• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.575-582
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• 2004

The observer design problem is studied for a class of multi-output nonlinear systems that are not necessarily observable. Generalized nonlinear observer canonical form is introduced for multi-output nonlinear systems to design nonlinear observers. Sufficient conditions are given for a nonlinear system to be transformed by state-space change of coordinates into generalized nonlinear observer canonical form. Based on this canonical from, a sufficient condition is also given for the existence of nonlinear observers. An illustrative example is presented to show the design procedure of the proposed method.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.1150-1158
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• 2004

In this paper, we present an adaptive observer for nonlinear systems that include unknown constant parameters and are not necessarily observable. Sufficient conditions are given for a nonlinear system to be transformed by state-space change of coordinates into an adaptive observer canonical form. Once a nonlinear system is transformed into the proposed adaptive observer canonical form, an adaptive observer can be designed under the assumption that a certain system is strictly positive real. An illustrative example is included to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.271-278
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• 2005

In this paper, we present an adaptive observer for multi-output nonlinear systems that include unknown constant parameters and are not necessarily observable. Based on generalized nonlinear observer canonical form, new adaptive observer canonical form is proposed. Sufficient conditions are given for a nonlinear system to be transformed into the proposed adaptive observer canonical form. The existence of the proposed adaptive observer is given in terms of Lyapunov-like condition and SPR condition. An illustrative example is presented to show the design procedure of the proposed method.

• Transactions on Control, Automation and Systems Engineering
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.22-31
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• 1999

In this paper, a robust observer design method for nonlinear multi input multi-output(MINO) plants is presented. This method enables the extension of the time delay observer (TDO) for nonlinear SISO plants in the phase variable form to MIMO plants. The designed TDO reconstructs the states of the plant expressed in the generalized observability canonical form (GOBCF), yet requiring neither the transformation of a plant, nor the real time computation coordinates, the observer turned out to be computationally efficient and easy to design for nonlinear MIMO plants. In a simulation of a two-link manipulator with flexible joints, the control performances using TDO appeared to be similar to those using actual states and superior to those using numerical differentiation. Finally, in an experiment with a robot, it was confirmed that the TDO reconstructs the states reliability and TDO can be effectively used in a real closed-loop system.