Implementation of a Robust Electric Brake Actuator Design Based on H-infinity Control Theory.

This paper deals with the robust control system design and implementation of a brake actuator for a smart car. To deliver robust performance, an H8 controller had been chosen for the task. This allows excellent disturbance rejection while requiring low computational needs. In order to realize the controller a nominal model of the system has been identified, then, the parameter uncertainties were taken into account to find the stabilizing controller. The brake system consists of a low level H8 controller sustaining robustness, a mid-level serial compensator for effective setpoint tracking and a high level supervisory control logic to deliver a reliable system. The implementation was tested and verified on a test bench using rapid prototyping tools and HIL methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]