Abstract
This paper presents a robustness analysis of an enhanced adaptive feed-forward cancellation (AFC) function for a control system. The AFC is known as an adaptive control method, and the adaptive algorithm can estimate a periodic disturbance. In a previous study, an enhanced AFC was developed to compensate for non-periodic disturbances. The effectiveness of the enhanced AFC there was shown with only simulation results. In this study, the stable robustness of the enhanced AFC is analyzed for a one degree of freedom system. When the enhanced AFC is implemented to around a resonant frequency, the variations in the mechanical characteristics may cause instabilities in the control system, because the performance of the enhanced AFC depends on the phase condition of the mechanical characteristics. The experimental results show that variations in the resonant frequency may cause oscillation when the enhanced AFC design does not consider this kind of variation. The study confirms that the enhanced AFC must be designed considering variations in the resonant frequency.
