一种新型的移动机器人轨迹跟踪控制方法

主要是对非完整约束下移动机器人的轨迹跟踪控制进行了研究,提出了一种新型的基于移动机器人运动模型、具有全局渐近稳定性的跟踪控制方法。这种非线性控制方法主要分为前馈和反馈两个部分：前馈部分是一种滑模控制器,它是基于反演设计的思想设计了切换函数,采用指数趋近律,减少了滑模变结构控制的抖动,并使用Lyapunov第一法对控制系统进行了稳定性分析,证明了滑模跟踪控制器是稳定的;反馈部分是基于Lyapunov函数的方法设计的反馈控制器。通过前馈部分和反馈部分的相互作用,提高了移动机器人轨迹跟踪控制的精度。实验结果表明与一般的跟踪控制方法相比,控制效果明显改善,跟踪误差能在较短时间内收敛,具有很好的抗干扰性能。     

PHANTOM Omni机器人的自适应模糊滑模控制

针对PHANTOM Omni机器人的位置轨迹跟踪问题,采用了一种基于模糊逻辑的自适应模糊滑模控制方案。利用滑模控制中的切换函数作为输入,根据模糊系统的逼近能力设计控制器,并基于李雅谱诺夫方法设计自适应律对控制器所需参数进行实时调节。仿真中将其与传统的滑模控制进行了比较,仿真结果表明：自适应模糊滑模控制能使PHANTOM Omni机器人更好地实现期望的位置轨迹跟踪并有效地减轻抖振现象,从而证明了该方法在PHANTOM Omni机器人上实施的可行性。     

四旋翼飞行器的轨迹跟踪抗干扰控制

针对四旋翼飞行器轨迹跟踪问题中系统存在模型不确定和易受到外界扰动的情况,提出了基于切换函数的扩张状态观测器设计方法来对系统中的扰动进行估计,并将估计值与滑模控制器的设计相结合,实现了对系统中非匹配不确定性和匹配不确定性的抑制且实现了系统跟踪误差的一致最终有界.首先,根据变量间的耦合关系将飞行器系统模型分解为两个子系统模型,设计扩张状态观测器对子系统中的非匹配不确定性进行估计,并将估计值作为变量加入到切换函数的设计中;进而基于切换函数设计扩张状态观测器以估计经切换函数重构系统中的扰动,并在控制器中对扰动进行补偿.最后通过李雅普诺夫理论证明了控制系统的稳定性.通过仿真验证了本文提出的方法能够有效实现飞行器轨迹跟踪控制且能够抑止传统滑模控制的抖振现象.     

基于Sigmoid函数的机器人鲁棒滑模跟踪控制系统设计

为了保证机器人能够在保持稳定的情况下,按照规划轨迹执行工作任务,从硬件和软件两个方面,设计了基于Sigmoid函数的机器人鲁棒滑模跟踪控制系统。装设机器人传感器与状态观测器,改装机器人鲁棒滑模跟踪控制器,完成系统硬件设计;综合机器人结构、运动机理和动力机制3个方面,构建机器人数学模型;根据状态数据采集结果与规划轨迹之间的偏差,计算机器人跟踪控制量;依据滑模运动与切换方程,利用Sigmoid函数生成机器人鲁棒滑模控制律,将生成控制指令作用在机器人执行元件上,实现系统的鲁棒滑模跟踪控制功能;在系统测试与分析中,所设计控制系统的平均位置跟踪控制误差为0.93 mm,与设定轨迹目标基本重合,机器人姿态角跟踪控制误差为0.06 mm,具有较好的鲁棒滑模跟踪控制效果,能够有效提高机器人鲁棒滑模跟踪控制精度。     

基于反演设计的机器人自适应动态滑模控制

针对机器人跟踪控制问题,设计了一种新型的动态滑模控制器,采用反演（backstepping）方法设计一种新的切换函数,将不连续项转移到了控制的一阶导数中,得到了输入的平滑性的动态滑模控制律。该控制律能保证轨迹跟踪误差的快速收敛性和参数不确定的鲁棒性,仿真实例验证了该控制算法的有效性。     

一种基于指数趋近律的非线性系统变结构轨迹跟踪控制新方法

针对多输入多输出二阶不确定非线性机械系统中轨迹跟踪控制的问题,提出一种新的基于指数趋近律的滑模变结构控制方法,用于提高系统的平稳性和快速性。在滑模变结构控制器设计过程中采用一种新的指数趋近律以改进闭环系统的暂态和稳态响应性能,使系统跟踪误差收敛速度加快,特别是减少轨迹跟踪误差到达滑模面的时间,同时提高了系统轨迹跟踪过程的平稳性。通过采用边界层方法消除滑模控制输入抖振问题,避免控制过程中执行器的频繁切换,进一步提高所提出滑模控制器在实际系统中的实用性。基于李雅普诺夫稳定性理论证明了闭环系统的稳定性和跟踪误差的收敛性。数值仿真验证了所提出的控制方法的有效性。     

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.     

机械臂轨迹跟踪滑模控制中的抖振抑制法研究

研究机械臂轨迹跟踪优化控制问题,针对机械臂轨迹跟踪滑模控制中存在的抖振问题,采用趋近律的方法来进行有效改善。用传统滑模控制趋近律的基础上,将饱和函数引入到了趋近律的设计中,提出一种改进的趋近律,并根据改进的趋近律设计了相应的滑模控制策略。将新的滑模控制策略应用到机械臂的轨迹跟踪控制中,对系统控制效果进行了验证。仿真结果表明,控制策略不仅有效地抑制了机械臂滑模控制中的抖振问题,而且保证了机械臂系统对期望轨迹的快速跟踪性,具有更好的趋近特性和收敛特性。     

一种改进的机械手快速跟踪控制

针对机械手快速跟踪控制需要具有高精度和强鲁棒性等特点,基于改进趋近律的滑模控制方法提出了实现机械手快速跟踪控制的滑模控制器,算法设计在双幂次趋近律的基础上采用非奇异滑模面利用饱和函数将符号函数替代的方法,通过调整主要参数p、q、α、β和γ的值有效提高了机械手关节的趋近速度、快速跟踪期望轨迹、缩短响应时间;所提出的控制算法应用于仿真机械手轨迹跟踪,通过与传统PID控制算法和双幂次趋近律滑模控制算法的对比实验,表明基于改进控制算法的机械手得到了良好的控制且抖振小,因此对机械手的快速跟踪控制取得了一定的成效。     

多关节机器人的自适应模糊滑模控制

针对多关节机械臂轨迹跟踪控制,提出了一种基于全局快速终端滑模面的自适应模糊滑模控制方法。该方法通过设计合适的自适应律,采用模糊自适应控制调节滑模控制的切换控制增益,实现了对建模误差和不确定干扰的自动跟踪,削弱了抖振。系统不需要对建模误差和干扰进行预估计,并且通过对控制器结构的简化,降低了模糊控制器的维数,减少了计算量。利用李亚普诺夫定理证明了控制系统的稳定性,仿真结果表明了其有效性。     

Aggressive Longitudinal Aircraft Path Tracking Using Nonlinear Control

We study the problem of converting a trajectory tracking controller to a path tracking controller for a nonlinear non-minimum phase longitudinal aircraft model. The solution of the trajectory tracking problem is based on the requirement that the aircraft follows a given time parameterized trajectory in inertial frame. In this paper we introduce an alternative nonlinear control design approach called path tracking control. The path tracking approach is based on designing a nonlinear state feedback controller that maintains a desired speed along a desired path with closed loop stability. This design approach is different from the trajectory tracking approach where aircraft speed and position are regulated along the desired path. The path tracking controller regulates the position errors transverse to the desired path but it does not regulate the position error along the desired path. First, a trajectory tracking controller, consisting of feedforward and static state feedback, is designed to guarantee uniform asymptotic trajectory tracking. The feedforward is determined by solving a stable noncausal inversion problem. Constant feedback gains are determined based on LQR with singular perturbation approach. A path tracking controller is then obtained from the trajectory tracking controller by introducing a suitable state projection.     

PD with sliding mode control for trajectory tracking of robotic system

Good tracking performance is very important for trajectory tracking control of robotic systems. In this paper, a new model-free control law, called PD with sliding mode control law or PD–SMC in short, is proposed for trajectory tracking control of multi-degree-of-freedom linear translational robotic systems. The new control law takes the advantages of the simplicity and easy design of PD control and the robustness of SMC to model uncertainty and parameter fluctuation, and avoid the requirements for known knowledge of the system dynamics associated with SMC. The proposed control has the features of linear control provided by PD control and nonlinear control contributed by SMC. In the proposed PD–SMC, PD control is used to stabilize the controlled system, while SMC is used to compensate the disturbance and uncertainty and reduce tracking errors dramatically. The stability analysis is conducted for the proposed PD–SMC law, and some guidelines for the selection of control parameters for PD–SMC are provided. Simulation results prove the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed PD–SMC. It is also shown that PD–SMC can achieve very good tracking performances compared to PD control under the uncertainties and varying load conditions.     

Investigations on the Hybrid Tracking Control of an Underactuated Autonomous Underwater Robot

The problem of trajectory tracking control of an underactuated autonomous underwater robot (AUR) in a three-dimensional (3-D) space is investigated in this paper. The control of an underactuated robot is different from fully actuated robots in many aspects. In particular, these robot systems do not satisfy Brockett's necessary condition for feedback stabilization and no continuous time-invariant state feedback control law exists that makes a specified equilibrium of the closed-loop system asymptotically stable. The uncertainty of hydrodynamic parameters, along with the coupled, nonlinear dynamics of the underwater robot, also makes the navigation and tracking control a difficult task. The proposed hybrid control law is developed by combining sliding mode control (SMC) and classical proportional–integral–derivative (PID) control methods to reduce the tracking errors arising out of disturbances, as well as variations in vehicle parameters like buoyancy. Here, a trajectory planner computes the body-fixed linear and angular velocities, as well as vehicle orientations corresponding to a given 3-D inertial trajectory, which yields a feasible 6-d.o.f. trajectory. This trajectory is used to compute the control signals for the three available controllable inputs by the hybrid controller. A supervisory controller is used to switch between the SMC and PID control as per a predefined switching law. The switching function parameters are optimized using Taguchi design techniques. The effectiveness and performance of the proposed controller is investigated by comparing numerically with classical SMC and traditional linear control systems in the presence of disturbances. Numerical simulations using the full set of nonlinear equations of motion show that the controller does quite well in dealing with the plant nonlinearity and parameter uncertainties for trajectory tracking. The proposed controller response shows less tracking error without the usually present control chattering. Some practical features of this control law are also discussed.     

Undulatory locomotion and effective propulsion for fish-inspired robot

Swimming, turning, and whip-sweeping propulsion for carangiform locomotion of a fish robot are investigated by means of a 4-link planar tail and an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)-like model. It is observed that excellent acceleration occurs when a whip sweeping behavior has been applied to the fish tail. The forward speed can even increases twice to the nominal swimming via the simulation study. The efficient movement is thus incorporated to the fish robot for agile movement. The robot's swimming patterns realize the effect in terms of the forward swimming, turning swimming, acceleration increasing, descended swimming, ascended swimming, depth regulating, and self-stabilization. Verification is accomplished by incorporating the 4-link planar tail, AUV-like model, and a two degree-of-freedom (DOF) barycenter mechanism. The four-link planar tail and 2-DOF barycenter mechanism act, respectively, as the thrust generator and stabilizing actuator for the fish robot. Sliding mode control (SMC) has been applied for three-dimensional (3D) trajectory tracking. Simulation results illustrate satisfactory performances of the fish robot in terms of the fish-like behaviors and maneuverability, which are due to the consequence of the mimicked predator-fish behaviors and performance robustness of the SMC for trajectory tracking under ocean current perturbations and modeling uncertainties.     

Chaotic Analysis and Control of Longitudinal Flight Dynamics

Aircraft are considered to be sub‐stable within the flight envelope. This paper presents a chaotic analysis and two kinds of corresponding control methods of aircraft longitudinal flight dynamics. First, the chaotic behavior of the open loop longitudinal flight system is confirmed by the Poincaré section and the Lyapunov exponent. Studies have found that the flight envelope can be divided into a stable area and a sub‐stable area. The probability of instability caused by chaos exists in the sub‐stable area. The definition of the chaotic boundary is also given. Second, based on the chaotic analysis results and considering three different combinations of aircraft mass and elevator deflection, a linear feedback control (LFC) method is implemented to stabilize the chaotic boundary and enlarge the stable area. Third, taking system uncertainties into consideration, an adaptive backstepping sliding mode control (AB‐SMC) method is applied to the trajectory tracking problem of aircraft longitudinal motion, which is based on classic SMC, backstepping and dynamic surface methods. The numerical simulations are given, which can demonstrate the applicability of the proposed control methods.     

Design and application of a sliding mode controller for accurate motion synchronization of dual servo systems

This paper presents a continuous time sliding mode controller (SMC) design to deal with the problem of motion synchronization in dual spindle servo systems. Synchronization error is defined as the differential position error between the two servo drives that follow identical reference motion trajectory. Proposed SMC controller penalizes three error states; namely individual axis tracking errors and the synchronization error for accurate synchronization. The control law is derived from Lyapunov energy function without switching condition. The controller shows robust motion synchronization against disturbances and parameter variations. Proposed SMC control is implemented in conventional double-sided machining operation.     

基于动态边界层的水下航行器滑模轨迹跟踪

滑模控制方法的不变性和鲁棒性特性能够克服水下航行器轨迹跟踪过程中的参数不确定性以及摄动的影响,但在实际应用中存在执行器受限问题常常会导致滑动模态的丧失.为了抑制执行器的速率与幅值限制对滑模控制器的影响,采用二阶滑模控制的水下航行器轨迹跟踪控制,并用了边界层厚度动态控制的方法解决存在速率和幅值限制的有限带宽的执行器的滑模控制器的设计,通过增加边界层厚度,控制器的轨迹跟踪能力有所减弱.但是系统状态仍然保持在边界层内,保证了系统的稳定性.通过仿真证明了水下航行器的姿态角跟踪控制仿真证明了上述结论的正确性.     

Robust adaptive control of a bio-inspired robot manipulator using bat algorithm

This paper proposes a novel adaptive fractional order PID sliding mode controller (AFOPIDSMC) using a Bat algorithm to control of a Caterpillar robot manipulator. A fractional order PID (FOPID) control is applied to improve both trajectory tracking and robustness. Sliding mode controller (SMC) is one of the control methods which provides high robustness and low tracking error. Using hybridization, a new combined control law is proposed for chattering reduction by means of FOPID controller and high trajectory tracking through using SMC. Then, an adaptive controller design motivated from the SMC is applied for updating FOPID parameters. A metaheuristic approach, the Bat search algorithm based on the echolocation behavior of bats is applied for optimal design of the Caterpillar robot in order to tune the parameter AFOPIDSMC controllers (BA-AFOPIDSMC). To study the effectiveness of Bat algorithm, its performance is compared with five other controllers such as PID, FOPID, SMC, AFOPIDSMC and PSO-AFOPIDSMC. The stability of the AFOPIDSMC controller is proved by Lyapunov theory. Numerical simulation results completely indicate the advantage of BA-AFOPIDSMC for trajectory tracking and chattering reduction.     

Novel smooth sliding mode attitude control design for constrained re-entry vehicle based on disturbance observer

This paper investigates the attitude tracking control system design for reusable launch vehicle (RLV) in re-entry phase with input constraint, model uncertainty and external disturbance. The novel control scheme is designed via combining the advantages of the robust property of sliding mode control (SMC), the compensation ability of disturbance observer (DOB) and the systematic design procedure of backstepping technique. By applying DOB technique to estimate the lumped uncertainty, there is no need to choose the switch gain larger than the bound of uncertainty. Through designing the exponential form sliding surface and smooth sliding mode controller, the chattering and discontinuous problem inherent in the traditional SMC is alleviated. An additional system is constructed to handle input constraint. Based on Lyapunov theory, the asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system is proven. At last, compared simulations are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control approach.     

Practical consensus tracking control of multiple nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots in polar coordinates

This paper proposes a sliding‐mode control (SMC) method to achieve practical cooperative consensus tracking for a network of multiple nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots (MNWMRs) with input disturbances. A novel SMC surface under the nonholonomic constraints is first formulated to characterize the network communication interactions among the networked robots under the framework of polar coordinates. A unified distributed consensus tracking strategy is then proposed by systematically combining a position controller and a direction controller. Furthermore, a simple yet general criterion is derived to achieve the desired practical consensus of trajectory tracking and posture stabilization for MNWMRs. In particular, for a specific common consensus trajectory, the complete asymptotic tracking in heading direction can be fully guaranteed when the perfect asymptotic position‐tracking errors are realized. Accordingly, the developed consensus tracking strategy for MNWMRs demonstrates some advantages of control performance including stability, robustness, and effectiveness over the existing control method proposed for their single‐robot counterparts. Some comparative simulation results are given to confirm the effectiveness of the proposed cooperative consensus control method.