Control of systems by parallel actuators

TL;DR

This paper presents a novel control method for multi-actuator systems with identical control constants, simplifying the process of determining control parameters without the need for gain scheduling.

Contribution

It introduces a new approach that derives system-wide control constants directly from single actuator constants, reducing complexity and computational effort.

Findings

Control constants for the entire system can be obtained from a single actuator.

The method eliminates the need for gain scheduling.

The approach appears to be novel in the control systems literature.

Abstract

We describe a particular control method for a system controlled by several actuators with the same control constants. We show under certain assumptions that the control constants for the whole system can be obtained immediately from the control constants for a single actuator. This greatly simplifies the work in finding the control constants. Also, no gain scheduling is required. The authors have been unable to find any prior work in this direction, and so believe this is a rather new approach.