An optimal fuzzy PID control approach for docking maneuver of two spacecraft: Orientational motion

• Main Authors: A. Kosari, H. Jahanshahi, S.A. Razavi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017-02-01
• Series: Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal
• Subjects: Fuzzy-PID; Genetic algorithm; Docking maneuver; Pareto frontier; Orientation motion; Euler gyroscopic equation; Momentum wheel
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215098616303536

This paper describes a scheme for a Fuzzy-Proportional Integral Derivative (FPID) controller based on genetic algorithm (GA), in a docking maneuver of two spacecraft. The docking maneuver consists of two parts: translation and orientation. Euler’s gyroscopic equation is applied to obtain governing equations of orientational phase. Here, a designed fuzzy-PID controller for stabilization purpose of orientational phase of a docking maneuver is presented based on the Single Input Fuzzy Inference Motor (SIFIMs) dynamically connected Preferrer Fuzzy Inference Motor (PFIM). This fuzzy-PID controller takes the error signal of Euler’s angles and the error of angular velocities of the chaser as its input items, and the driving force as its output. The parameters of the controller are ascertained by using a genetic algorithm. Conflicting objective functions (which their 3D pareto frontiers are obtained by Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA)) are distance errors from the set point, angle errors from the set point, and control efforts. Optimization constraint is maximal of the momentum produced by momentum wheels. The result of optimum point demonstrates that the designed controller makes an efficient performance in the orientational phase of the chaser spacecraft. Compared to similar works, some of system parameters like settling time are improved and overshoot (as a critical parameter in docking maneuver) is decreased.