基于干扰观测器的机械臂广义模型预测轨迹跟踪控制

为实现对多自由度机械臂关节运动精确轨迹跟踪,提出一种基于非线性干扰观测器的广义模型预测轨迹跟踪控制方法。针对机械臂轨迹跟踪运动学子系统,采用广义预测控制（Generalized Predictive Control,GPC）方法设计期望的虚拟关节角速度。对于机械臂轨迹跟踪动力学子系统,考虑机械臂的参数不确定性和未知外界扰动,利用GPC方法设计关节力矩控制输入,基于非线性干扰观测器方法实时估计和补偿系统模型中的不确定性。在李雅普诺夫稳定性理论框架下证明了机械臂关节角位置和角速度的跟踪误差最终收敛于零的小邻域。数值仿真验证了所提出控制方法的有效性和优越性。     

轮式移动机器人的位置量测输出反馈轨迹跟踪控制

针对机器人的姿态角难以精确测量的困难,本文研究基于位置测量的轮式移动机器人的轨迹跟踪问题.首先提出一种利用机器人的位置信息估计其姿态角的降维状态观测器,当机器人的线速度严格大于零时,可保证姿态角观测误差的指数收敛.然后给出一种新的状态反馈轨迹跟踪控制律,当参考轨迹满足一定的激励条件时,可以保证机器人的线速度严格大于零且跟踪误差全局渐近收敛.进一步结合姿态角观测器和状态反馈控制律,得到一种输出反馈轨迹跟踪控制算法.理论分析表明,当参考轨迹满足一定的激励条件时,所提出的输出反馈控制算法可以保证跟踪误差的全局渐近收敛.最后对所提出的姿态角观测器、状态反馈和输出反馈轨迹跟踪控制算法进行了仿真验证,证实了算法的有效性,并且当存在位置测量误差时,所提出的输出反馈轨迹跟踪控制算法仍可以保证机器人对参考轨迹的实际跟踪.     

Decentralized adaptive control of robot manipulators

A decentralized adaptive control scheme is proposed for the trajectory tracking of a general n-degree-of-freedom robot manipulator. The robot is considered as a set of decoupled second-order systems with disturbances. The controller consists of feedforward from the desired trajectory based on the “inverse system” of the model, PID feedback from the actual trajectory, and auxiliary input for the compensation of the neglected terms in modeling in each subsystem. The gain is derived in diagonal matrix form, and is adjusted by the model reference adaptive control theory based on the Lyapunov's direct method. The result is high accuracy in path tracking despite the high speed, load change, and sudden torque disturbances. Numerical simulations on.a planar two-link robot manipulator are presented to show the performance under various practical considerations.     

Linear learning control of robot motion

For the trajectory following problem of a robot manipulator, a new linear learning control law, consisting of the conventional proportional-integral-differential (PID) control law, with respect to position tracking error, and an iterative learning term is provided. The learning part is a linear feedback control of position, velocity, and acceleration errors (PDD²). It has been shown that, under the proposed learning control, the position, velocity, and acceleration tracking errors are asymptotically stable in the presence of highly nonlinear dynamics. The proposed control is robust in the sense that exact knowledge about nonlinear dynamics is not required except for the bounding functions on their magnitudes. Further, neither is linear approximation of nonlinear dynamics nor repeatability of robot motion required.     

Global stability of trajectory tracking of robot underPD control

It is shown for the first time that, even if there exist nonlinear unknown dynamics, aPD feedback control without higher-order nonlinear compensation can guarantee global stability for the trajectory following problem of a robot manipulator. ThePD control under investigation is a position and velocity feedback control with a time-varying gain, and does not contain any higher-order nonlinearity. The proposed control is in general continuous and does not require any knowledge of robotic systems except size bounding function on nonlinear dynamics. Asymptotic stability of velocity tracking error and arbitrarily small position tracking error are guaranteed. Another novel and interesting result shown in this paper is that a measure on protection against saturation of actuators has been incorporated into consideration of control design and robustness analysis.This work is supported in part by U.S. National Science Foundation under grant MSS-9110034.     

Optimal two-degree-of-freedom fuzzy control for locomotion control of a hydraulically actuated hexapod robot

Locomotion control of legged robots is a very challenging task because very accurate foot trajectory tracking control is necessary for stable walking. An electro-hydraulically actuated walking robot has sufficient power to walk on rough terrain and carry a heavier payload. However, electro-hydraulic servo systems suffer from various shortcomings such as a high degree of nonlinearity, uncertainty due to changing hydraulic properties, delay due to oil flow and dead-zone of the proportional electromagnetic control valves. These shortcomings lead to inaccurate analytical system model, therefore, application of classical control techniques result into large tracking error. Fuzzy logic is capable of modeling mathematically complex or ill-defined systems. Therefore, fuzzy logic is becoming popular for synthesis of control systems for complex and nonlinear plants. In this investigation, a two-degree-of-freedom fuzzy controller, consisting of a one-step-ahead fuzzy prefilter in the feed-forward loop and a PI-like fuzzy controller in the feedback loop, has been proposed for foot trajectory tracking control of a hydraulically actuated hexapod robot. The fuzzy prefilter has been designed by a genetic algorithm (GA) based optimization. The prefilter overcomes the flattery delay caused by the hydraulic dead-zone of the electromagnetic proportional control valve and thus helps to achieve better tracking. The feedback fuzzy controller ensures the stability of the overall system in the face of model uncertainty associated with hydraulically actuated robotic mechanisms. Experimental results exhibit that the proposed controller manifests better foot trajectory tracking performance compared to single-degree-of-freedom (SDF) fuzzy controller or optimal classical controller like state feedback LQR controller.     

Motion Control of a Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulator in Task Space

In this paper, the motion control of a mobile manipulator subjected to nonholonomic constraints is investigated. The control objective is to design a computed‐torque controller based on the coupled dynamics of the mobile manipulator. The proposed controller achieves the capability of simultaneous tracking of a reference velocity for the mobile base and a reference trajectory for the end‐effector. The aforementioned reference velocity and trajectory are defined in the task space, such task setting imitates the actual working conditions of a mobile manipulator and thus makes the control problem practical. To solve this tracking problem, a steering velocity is firstly designed based on the first‐order kinematic model of the nonholonomic mobile base via dynamic feedback linearization. The main merit of the proposed steering velocity design is that it directly utilizes the reference velocity set in the task space without requiring the knowledge of a reference orientation. A torque controller is subsequently developed based on a proposed Lyapunov function which explicitly considers the coupled dynamics of the mobile manipulator to ensure the mobile base and end‐effector track the reference velocity and trajectory respectively. This proposed computed‐torque controller is able to realize asymptotic stability of both the base velocity tracking error and the end‐effector motion tracking error. Simulations are conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller.     

Dynamic Modeling and Tracking Control of a Nonholonomic Wheeled Mobile Manipulator with Dual Arms

This paper presents methodologies for dynamic modeling and trajectory tracking of a nonholonomic wheeled mobile manipulator (WMM) with dual arms. The complete dynamic model of such a manipulator is easily established using the Lagrange’s equation and MATHEMATICA. The structural properties of the overall system along with its subsystems are also well investigated and then exploited in further controller synthesis. The derived model is shown valid by reducing it to agree well with the mobile platform model. In order to solve the path tracking control problem of the wheeled mobile manipulator, a novel kinematic control scheme is proposed to deal with the nonholonomic constraints. With the backstepping technique and the filtered-error method, the nonlinear tracking control laws for the mobile manipulator system are constructed based on the Lyapunov stability theory. The proposed control scheme not only achieves simultaneous trajectory and velocity tracking, but also compensates for the dynamic interactions caused by the motions of the mobile platform and the two onboard manipulators. Simulation results are performed to illustrate the efficacy of the proposed control strategy.     

Vibration control for a nonlinear three-dimensional flexible manipulator trajectory tracking

This paper proposes an innovative approach to the trajectory tracking in three-dimensional space and vibration control problems in the presence of a nonlinear three-dimensional flexible manipulator based on the partial differential equation model. Unlike two-dimensional plane, we select spherical coordinates to describe the position of the end point in three-dimensional space. This novel approach makes it possible to realise the trajectory tracking by controlling the two angles in spherical coordinates, meanwhile, a vibration control scheme is proposed to restrain vibrations. In addition, the existence and uniqueness of solutions are demonstrated. Finally, the performance of the desired trajectory tracking, the proposed vibration control scheme and their convergence properties are demonstrated by numerical simulations.     

Sliding Mode Rest-to-Rest Stabilization and Trajectory Tracking for a Discretized Flexible Joint Manipulator

In this article, a difference flatness approach is used for trajectory tracking tasks of an approximately (Euler) discretized model of a nonlinear, single link, flexible joint manipulator. The system's flat output is commanded to follow a prescribed trajectory achieving a desired angular position maneuver. A new robust discrete time feedback controller design technique, of the sliding mode type, is then proposed for the closed loop regulation of the link position around the prescribed trajectory. The effectiveness of the approach is illustrated by means of digital computer simulations in a rest-to-rest stabilization maneuver and in a sinusoidal reference trajectory tracking task.     

Nonlinear repetitive control with application to trajectory control of manipulators

In this article, a new control scheme named repetitive control is proposed for a class of nonlinear systems described by x(t) = Ax(t) + Bu(t) + n(x(t)) and y(t) = Cx(t), in which the controlled variables follow periodic reference commands. The stability condition is derived by applying the passivity theorem. We show how to apply the repetitive control scheme to the trajectory control of a manipulator. A simple repetitive control scheme is developed for the trajectory control of a manipulator by using nonlinear compensation and feedbacks of position and velocity signals. Experimental results for a three link manipulator verify that the proposed repetitive control reduces the tracking error to a very low level.     

A composite adaptive control with flexible quantity feedback for flexible-link manipulators

This article presents a mixture of joint subsystem-based adaptive control and simple flexible quantity feedback for flexible-link manipulators. The complex full flexible-arm system is composed of two severely coupling subsystems called the joint subsystem and flexible subsystem. Linear parametrization is first used to design an adaptive law for identifying the unknown parameters of a flexible manipulator based only on the joint subsystem. Joint-angle trajectory tracking can thus be achieved using the derived stable nonlinear adaptive control with the estimates of unknown parameters. To stabilize the flexible subsystem, we can simply add the feedback of transversal acceleration or deflection at the end point and/or along the flexible beam. The suggested approach is much simpler than those based on the full dynamics model of a flexible arm in required computations. Computer simulations on a single-link and a two-link flexible arm are tested to illustrate the validity of the strategy for both trajectory tracking and active damping. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Trajectory tracking for the magnetic ball levitation system via exact feedforward linearisation and GPI control

The output feedback control of the popular magnetic ball levitation system is addressed from a suitable combination of several complementary viewpoints. We use: first, recent developments on exact feedforward linearisation controllers for nonlinear flat systems to substantially reduce the linear feedback controller efforts through pre-compensation. Second, an on-line ball velocity estimation strategy is proposed by using a model-based integral reconstructor, which is a linear combination of iterated integrals of the input and the output of the system, thus avoiding the use of traditional observers or noisy derivative estimations. Finally, we use a generalised proportional integral (GPI) controller which compensates the errors in the integral reconstructor and further bestows the enhanced robustness on the closed-loop system via output tracking error iterated integration feedback. This methodology only requires the measurements of the position of the levitated ball and of the control input voltage. The proposed feedback regulation scheme is shown to locally guarantee an asymptotically exponentially stable behaviour of the controlled ball position and, definitely, allows for the possibilities of safely carrying out the rest-to-rest trajectory tracking tasks on the ball position. The proposed output feedback controller is actually implemented on a laboratory prototype with excellent experimental results for, both, stabilisation and trajectory tracking tasks.     

Two adaptive control structures of robot manipulators

This paper proposes two simple adaptive control schemes of robot manipulators. The first one is the state feedback control which consists of feedforward from the desired position trajectory, PD feedback from the actual trajectory, and an auxiliary input. The second one is the feedforward/feedback control which consists of a feedforward term from the desired position, velocity, and acceleration trajectory based on the inverse of robot dynamics. The feedforward, feedback, and auxiliary gains are adapted using simple equations derived from the decentralized adaptive control theory based on Lyapunov's direct method, and using only the local information of the corresponding joint. The proposed control schemes are computationally fast and do not require a priori knowledge of the detail parameters of the manipulator or the payload. Simulation results are presented in support of the proposed schemes. The results demonstrate that both controllers perform well with bounded adaptive gains.     

双连杆柔性臂轨迹跟踪的鲁棒控制

研究了双连杆柔性臂轨迹跟踪的鲁棒控制问题·基于假设模态法和奇异摄动法,导出了双连杆柔性臂系统的动力学方程,并将系统模型分离为慢变和快变两个子系统.针对柔性臂的特点,提出了关节角的补偿控制思想,并且给出了补偿控制算法.对两个子系统分别采用滑模变结构控制和H∞控制,由此得到的组合控制使系统精确跟踪目标轨迹.研制了双连杆柔性臂实验台,并对文中提出的方法进行了实验.     

Compound control of a compound cosine function neural network and PD for manipulators

In this paper, a compound cosine function neural network controller for manipulators is presented based on the combination of a cosine function and a unipolar sigmoid function. The compound control scheme based on a proportional-differential (PD) feedback control plus the cosine function neural network feedforward control is used for the tracking control of manipulators. The advantages of the compound control are that the system model does not need to be identified beforehand in the manipulator control system and it can achieve better adaptive control in an on-line continuous learning manner. The simulation results for the two-link manipulator show that the proposed compound control has higher tracking accuracy and better robustness than the conventional PD controllers in the position trajectory tracking control for the manipulator. Therefore, the compound cosine function neural network controller provides a novel approach for the manipulator control with uncertain nonlinear problems.     

一类输入饱和非仿射非线性系统的非线性动态逆控制

输入饱和是实际系统中经常遇到的问题,很多已有的控制方法要求被控系统具有仿射结构.本文针对一类具有输入饱和的非仿射纯反馈非线性系统提出了一种基于奇异值摄动理论的非线性动态逆控制方法.首先构建一个快变子系统,在慢时间尺度下将非仿射非线性系统转换为具有仿射结构的线性系统,从而应用已有的控制算法实现控制目的.为了消除输入饱和带...     

Observer-Based Adaptive Controller Design of Flexible Manipulators Using Time-Delay Neuro-Fuzzy Networks

In this paper, a dynamical time-delay neuro-fuzzy controller is proposed for the adaptive control of a flexible manipulator. It is assumed that the robotic manipulator has only joint angle position measurements. A linear observer is used to estimate the robot joint angle velocity. For a perfect tracking control of the robot, the output redefinition approach is used in the adaptive controller design using time-delay neuro-fuzzy networks. The time-delay neuro-fuzzy networks with the rule representation of the TSK type fuzzy system have better learning ability for complex dynamics as compared with existing neural networks. The novel control structure and learning algorithm are given, and a simulation for the trajectory tracking of a flexible manipulator illustrates the control performance of the proposed control approach.     

全局收敛的带有输出约束柔性关节机械臂分段控制

针对带有输出约束和模型不确定的柔性关节机械臂系统,运用奇异摄动法将系统解耦成慢子与快子系统且分别进行控制器设计,从而实现与刚性控制方法的联系且能减少计算量.针对快子系统,采用速度差值反馈来抑制关节柔性引起的系统弹性振动.针对慢子系统提出了一种全局收敛的分段控制策略,将收敛域拓展到全局,克服了基于tan-障碍Lyapuov函数(BLF)反演控制需要系统初始误差在收敛域内的缺陷,且应用径向基(RBF)神经网络消除未知干扰和模型不确定性引起的误差,至此保证了系统的轨迹跟踪和输出约束要求.仿真对比表明,所提方法能使柔性关节机械臂在任意初始位置均能保持良好的跟踪性能,体现了控制器的有效性和优越性.     

Stability and control aspects of flexible link robot manipulators during constrained motion tasks

The effect of robotic manipulator structural compliance on system stability and trajectory tracking performance and the compensation of this structural compliance has been the subject of a number of publications for the case of robotic manipulator noncontact task execution. The subject of this article is the examination of dynamics and stability issues of a robotic manipulator modeled with link structural flexibility during execution of a task that requires the robot tip to contact fixed rigid objects in the work environment. The dynamic behavior of a general n degree of freedom flexible link manipulator is investigated with a previously proposed nonlinear computed torque constrained motion control applied, computed based on the rigid link equations of motion. Through the use of techniques from the theory of singular perturbations, the analysis of the system stability is investigated by examining the stability of the “slow” and “fast” subsystem dynamics. The conditions under which the fast subsystem dynamics exhibit a stable response are examined. It is shown that if certain conditions are satisfied a control based on only the rigid link equations of motion will lead to asymptotic trajectory tracking of the desired generalized position and force trajectories during constrained motion. Experiments reported here have been carried out to investigate the performance of the nonlinear computed torque control law during constrained motion of the manipulator. While based only on the rigid link equations of motion, experimental results confirm that high-frequency structural link modes, exhibited in the response of the robot, are asymptotically stable and do not destabilize the slow subsystem dynamics, leading to asymptotic trajectory tracking of the overall system. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.