带有未知参数和有界干扰的移动机器人轨迹跟踪控

针对模型参数未知和存在有界干扰的非完整移动机器人的轨迹跟踪控制问题,本文提出了一种鲁棒自适应轨迹跟踪控制器方法.非完整移动机器人的控制难点在于它的运动学系统是欠驱动的.针对这一难点,本文利用横截函数的思想,引入新的辅助控制器,使得非完整移动机器人系统不再是一个欠驱动系统,缩减了控制器设计的难度,进而利用非线性自适应算法和参数映射方法构造李雅谱诺夫函数.通过李雅普诺夫方法设计控制器和参数自适应器,从而使得非完整移动机器人的跟随误差任意小,即可以任意小的误差来跟随任意给定的参考轨迹.仿真结果证明了方法的有效性.     

带有未知参数和有界干扰的移动机器人轨迹跟踪控制

针对模型参数未知和存在有界干扰的非完整移动机器人的轨迹跟踪控制问题,本文提出了一种鲁棒自适应轨迹跟踪控制器方法.非完整移动机器人的控制难点在于它的运动学系统是欠驱动的.针对这一难点,本文利用横截函数的思想,引入新的辅助控制器,使得非完整移动机器人系统不再是一个欠驱动系统,缩减了控制器设计的难度,进而利用非线性自适应算法和参数映射方法构造李雅谱诺夫函数.通过李雅普诺夫方法设计控制器和参数自适应器,从而使得非完整移动机器人的跟随误差任意小,即可以任意小的误差来跟随任意给定的参考轨迹.仿真结果证明了方法的有效性.     

不确定非完整移动机器人的轨迹跟踪控制

具有未校准视觉参数的非完整移动机器人的运动学系统具有参数不确定性,较一般的运动学系统更加复杂.基于视觉反馈、Barbalat's定理和Lyapunov直接方法,研究了具有未标定摄像机参数的非完整移动机器人的轨迹跟踪问题.首先,利用固定在天花板上的针孔摄像机透视投影模型,提出了一种新的基于视觉伺服的移动机器人运动学跟踪误差模型;基于这个模型,提出了一种新的与未知视觉参数无关的动态反馈跟踪控制器.该控制器不仅保证系统的状态渐近跟踪给定参考轨迹,而且控制器是全局的,通过Lyapunov方法严格证明了闭环系统的稳定性.在惯性系和图像坐标系下讨论跟踪问题,使问题变的简单且设计的控制器更加有用.最后,仿真结果证实了所提出的控制器的有效性.     

具有未校准视觉参数的移动机器人的跟踪控制

基于未校准视觉反馈的非完整运动学系统具有参数不确定性,较一般的运动学系统更加复杂.根据视觉反馈和非完整移动机器人的链式标准形式,研究了具有未标定摄像机视觉参数的移动机器人的轨迹跟踪控制问题.利用固定在天花板上的摄像机系统提出运动学跟踪误差模型,并对该误差系统模型提出了一种动态反馈跟踪控制器;对具有不确定机械参数的动力学模型,提出一种自适应力矩控制器,该控制器保证了实际机器人状态渐近跟踪给定的参考轨迹,并通过Lyapunov方法严格证明了整个闭环系统的稳定性.仿真结果证实了所提出的控制器的有效性.     

一种新型的机器人自适应跟踪控制器研究

针对神经动力学模型描述的非完整移动机器人系统,研究了其在未知参数和不确定性干扰下的轨迹跟踪控制问题.基于反演技术提出了一种转矩控制器,利用Lyapunov稳定性理论和中间虚拟控制量保证跟踪误差渐进收敛到零.不但能够得到稳定跟踪所需速度,并且有效解决了不确定非完整移动机器人动力学系统的轨迹跟踪问题,具有设计方法简单,鲁棒性强的特点.仿真结果验证了所设计的控制器的有效性和正确性.     

基于非线性干扰观测器的一类欠驱动系统跟踪控制

针对一类欠驱动系统的跟踪控制问题,提出一种基于非线性干扰观测器的控制策略.首先给出一种基于跟踪误差的输出函数,通过等式变形和Butterworth低通滤波器解决未知控制方向问题;其次,引入一种新型非线性干扰观测器,对系统未知模型进行补偿,使控制器的设计无需知道系统的结构和参数;再次,通过对系统的内部动态和外部动态的分析,证明闭环系统的输出收敛于原点,跟踪误差信号一致最终有界;最后,将该方法应用于小车倒立摆模型,仿真结果表明了所提出方法的有效性.     

含未标定摄像机参数的非完整移动机器人的自适应动力学跟踪控制

结合一类非完整移动机器人的运动学模型和链式转换,在质心与几何中心重合的情况下,研究含有未知参量的非完整移动机器人的跟踪控制问题.首先,利用针孔摄像机模型提出一种基于视觉伺服的运动学跟踪误差模型;然后在此模型下,将动态反馈、Back-stepping技巧与自适应控制相结合,设计一个区别于以往处理方法、含有两个动态反馈的自适应跟踪控制器,从而实现动力学系统的全局渐近轨迹跟踪,并通过李亚普诺夫方法严格证明闭环系统的稳定性和估计参数的有界性;最后,利用Matlab仿真验证所提出的控制器的有效性.     

基于自适应反步法的轮式移动机器人跟踪控制

轮式移动机器人是一种典型的非完整约束系统.基于反步法提出一种自适应扩展控制器,对含有未知参数的非完整轮式移动机器人动力学系统进行轨迹跟踪控制并且Lyapunov稳定性理论保证跟踪误差渐近收敛到零.为了克服速度跳变产生滑动,加入了神经动力学模型对控制器进行改进.以两驱动轮移动机器人为例,利用运动学自适应控制器设计出转矩控制器,有效解决了不确定非完整轮式移动机器人动力学系统的轨迹跟踪问题.仿真结果证明该方法的正确性和有效性.     

基于最小二乘支持向量机的一类非自治系统自适应控制

提出了一种基于最小二乘支持向量机(LS-SVM)的一类不确定非自治系统自适应控制器设计方法.该方法基于最小二乘支持向量机来估计对象的部分未知非线性项,并给出了最小二乘支持向量机权向量和偏移值的在线学习规则.利用李亚普诺夫理论严格证明了整个闭环系统的跟踪误差、控制器参数以及最小二乘支持向量机权参数和偏移值的一致最终有界.此控制方法可以保证对象在线稳定地跟踪任何光滑的目标轨迹,仿真结果表明了此控制方法的可行性和有效性.     

船舶航向控制的多滑模鲁棒自适应设计

针对带有未知虚拟控制增益和常参数不确定的非匹配不确定船舶航向非线性控制问题,设计了一种新的多滑模鲁棒自适应控制算法.该算法利用神经网络来逼近系统模型的不确定性;应用逐步递推的多滑模控制算法降低了控制器的复杂性;尤其是采用Nussbaum函数处理系统中符号未知的问题,避免了可能存在的控制器奇异值问题;然后借助Lyapunov稳定性分析方法,理论分析证明了所得闭环系统全局一致最终有界,且跟踪误差收敛到零.仿真试验结果表明,该方法具有较好的控制效果.     

Adaptive cooperative tracking control of higher-order nonlinear systems with unknown dynamics

A practical design method is developed for cooperative tracking control of higher-order nonlinear systems with a dynamic leader. The communication network is a weighted directed graph with a fixed topology. Each follower node is modeled by a higher-order integrator incorporating with unknown nonlinear dynamics and an unknown disturbance. The leader node is modeled as a higher-order nonautonomous nonlinear system. It acts as a command generator giving commands only to a small portion of the networked group. A robust adaptive neural network controller is designed for each follower node such that all follower nodes ultimately synchronize to the leader node with bounded residual errors. Moreover, these controllers are distributed in the sense that the controller design for each follower node only requires relative state information between itself and its neighbors. A simulation example demonstrates the effectiveness of the algorithm.     

Robust consensus tracking of second-order nonlinear systems using relative position information by K-filter and disturbance observer based control

This work considers the problem of distributed consensus tracking control of second-order uncertain nonlinear systems under a directed communication graph which contains a spanning tree, where the leader node is the root. It is assumed that the followers receive only the relative positions from the neighbours. For the purpose of consensus tracking controller design, in each follower, a group of K-filters is introduced so that the necessity of velocity estimating is avoided. Then we can express each follower's tracking error dynamics as a second-order system with mismatched uncertainties. And hence we can design a robust consensus tracking controller for each follower by using the combination of the backstepping design and the disturbance observer based control using only relative position information. Theoretical analysis is performed to show that the DOBs' estimation errors can be made to decay to be sufficiently small very quickly before the system states escape from the feasible region. Then we show that all the followers' states track those of the leader with arbitrarily small ultimate error bounds. And simulation examples are provided to demonstrate the performance of the proposed method.     

含驱动器动力学的移动机器人编队自适应控制

针对含有驱动器及编队动力学的多非完整移动机器人编队控制问题,基于领航者-跟随者[l-ψ]控制结构,通过反步法设计了一种将运动学控制器与驱动器输入电压控制器相结合的新型控制策略。采用径向基神经网络（RBFNN）对跟随者及领航者动力学非线性不确定部分进行在线估计,并通过自适应鲁棒控制器对神经网络建模误差进行补偿。该方法不但解决了移动机器人编队控制的参数与非参数不确定性问题,同时也确保了机器人编队在期望队形下对指定轨迹的跟踪;基于Lyapunov方法的设计过程,保证了控制系统的稳定与收敛;仿真结果表明了该方法的有效性。     

基于反步法的主从航天器相对姿态控制

对主从航天器的相对姿态控制问题,考虑从航天器系统不确定因素,提出了一种基于反步法的姿态控制方法,并引入自适应控制律.该方法首先根据主从航天器的相对位置信息,解算出从航天器观测轴指向主航天器以及从航天器跟踪主航天器轨道坐标系等两种任务的期望姿态;然后基于修正罗德里格参数(MI(P)描述的从航天器姿态误差动力学模型设计了姿态控制器以及针对航天器惯量的不确定性设计了自适应控制律;并基于Lyapunov方法从理论上证明了该方法能够实现全局渐近稳定的相对姿态控制.最后将该方法应用于某编队飞行任务,仿真结果表明此控制器能够实现其编队飞行控制,具有良好的控制性能.     

From Trajectory Tracking Control to Leader–Follower Formation Control

Abstract

This work investigates the leader–follower formation control of multiple nonholonomic mobile robots. First, the formation control problem is converted into a trajectory tracking problem and a tracking controller based on the dynamic feedback linearization technique drives each follower robot toward its corresponding reference trajectory in order to achieve the formation. The desired orientation for each follower is selected such that the nonholonomic constraint of the robot is respected, and thus the tracking of the reference trajectory for each follower is feasible. An adaptive dynamic controller that considers the actuators dynamics in the design procedure is proposed. The dynamic model of the robots includes the actuators dynamics in order to obtain the velocities as control inputs instead of torques or voltages. Using Lyapunov control theory, the tracking errors are proven to be asymptotically stable and the formation is achieved despite the uncertainty of the dynamic model parameters. In order to assess the proposed control laws, a ROS-framework is developed to conduct real experiments using four ROS-enabled mobile robots TURTLEBOTs. Moreover, the leader fault problem, which is considered as the main drawback of the leader–follower approach, is solved under ROS. An experiment is conducted where in order to overcome this problem, the desired formation and the leader role are modified dynamically during the experiment.     

Fault‐tolerant leader‐follower formation control of marine surface vessels with unknown dynamics and actuator faults

This paper concentrates on the leader‐follower formation control problem for marine surface vessels with unknown nonlinear dynamics and actuator faults. The unknown inertia matrix and multiplicative fault render the existing methods infeasible. To solve this problem, a low‐complexity prescribed performance controller is first proposed without the help of auxiliary neural/fuzzy systems or adaptive mechanisms. A modification technique is further adopted to relax the initial condition, such that global closed‐loop stability is guaranteed. Finally, simulation results illustrate the above theoretical results.     

Human-in-the-Loop Consensus Control for Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems With Actuator Faults

This paper considers the human-in-the-loop leader-following consensus control problem of multi-agent systems (MASs) with unknown matched nonlinear functions and actuator faults. It is assumed that a human operator controls the MASs via sending the command signal to a non-autonomous leader which generates the desired trajectory. Moreover, the leader’s input is nonzero and not available to all followers. By using neural networks and fault estimators to approximate unknown nonlinear dynamics and identify the actuator faults, respectively, the neighborhood observer-based neural fault-tolerant controller with dynamic coupling gains is designed. It is proved that the state of each follower can synchronize with the leader’s state under a directed graph and all signals in the closed-loop system are guaranteed to be cooperatively uniformly ultimately bounded. Finally, simulation results are presented for verifying the effectiveness of the proposed control method.      

基于二阶运动学模型的移动机器人主从跟踪系统的鲁棒控制

In this paper, we study the problem of modeling and controlling leader-follower formation of mobile robots. First, a novel kinematics model for leader-follower robot formation is formulated based on the relative motion states between the robots and the local motion of the follower robot. Using this model, the relative centripetal and Coriolis accelerations between robots are computed directly by measuring the relative and local motion sensors, and utilized to linearize the nonlinear system equations. A formation controller, consisting of a feedback linearization part and a sliding mode compensator, is designed to stabilize the overall system including the internal dynamics. The control gains are determined by solving a robustness inequality and assumed to satisfy a cooperative protocol that guarantees the stability of the zero dynamics of the formation system. The proposed controller generates the commanded acceleration for the follower robot and makes the formation control system robust to the effect of unmeasured acceleration of the leader robot. Furthermore, a robust adaptive controller is developed to deal with parametric uncertainty in the system. Simulation and experimental results have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed control method.     

Robust formation control without velocity measurement of the leader robot

In this paper a control problem of leader–follower motion coordination of multiple nonholonomic mobile robots is addressed and subsequently in the proposed scheme, a reference trajectory generated based on the information from the leader is tracked by the follower robots. To alleviate demanded information on the leader, specifically to eliminate the measurement requirement or estimation of the leader's velocity and dynamics, a virtual vehicle is constructed whereby its trajectory converges to the reference trajectory of the follower. Trajectory tracking controller is then designed to allow the follower robot to track the virtual vehicle using neural network approximation, in combination with the backstepping and Lyapunov direct design technique and finally the performance and effectiveness of the controller is verified throughout the experiments.     

Distributed adaptive output feedback tracking control for a class of uncertain nonlinear multi-agent systems

This paper addresses the distributed output feedback tracking control problem for multi-agent systems with higher order nonlinear non-strict-feedback dynamics and directed communication graphs. The existing works usually design a distributed consensus controller using all the states of each agent, which are often immeasurable, especially in nonlinear systems. In this paper, based only on the relative output between itself and its neighbours, a distributed adaptive consensus control law is proposed for each agent using the backstepping technique and approximation technique of Fourier series (FS) to solve the output feedback tracking control problem of multi-agent systems. The FS structure is taken not only for tracking the unknown nonlinear dynamics but also the unknown derivatives of virtual controllers in the controller design procedure, which can therefore prevent virtual controllers from containing uncertain terms. The projection algorithm is applied to ensure that the estimated parameters remain in some known bounded sets. Lyapunov stability analysis shows that the proposed control law can guarantee that the output of each agent synchronises to the leader with bounded residual errors and that all the signals in the closed-loop system are uniformly ultimately bounded. Simulation results have verified the performance and feasibility of the proposed distributed adaptive control strategy.