Robust adaptive control for a nonholonomic mobile robot with unknown parameters

A robust adaptive controller for a nonholonomic mobile robot with unknown kinematic and dynamic parameters is proposed. A kinematic controller whose output is the input of the relevant dynamic controller is provided by using the concept of backstepping. An adaptive algorithm is developed in the kinematic controller to approximate the unknown kinematic parameters, and a simple single-layer neural network is used to express the highly nonlinear robot dynamics in terms of the known and unknown parameters. In order to attenuate the effects of the uncertainties and disturbances on tracking performance, a sliding mode control term is added to the dynamic controller. In the deterministic design of feedback controllers for the uncertain dynamic systems, upper bounds on the norm of the uncertainties are an important clue to guarantee the stability of the closed-loop system. However, sometimes these upper bounds may not be easily obtained because of the complexity of the structure of the uncertainties. Thereby, simple adaptation laws are proposed to approximate upper bounds on the norm of the uncertainties to address this problem. The stability of the proposed control system is shown through the Lyapunov method. Lastly, a design example for a mobile robot with two actuated wheels is provided and the feasibility of the controller is demonstrated by numerical simulations.     

Formation control of multiple mecanum-wheeled mobile robots with physical constraints and uncertainties

Aiming at the formation control of multiple Mecanum-wheeled mobile robots (MWMRs) with physical constraints and model uncertainties, a novel robust control scheme that combines model predictive control (MPC) and extended state observer-based adaptive sliding mode control (ESO-ASMC) is proposed in this paper. First, a linear MPC strategy is proposed to address the motion constraints of MWMRs, which can transform the robot formation model based on leader-follower into a constrained quadratic programming (QP) problem. The QP problem can be solved iteratively online by a delay neural network (DNN) to obtain the optimal control velocity of the follower robot. Then, to address the input saturation constraints, model uncertainties and unknown disturbances in the dynamic model, an improved ESO-ASMC is proposed and compared with the robust adaptive terminal sliding mode control (RATSMC) and the conventional sliding mode control (SMC) to prove the effectiveness. The proposed scheme, considering the optimal control velocity obtained by the kinematics controller as the given desired velocity of the dynamics controller, can implement precise formation control, while solving various physical constraints of the robot, and eliminating the effects of model uncertainties and disturbances. Finally, through a comparative simulation case, the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method are verified.

     

Robust Tracking Control for Self-balancing Mobile Robots Using Disturbance Observer

In this paper, a robust tracking control scheme based on nonlinear disturbance observer is developed for the self-balancing mobile robot with external unknown disturbances. A desired velocity control law is firstly designed using the Lyapunov analysis method and the arctan function. To improve the tracking control performance, a nonlinear disturbance observer is developed to estimate the unknown disturbance of the self-balancing mobile robot. Using the output of the designed disturbance observer, the robust tracking control scheme is presented employing the sliding mode method for the selfbalancing mobile robot. Numerical simulation results further demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed robust tracking control scheme for the self-balancing mobile robot subject to external unknown disturbances.      

基于自适应和神经动力学的轮式移动机器人路径跟踪控制(英文)

本文提出一种自适应和神经动力学相结合的轮式移动机器人路径跟踪控制方法.首先,设计运动学控制器用来获得机器人期望速度;其次,考虑机器人动力学模型参数的不确定性,利用模型参考自适应方法来设计动力学控制规律,使得机器人实际速度渐近逼近期望值;再次,为克服速度和力矩的跳变,加入神经动力学模型对控制器进行优化,并且通过Lypunov理论来证明整个控制系统的稳定性;最后仿真结果表明该控制方法的有效性.     

Design of a sliding mode controller for an automatic guided vehicle and its implementation

In this paper, a control scheme that combines a kinematic controller and a sliding mode dynamic controller with external disturbances is proposed for an automatic guided vehicle to track a desired trajectory with a specified constant velocity. It provides a method of taking into account specific mobile robot dynamics to convert desired velocity control inputs into torques for the actual mobile robot. First, velocity control inputs are designed for the kinematic controller to make the tracking error vector asymptotically stable. Then, a sliding mode dynamic controller is designed such that the mobile robot’s velocities converge to the velocity control inputs. The control law is obtained based on the backstepping technique. System stability is proved using the Lyapunov stability theory. In addition, a scheme for measuring the errors using a USB camera is described. The simulation and experimental results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller.     

Real-time torque control using discrete-time recurrent high-order neural networks

This paper presents a discrete-time direct current (DC) motor torque tracking controller, based on a recurrent high-order neural network to identify the plant model. In order to train the neural identifier, the extended Kalman filter (EKF) based training algorithm is used. The neural identifier is in series-parallel configuration that constitutes a well approximation method of the real plant by the neural identifier. Using the neural identifier structure that is in the nonlinear controllable form, the block control (BC) combined with sliding modes (SM) control techniques in discrete-time are applied. The BC technique is used to design a nonlinear sliding manifold such that the resulting sliding mode dynamics are described by a desired linear system. For the SM control technique, the equivalent control law is used in order to the plant output tracks a reference signal. For reducing the effect of unknown terms, it is proposed a specific desired dynamics for the sliding variables. The control problem is solved by the indirect approach, where an appropriate neural network (NN) identification model is selected; the NN parameters (synaptic weights) are adjusted according to a specific adaptive law (EKF), such that the response of the NN identifier approximates the response of the real plant for the same input. Then, based on the designed NN identifier a stabilizing or reference tracking controller is proposed (BC combined with SM). The proposed neural identifier and control applicability are illustrated by torque trajectory tracking for a DC motor with separate winding excitation via real-time implementation.     

漂浮基空间机器人自适应RBF 网络终端滑模控制

主要研究漂浮基空间机器人对工作空间连续轨迹跟踪控制问题．针对系统动力学模型中非线性项未知，以及参数不确定性和外界扰动无法估计的情况，提出了基于自适应RBF网络终端滑模控制方法．该方法结合了非线性滑动流形与径向基函数特性，利用自适应RBF网络在线学习系统中的不确定性，使得无需精确的动力学模型亦能保证系统在有限时间内快速稳定．根据Lyapunov方法设计的自适应增益保证闭环控制系统具有全局稳定性，并且有效抑制抖振现象．针对6关节空间机器人的轨迹跟踪控制仿真表明，提出的自适应RBF网络终端滑模控制方法能够基于不完整动力学模型实现高精度轨迹跟踪，且误差在有限时间内快速收敛，系统抖振也得到了有效抑制．     

Robust Tracking Control For A Wheeled Mobile Manipulator With Dual Arms Using Hybrid Sliding‐Mode Neural Network

In this paper, a robust tracking controller is proposed for the trajectory tracking problem of a dual‐arm wheeled mobile manipulator subject to some modeling uncertainties and external disturbances. Based on backstepping techniques, the design procedure is divided into two levels. In the kinematic level, the auxiliary velocity commands for each subsystem are first presented. A sliding‐mode equivalent controller, composed of neural network control, robust scheme and proportional control, is constructed in the dynamic level to deal with the dynamic effect. To deal with inadequate modeling and parameter uncertainties, the neural network controller is used to mimic the sliding‐mode equivalent control law; the robust controller is designed to compensate for the approximation error and to incorporate the system dynamics into the sliding manifold. The proportional controller is added to improve the system's transient performance, which may be degraded by the neural network's random initialization. All the parameter adjustment rules for the proposed controller are derived from the Lyapunov stability theory and e‐modification such that uniform ultimate boundedness (UUB) can be assured. A comparative simulation study with different controllers is included to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

移动机器人轨迹跟踪快速终端滑模自抗扰控制

针对移动机器人动力学模型难以精确建立、运动过程中各种干扰对高精度轨迹跟踪造成偏航等问题,构造出一种快速终端滑模自抗扰控制器,实现了高速高精度轨迹跟踪控制目标.首先建立非完整移动机器人的干扰控制模型;然后运用扩张状态观测器实时监测系统未建模动态与各种干扰;同时将扩张状态量和系统反馈量作为快速终端滑模算法的系统变量;最后设...     

动态滑模控制及其在移动机器人输出跟踪中的应用

针对轮式移动机器人的输出跟踪问题,提出一种动态滑模控制方法,首先给出机器人的动力学简化模型,然后将其分解成两个低阶子系统,并给出其输出跟踪的动态滑模控制器设计方法,仿真试验表明该方法能明显地削弱滑模控制系统的抖振。     

Task-space neuro-sliding mode control of robot manipulators under Jacobian uncertainties

Cartesian robot control is an appealing scheme because it avoids the computation of inverse kinematics, in contrast to joint robot control approach. For tracking, high computational load is typically required to obtain Cartesian robot dynamics. In this paper, an alternative approach for Cartesian tracking is proposed under assumption that robot dynamics is unknown and the Jacobian are uncertain. A neuro-sliding second order mode controller delivers a low dimensional neural network, which roughly estimates inverse robot dynamics, and an inner smooth control loop guarantees exponential tracking. Experimental results are presented to confirm the performance in a real time environment.     

机器人系统终端滑模重复学习轨迹跟踪控制

针对非线性机器人系统的轨迹跟踪问题, 提出一种终端滑模重复学习混合控制方案. 该方案综合了重复学习控制和终端滑模技术的特性, 能够有效跟踪周期性参考信号, 抑制周期性和非周期性动态的干扰, 具有较强的鲁棒性和良好的轨迹跟踪性能, 且算法的实现不需要完全已知系统模型信息. 应用Lyapunov 稳定性理论证明了闭环系统的全局渐近稳定性. 三自由度机器人系统数值仿真结果验证了所提出的终端滑模重复学习控制的有效性.

     

滑动与打滑条件下的轮式移动机器人自抗扰跟踪控制

针对具有未知的滑动与打滑的轮式移动机器人(WMR),提出了一种基于自抗扰思想的跟踪控制策略.首先建立了滑动与打滑条件下的轮式移动机器人动力学模型.其次,由反步法设计运动学控制器,基于模型设计线性扩张观测器和动力学控制器,并给出了控制器稳定性分析.最后与积分滑模控制进行了仿真对比,结果表明该控制方法的误差收敛速度更快.观测器能够精确估计滑动与打滑及动力学不确定性对机器人的扰动,提高了轮式移动机器人轨迹跟踪的鲁棒性.     

机械手的模糊逆模型鲁棒控制

提出一种基于模糊聚类和滑动模控制的模糊逆模型控制方法,并将其应用于动力学 方程未知的机械手轨迹控制.首先,采用C均值聚类算法构造两关节机械手的高木-关野 (T-S)模糊模型,并由此构造模糊系统的逆模型.然后,在提出的模糊逆模型控制结构中, 离散时间滑动模控制和时延控制(TDC)用于补偿模糊建模误差和外扰动,保证系统的全局 稳定性并改进其动态和稳态性能.系统的稳定性和轨迹误差的收敛性可以通过稳定性定理来 证明.最后,以两关节机械手的轨迹跟随控制为例,揭示了该设计方法的控制性能.     

机器人的非奇异终端神经滑模轨迹跟踪控制

针对具有不确定性的机器人系统,为提高系统的稳态跟踪精度,提出一种非奇异终端神经滑模轨迹跟踪控制方案.控制器采用改进的非奇异终端滑模面,并基于径向基函数神经网络自适应调整控制律的切换项,不但克服了在设计中需要知道系统不确定性的上界的限制,而且平滑了控制信号.可应用Lyapunov稳定性理论证明了系统的渐近稳定性和跟踪误差的渐近收敛性.仿真结果验证了控制方法不仅能够保证机器人系统轨迹跟踪控制的快速性和鲁棒性,而且有效地削弱了抖振,可见方案是可行且有效的.     

Robust Adaptive Terminal Sliding Mode Control of an Omnidirectional Mobile Robot for Aircraft Skin Inspection

In this paper, an adaptive terminal sliding mode control scheme for an omnidirectional mobile robot is proposed as a robust solution to the trajectory tracking control problem. The omnidirectional mobile robot has a double-frame structure, which adsorbes on the aircraft surface by suction cups. The major difficulties lie in the existence of nonholonomic constraints, system uncertainty and external disturbance. To overcome these difficulties, the kinematic model is established, the dynamic model is derived by using Lagrange method. Then, a robust adaptive terminal sliding mode (RATSM) control scheme is proposed to solve the problem of state stabilization and trajectory tracking. In order to enhance the robustness of the system, an adaptive online estimation law is designed to overcome the total uncertainty. Subsequently, the asymptotic stability of the system without total uncertainty is proved with basis on Lyapunov theory, and the system considering total uncertainty can converge to the domain containing the origin. Simulation results are given to show the verification and validation of the proposed control scheme.

     

Robust adaptive neural sliding mode control of MEMS triaxial gyroscope with angular velocity estimation

In this paper, a robust adaptive sliding mode control strategy of micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) triaxial gyroscope using radial basis function (RBF) neural network is presented for the system identification of MEMS gyroscope. A key property of this scheme is that the prior knowledge of the upper bound of the system uncertainties is not required. An adaptive RBF neural network controller is used to learn the unknown upper bound of model uncertainties and external disturbances. The adaptive RBF neural network is incorporated into the adaptive sliding mode control in the Lyapunov sense, and the stability of the proposed adaptive neural sliding mode control can be established. The dynamics and angular velocities of gyroscope can be identified in real time. Numerical simulations are investigated to verify the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive neural sliding mode control scheme, showing that the designed control system has better robust performance in its insensitivity to system nonlinearities; moreover, system parameters including angular velocity can be consistently estimated and tracking errors converge to zero asymptotically.     

动力定位船轨迹跟踪鲁棒自适应容错控制

本文研究了输入饱和状态下的动力定位船故障容错鲁棒自适应控制问题.该问题以动力定位船轨迹跟踪任务为目标,提出了一种新颖的鲁棒自适应控制器的设计,并且引入了二阶快速非奇异终端滑模和神经网络控制算法保证了控制器在实际任务中的执行效果.首先,介绍了三自由度动力定位船的运动模型包括了运动学模型和动力学模型以及推进器故障模型.然后,设计了二阶快速非奇异终端滑模面,提出了一种针对时变扰动和模型不确定性的鲁棒控制方案,保证系统无抖振现象的前提下实现了系统更快的收敛速度.同时运用被动容错控制思想,确保动力定位船在推进器故障发生时依然能够实现预计的跟踪性能.此外,通过Lyapunov稳定性判据分析,证明了提出的改进自适应滑模控制方法可确保系统在初始状态未知前提下,跟踪误差渐近收敛于零.最后,通过数值仿真实验结果验证了控制律的有效性.     

二阶动态滑模控制在移动机械臂输出跟踪中的应用

针对移动机械臂的输出跟踪问题,结合高阶滑模控制和动态滑模控制的设计思想为其设计了一种二阶动态滑模控制器.首先给出了包括驱动电机动态特性的移动机械臂的简化动态模型,然后通过微分同胚和输入变换将其分解为四个低阶子系统,并给出了其输出跟踪的二阶动态滑模控制器的设计方法.仿真结果表明,所设计的二阶动态滑模控制器不仅能很好地跟踪给定轨迹,而且能有效地削弱滑模控制系统的抖振.     

时滞的非完整动力学系统滑模抗干扰跟踪控制

针对具有外部扰动和时滞的非完整轮式移动机器人系统,本文阐述了一种基于非线性扰动观测器的时滞滑模控制方法.首先,利用扰动观测器估计系统的外部扰动;然后,用极坐标转化移动机器人的姿态,并用计算转矩法对机器人的动力学方程进行反馈线性化.设计带时滞控制的滑模,目的是使移动机器人渐近稳定在期望轨迹上,并有效地减小控制增益的过高估计.最后,利用李雅普诺夫函数建立闭环系统的稳定性.仿真结果表明,该方案具有良好的跟踪精度和鲁棒性.