X–Y pedestal: partial quasi-linearization and cascade-based global output feedback tracking control

This paper addresses the problem of output (angular position) feedback tracking control of two-degree-of-freedom X–Y pedestal systems. Both the velocity observer and the controller are based on a partial quasi-linearized model for the X–Y pedestal system. The two-dimensional velocity observer is uniformly globally exponentially convergent and does not require a priori upper-bound knowledge of the velocity magnitude. An important feature of the...