This letter presents a data-based control design for reference tracking applications. This design finds the optimal control sequence, which minimizes a quadratic cost function consisting of tracking error and input increments over a finite interval [0,N]. The only information needed is the first N+1 Markov parameters of the system. This design is employed on a tensegrity morphing airfoil whose topology has been described in detail in this letter. A NACA 2412 airfoil with specified morphing targets is chosen to verify the developed design. The principle developed in this letter is also applicable to other structural control problems.
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@article{arxiv.2010.10710,
title = {Markov Data-Based Reference Tracking of Tensegrity Morphing Airfoils},
author = {Yuling Shen and Muhao Chen and Manoranjan Majji and Robert E. Skelton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.10710},
year = {2020}
}