Control robusto mediante redes neuronales y técnica de backstepping para el sistema de orientación de un satélite

Francisco Emmanuel Vázquez Dueñas; Ricardo Ramón Pérez Alcocer; Luis Arturo García Delgado

doi:10.37636/recit.v9n3e485

Autores/as

Francisco Emmanuel Vázquez Dueñas Departamento de Investigación en Física, Universidad de Sonora. Blvd. Luis Encinas J. y Rosales S/N, Colonia Centro, C.P. 83000, Hermosillo, Sonora, México.

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Ricardo Ramón Pérez Alcocer Departamento de Investigación en Física, Universidad de Sonora. Blvd. Luis Encinas J. y Rosales S/N, Colonia Centro, C.P. 83000, Hermosillo, Sonora, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1543-3701

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Luis Arturo García Delgado Departamento de Investigación en Física, Universidad de Sonora. Blvd. Luis Encinas J. y Rosales S/N, Colonia Centro, C.P. 83000, Hermosillo, Sonora, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4175-4373

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37636/recit.v9n3e485

Palabras clave:

Satélite, Control de orientación, Redes neuronales, Backstepping, Sistemas no lineales

Resumen

En la actualidad, los satélites se han consolidado como los pilares de la infraestructura global. Desde la navegación GPS y las telecomunicaciones de banda ancha hasta el monitoreo climático crítico, el uso de estos dispositivos es esencial para las actividades diarias. En este trabajo se presenta una propuesta de control adaptable basada en redes neuronales, la cual se diseña haciendo uso de la teoría de control por backstepping. El esquema de control propuesto simplifica la implementación al mismo tiempo que agrega robustez al sistema en lazo cerrado. Para validar el desempeño del controlador, se realizaron simulaciones numéricas considerando el modelo matemático del satélite ESEO. Durante dicha validación, se incluye un caso de estudio donde el sistema en lazo cerrado se ve afectado por una perturbación externa. Los resultados de la simulación muestran el correcto funcionamiento del esquema de control propuesto donde el satélite alcanza una orientación deseada y se mantiene en ella a pesar de la presencia de la perturbación. El desempeño se compara con un control por backstepping y valores RMS obtenidos de las señales de error sustentan las ventajas del control propuesto. Adicionalmente, se describe un sistema de animación desarrollado para mostrar los resultados de simulación de una manera más clara a personas que no son especialistas en el tema.

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