Volume 10, Issue 5 pp. 379-396
Research Article

Semiglobal robust output regulation of minimum-phase nonlinear systems

Andrea Serrani

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Andrea Serrani

Department of Systems Science and Mathematics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, U.S.A.

Department of Systems Science and Mathematics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, U.S.A.===Search for more papers by this author
Alberto Isidori

Alberto Isidori

Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, 00184 Rome, Italy

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Lorenzo Marconi

Lorenzo Marconi

Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informatica e Sistemistica, Università degli Studi di Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy

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Abstract

In this paper, we address the problem of semiglobal robust output regulation for a general class of single-input, single-output nonlinear systems. The proposed solution does not require the assumption of input-to-state stability of the zero-dynamics of the plant. The design method is based on a classical decomposition of the control law into a stabilizing feedback and a feedforward control, where the latter is asymptotically reconstructed by an internal model. The scheme exploits the passivity properties of the internal model, and combines small-gain and high-gain feedback. Simulation results for an illustrative example are included. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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