WeproposedadynamicmodelidentificationanddesignofanH-Infinity(i.e.H_∞)controllerusingaLightweightPiezo-CompositeActuator(LIPCA).Asecond-orderdynamicmodelwasobtainedbyusinginputandoutputdata,andapplyinganidentificationalgorithm.TheidentifiedmodelcoincideswellwiththerealLIPCA.Toreducetheresonatingmodethatistypicalofpiezoelectricactuators,anotchfilterwasused.AfeedbackcontrollerusingtheH_∞controlschemewasdesignedbasedontheidentifieddynamicmodel;thus,theLIPCAcanbeeasilyusedasanactuatorforbiomemeticapplicationssuchasartificialmusclesormacro/micropositioninginbioengineering.Thecontrolalgorithmwasimplementedusingamicroprocessor,analogfilters,andpoweramplifyingdrivers.Oursimulationandexperimentalresultsdemonstratethattheproposedcontrolalgorithmworkswellinrealenvironment,providingrobustperformanceandstabilitywithuncertaindisturbances.
