FPGA-based adaptive backstepping fuzzy control for a micro-positioning Scott-Russell mechanism

This paper utilizes the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and Nios II embedded processor technologies to design a controller IC for a micro-positioning Scott-Russell (SR) mechanism, which is driven by a piezoelectric actuator (PA) and its hysteresis phenomenon is described by Bouc-Wen hysteresis model. For the controller design, the adaptive backstepping fuzzy control (ABFC) method is developed to compensate the PA's hysteresis and achieve the motion tracking control. The fuzzy logic method (FLM) is utilized to find the best adaptation gain of the adaptation law and control gain of the stabilization controls. This ABFC controller method can improve the transient and asymptotic tracking performances, and make the SR mechanism keep good working performance when external disturbances is added in the control system. Finally, we successfully apply the system-on-a-programmable-chip (SoPC) technologies to develop the motion controller IC, and achieve the advantages of reduced space, high performance and low cost.