This text presents an approach developed by the author, to handle some of the most common types of component imperfections encountered in industrial automation, consumer electronics, and defence and transportation systems.

Dead-Zone, Backlash, and Hysteresis. Inverse Models. Fixed Inverse Compensation. Adaptive Inverse Examples. Continuous-Time Adaptive Inverse Control. Discrete-Time Adaptive Inverse Control. Fixed Inverse Control for Output Nonlinearities. Adaptive Inverse Control for Output Nonlinearities. Adaptive Control of Partially Known Systems. Adaptive Control with Input and Output Nonlinearities. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

With the growing use of feedback controls, "hard" nonlinearities have become ubiquitous in engineering practice despite their rare treatment in academic texts. This book introduces a unified adaptive inverse approach for the control of systems with unknown nonlinearities and settles long-standing engineering problems posed by imperfections of actuators and sensors. Focusing on dead-zone, backlash, and hysteresis, the authors show how real-time computations can counteract the effects of these nonlinearities. In many applications their approach avoids the need for costly and specialized hardware. This easy-to-use, self-contained presentation of the entirely new adaptive inverse design is geared towards practicing engineers, researchers, and graduate students. Adaptive Control of Systems with Actuator and Sensor Nonlinearities features: * Systematic treatment for actuator and sensor nonlinearities. * Examples of dead-zone, backlash, and hysteresis models and their inverses. * Broad coverage that ranges from satellite antennas and piezo-positioners to industrial automation and consumer electronics. * Step-by-step instructions for adaptive inverse design and implementation. * Unified continuous- and discrete-time presentation. * A concise review of model reference adaptive control theory. * Extensive illustrations of system performance improvement. * Over ninety figures and design examples.