IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.51, No.7, 1200-1207, 2006
Robust nonlinear control associating robust feedback linearization and H-infinity control
In this note, a robust nonlinear controller for a nonlinear system subject to model uncertainties is proposed. Such a controller associates a "robust feedback linearization" with a robust linear H-infinity controller. The robust feedback linearization exactly transforms the nonlinear system into a linear system equal to the linear approximation of the original nonlinear system around a nominal operating point. The robustness of the resulting overall nonlinear controller is proved by theoretical arguments and illustrated through an application example, the control of a magnetic bearing system.
Keywords:feedback linearization;magnetic bearing system;nonlinear coprime factorization;nonlinear systems;robust control