Dynamic Modeling and Active Vibration Isolation of a Noncontact 6-DOF Lorentz Platform Based on the Exponential Convergence Disturbance Observer

In order to study the vibration isolation and positioning performance of the noncontact 6-DOF platform in the space microgravity environment, this paper presented a cosimulation model of a virtual prototype. Based on the model driven by biaxial noncontact Lorentz force actuators (NLFAs), an equivalent dynamic model has been established. In the meanwhile, the 6-DOF sliding mode robust controller with exponential convergence disturbance observer is developed. The mechanical system simulation model was designed using ADAMS, and the corresponding 6-DOF decoupling control system and disturbance observer programs were developed using MATLAB/Simulink. According to the mechatronics simulation results, the system can enable the floating platform to achieve micron-level posture positioning within 0.5 s. In vibration isolation simulation, the disturbance observer can predict the external disturbance input and compensate the control force more accurately so that the floating platform can effectively suppress low-frequency disturbance and step disturbance under the control of the sliding mode controller. And the displacement of the floating platform under the disturbance of 1–100 Hz frequency sweep is less than 1 μm.