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4 Simulation Results 29<br />

4.1 The Simulated Testbed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />

4.2 Evaluation of the Plots in Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />

4.2.1 Linearized Optimal H 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />

4.2.2 Linearized H1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />

4.2.3 Passivity Based Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />

4.2.4 Backstepping Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />

4.2.5 SGA: Nonlinear H 2 Optimal Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />

4.2.6 SGA: Nonlinear H1 Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />

4.3 Tabulated Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />

4.4 Tuning and Ease of Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />

4.5 Robustness Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />

5 Experimental Results 49<br />

5.1 Testbed and Open Loop Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49<br />

5.2 Linearized Optimal and Robust Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49<br />

5.3 Passivity Based Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50<br />

5.4 Successive Galerkin Approximations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />

5.5 Tabulated Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />

6 Conclusion and Future Work 61<br />

6.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61<br />

6.2 Extensions to this Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />

Bibliography 66

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