Cooperative and Adaptive Mechatronic Systems: Identification, Control, and Optimization

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The proposed research program focuses on distributed parameter identification, control and optimization of dynamic mechatronic systems, using novel cooperative and adaptive approaches for a class of tasks, including (i) on-line parameter identification of mechatronic systems, e.g. autonomous cars or mobile robotic platforms, via onboard sensor networks; (ii) coordination and control of mechatronic multi-agent (vehicle/robot/work unit) systems (MASs); (iii) extremum seeking. For such tasks, the program will develop widely applicable sets of (a) effective distributed high level algorithms, (b) sensor and actuator network architectures, and (c) low level practical controllers for running the algorithms on various mechatronic MASs. All outcomes will be produced with guaranteed stability, performance, and robustness, via constructive mathematical analysis and real-time testing and verification on automotive, multi-vehicle, reconfigurable robot, and sensor network test platforms. ******Use of the developed on-line cooperative identification algorithms over a sensor/estimator network will enhance estimation reliability and accuracy compared to the use of a single sensor/estimator unit, in advanced control of uncertain mechatronic systems, such as automotive systems with varying road and vehicle conditions, and environmental and biomedical target tracking systems with unknown signal propagation coefficients. ******The developed cooperative and adaptive MAS control schemes have use in cooperative driving and emergency maneuvering of (autonomous) car platoons; cooperative surveillance using teams of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), spacecraft or robots; coordination of mobile wireless sensor networks; formation acquisition and regulation of fractionated space exploration units, e.g. fractionated telescopes, antennas, and satellites. ******The extremum seeking studies will focus on enhancing performance and reliability; (electromagnetic, acoustic, radiation, heat) signal intensity based target tracking by sensory MASs for environmental and biomedical monitoring; and estimator/controller parameter optimization via cost minimization search over measured data for automotive, robotic, and industrial automation applications.******The program outcomes will be beneficial for several strategic Canadian and global application fields, including high-performance and reliable information/communication technology (ICT) sensor system design, optimal coordination of mechatronic (particularly automotive, industrial automation, and aerospace) networks, location-based networked information systems, intelligent networked surveillance, networked detection of human intervention and climate change effects to the ecosystem, and waste and contamination monitoring of air and water.**