KW - nonparametric uncertainty KW - semi-global stability KW - variable receding horizon KW - LINEAR OUTPUT-FEEDBACK KW - NONLINEAR-SYSTEMS KW - RIPPLE MINIMIZATION KW - ADAPTIVE-CONTROL KW - BENCHMARK PLANT KW - HIGH-GAIN KW - MPC KW - DESIGN KW - IMPLEMENTATION KW - IDENTIFICATION Y1 - 2018/11/01/ N2 - One weakness of the model predictive control method is that the predicted states/outputs are constructed by an exact nominal model. Its accuracy varies if uncertainties exist, which will ultimately deteriorate the closed-loop control performances. To this end, we propose a generalized dynamic predictive control method for a class of lower-triangular systems subjected to nonparametric uncertainties. Instead of relying on the inherent robustness property of the standard predictive controller or on-/off-line parameter identification, a dual-layer adaptive law is designed to estimate the lumped effect of system uncertainties. As another main contribution, under a less ambitious but more practical control objective, namely semi-global stability, various nonlinearity growth constraints utilized in the existing related methods could be essentially relaxed. Numerical simulation and illustrative experimental tests of a series elastic actuator system are provided to demonstrate both simplicity and effectiveness of the proposed method. JF - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics N1 - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions. VL - 14 ID - discovery10192304 ER -