Intelligent tracking control of a dual‐arm wheeled mobile manipulator with dynamic uncertainties

This paper presents an intelligent control approach that incorporates sliding mode control (SMC) and fuzzy neural network (FNN) into the implementation of back‐stepping control for a path tracking problem of a dual‐arm wheeled mobile manipulator subject to dynamic uncertainties and nonholonomic constraints. By using the back‐stepping technique, the system equations are reformulated into two levels: the kinematic level and the dynamic level. A sliding manifold is constructed by considering the disturbance free kinematic level equations only. With all the system uncertainties concentrated in the dynamic level, an FNN controller associated with a switching type of control law is employed to enforce sliding mode on the prescribed manifold. All parameter adjustment rules for the proposed controller are derived from the Lyapunov theory such that uniform ultimate boundedness for both the tracking error and the FNN weighting updates is ensured. A simulation study, which compares different control design approaches, is included to illustrate the promise of the proposed SMC–FNN method. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adaptive sliding mode trajectory tracking control for wheeled mobile robots

This paper discusses the problem of adaptive sliding mode trajectory tracking control for wheeled mobile robots in the presence of external disturbances and inertia uncertainties. A new fast nonsingular terminal sliding mode surface without any constraint is proposed, which not only avoids singularity, but also retains the advantages of sliding mode control. In order to implement the trajectory tracking mission, the error dynamic system is divided into a second-order subsystem and a third-order one. First, an adaptive fast nonsingular terminal sliding mode control law of the angular velocity is constructed for stabilising the second-order subsystem in finite time. Then, another adaptive fast nonsingular terminal sliding mode control law of the linear velocity is designed to guarantee the stability of the third-order subsystem. Finally, a simulation example is provided to demonstrate the validity of the proposed control scheme.     

Robust neural network–based tracking control and stabilization of a wheeled mobile robot with input saturation

This paper presents a robust neural network–based control scheme to deal with the problem of tracking and stabilization simultaneously for a wheeled mobile robot subject to parametric uncertainties, external disturbances, and input saturation. At first, a new error‐state transformation scheme is designed by introducing some auxiliary variables as an additional virtual control signals to reduce the adverse effect caused by the underactuation. These variables can change their structures for different desired trajectories to be tracked. Then, a robust control law is proposed combining with a kinematic controller and a dynamic controller, while a three‐layer neural network system is applied to approximate model uncertainties. Stability analysis via the Lyapunov theory shows that the proposed controller can make tracking errors converge to bounded neighborhoods of the origin. Finally, some simulation results are illustrated to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.     

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。     

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.     

Adaptive neural network sliding mode control of a nonlinear two-degrees-of-freedom helicopter system

The helicopter can play an important role in military and civil applications owing to its super maneuvering ability, which is closely related to its control system. To improve control performance, this study presents an adaptive sliding mode control strategy merging an adaptive neural network for a nonlinear two-degrees-of-freedom (2-DOF) helicopter system. By setting up the Lyapunov function, the asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system is guaranteed, the astringency of the neural network weight renewal course is pledged, and the asymptotic attitude adjustment and trajectory tracking for the desired set point are realized. The availability of the adaptive radial basis function sliding mode control is finally verified via the simulation and real implementation on a nonlinear 2-DOF helicopter platform.     

基于函数滑模控制器的机械手轨迹跟踪控制

提出一种基于函数滑模控制器(FSMC)的控制策略,用于不确定机械手的轨迹跟踪控制。首先,由动力学模型和滑模函数得到系统的不确定项;然后,利用RBF神经网络逼近系统不确定项,由于神经网络逼近存在误差,而且在初始阶段误差较大,设计函数滑模控制器和鲁棒补偿项对神经网络逼近误差进行补偿,以克服普通滑模控制器容易引起的抖振问题,同时提高系统的跟踪控制性能。基于李亚普诺夫理论证明了闭环系统的全局稳定性,仿真实验也验证了方法的有效性。     

非完整轮式机器人的鲁棒同步编队跟踪及镇定控制

本文研究了受到建模不确定性影响和输入限制的非完整轮式机器人的同步编队跟踪和编队镇定问题.首先,基于领航–跟随策略,确定了编队构型的数学表达形式.其次,通过定义含有辅助控制量的跟踪误差,设计了一种具有统一结构的分布式运动学控制器,可使跟随者实现对复杂期望轨迹的跟踪,包括时变轨迹和固定点等.然后,针对建模不确定性影响和输入限制,基于反步法、模糊控制方法和Lyapunov控制理论,设计了一种饱和动力学控制器,使得系统的闭环跟踪误差全局收敛至零点附近有界领域内.最后,通过对比仿真实验,验证了本文控制方法的有效性.     

Model-independent position domain sliding mode control for contour tracking of robotic manipulator

In this paper, a new position domain feedback type sliding mode control (PDC-SMC) law is proposed for contour tracking control of multi-DOF (degree of freedom) nonlinear robotic manipulators focusing on the improvement of contour tracking performances. One feature of the proposed control law is its model-independent control scheme that can avoid calculation of the feedforward part in a standard SMC. The new control law takes the advantages of the high contour tracking performance of PD type feedback position domain control (PDC) and the robustness of SMC. Stability analysis is performed using the Lyapunov stability theory, and simulation studies are conducted to verify the effectiveness of the developed PDC-SMC control system. In addition, the effects of control parameters of the SMC on system performances are studied.     

Fuzzy sliding mode control for a robot manipulator

This work presents the design of a robust control system using a sliding mode controller that incorporates a fuzzy control scheme. The presented control law superposes a sliding mode controller and a fuzzy logic controller. A fuzzy tuning scheme is employed to improve the performance of the control system. The proposed fuzzy sliding mode control (FSMC) scheme utilizes the complementary cooperation of the traditional sliding mode control (SMC) and the fuzzy logic control (FLC). In other words, the proposed control scheme has the advantages which it can guarantee the stability in the sense of Lyapunov function theory and can ameliorate the tracking errors, compared with the FLC and SMC, respectively. Simulation results for the trajectory tracking control of a two-link robot manipulator are presented to show the feasibility and robustness of the proposed control scheme. This work was presented in part at the 13th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, January 31–February 2, 2008     

提高轮式移动机器人性能的AKF 和滑模相结合控制方法

针对轮式移动机器人在实际工作中不可避免地受到环境因素影响的问题,采用Sage-Husa自适应卡尔曼滤波对带有白噪声的参考轨迹进行估计,以提高测量信息的真实性;同时在速度控制的基础上,考虑机器人动力学模型及其外界干扰,利用滑模控制思想设计出具有渐近收敛性的力矩反馈控制规律来跟踪滤波后的估计值.仿真结果表明,该控制方法能有效抑制测量噪声和外界干扰的影响,快速跟踪任意参考轨迹.     

基于终端滑模机器人模糊自适应路径跟踪控制

对质心位置未知的移动机器人系统设计了基于快速终端滑模的模糊自适应路径跟踪控制方法。该方法采用模糊逻辑系统逼近控制器中的未知函数,基于李亚普诺夫稳定性分析方法对未知参数设计自适应律,并设计鲁棒控制器来补偿逼近误差。该方法不但可以保证闭环系统中的所有信号有界,而且可使跟踪误差在有限时间内收敛到原点的小邻域内。仿真结果验证了方法的有效性。     

非脆弱递归滑模动态面自适应神经网络控制

针对一类非匹配不确定非线性系统的跟踪控制问题, 提出了一种递归滑模动态面自适应控制算法. 采用神经网络(neural network, NN)在线逼近系统不确定项, 通过设计递归滑模动态面有效综合反推步骤中每步跟踪误差之间相互影响和制约的关系. 该方法避免了反推法存在的“微分爆炸”问题, 克服了传统动态面方法对其低通滤波器时间常数和神经网络自适应参数摄动脆弱的缺点. 稳定性分析证明了该方法能够保证闭环系统所有状态半全局一致最终有界, 且跟踪误差可以收敛至原点的任意小邻域.     

Robust adaptive neural network control for environmental boundary tracking by mobile robots

The paper addresses the problem of environmental boundary tracking for the nonholonomic mobile robot with uncertain dynamics and external disturbances. To do environmental boundary tracking, a reference velocity is designed for the nonholonomic mobile robot. In this paper, a radial basis function neural network (NN) is used to approximate a nonlinear function containing the uncertain model terms and the elements of the Hessian matrix of the environmental concentration function. Then, the NN approximator is combined with a robust control to construct a robust adaptive NN control for the mobile robot to track the desired environment boundary. It is proved that the tracking error can be guaranteed to converge to zero in the ultimate. Simulation results are presented to illustrate the stability of the robust adaptive control. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

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.     

轮子纵向打滑条件下的移动机器人自适应跟踪控制

针对纵向滑动参数未知的轮式移动机器人的轨迹跟踪问题,提出一种自适应跟踪控制策略.利用两个未知参数来描述移动机器人左右轮的纵向打滑程度,建立了产生纵向滑动的差分驱动轮式移动机器人的运动学模型;设计了补偿纵向滑动的自适应非线性反馈控制律;应用 Lyapunov 稳定性理论与 Barbalat 定理证明了闭环系统的稳定性;同时,提出了一种由极点配置方法在线调整控制器增益的方法.仿真结果验证了所提出控制方法的有效性.     

改进非线性干扰观测器的机械臂自适应反演滑模控制

针对传统滑模和传统干扰观测器在机械臂关节位置跟踪中存在的控制输入抖振、需要测量加速度项、应用模型受限等问题,提出一种改进非线性干扰观测器的机械臂自适应反演滑模控制算法。首先,设计改进的非线性干扰观测器进行在线测试,在滑模控制律中加入干扰估计值对可观测的干扰进行补偿;然后选择合适的设计参数,使观测误差指数型收敛;其次,引入反演自适应控制律,对不可观测的干扰进行估计,进一步改善控制系统的跟踪性能;最后,利用李雅普诺夫函数验证了闭环系统的渐近稳定性,并将其应用于机械臂关节位置跟踪。实验结果表明,与传统滑模算法比较,所提控制算法不但加快了系统的响应速度,而且能有效地削弱系统抖振、避免测量加速度项并扩大应用模型使用范围。     

滑模动态递归模糊神经网络船电推进复合控制

提出了船舶电力吊舱推进系统的复合控制策略,以消除吊舱推进的过冲现象并获得快速平滑的动态响应.复合控制由鲁棒滑模控制和动态递归模糊神经网络控制组成,鲁棒滑模控制利用死区非线性和误差边界厚度法,克服系统的不确定与外界扰动,具有在线自学习算法的动态递归模糊神经网络控制促使系统的跟踪误差趋近于0.建立了基于SIMOTION的半实物仿真Siemens-Schottel推进器系统,仿真与实验结果表明,复合控制具有暂态快速和稳态平滑的动态响应,提高了吊舱推进系统的鲁棒性和运动精度.     

Fault tolerant control based on neural network interval type-2 fuzzy sliding mode controller for octorotor UAV

In this paper, a robust controller for a six degrees of freedom (6 DOF) octorotor helicopter control is proposed in presence of actuator and sensor faults. Neural networks (NN), interval type-2 fuzzy logic control (IT2FLC) approach and sliding mode control (SMC) technique are used to design a controller, named fault tolerant neural network interval type-2 fuzzy sliding mode controller (FTNNIT2FSMC), for each subsystem of the octorotor helicopter. The proposed control scheme allows avoiding difficult modeling, attenuating the chattering effect of the SMC, reducing the number of rules for the fuzzy controller, and guaranteeing the stability and the robustness of the system. The simulation results show that the FTNNIT2FSMC can greatly alleviate the chattering effect, tracking well in presence of actuator and sensor faults.     

Adaptive neural integral sliding‐mode control for tracking control of fully actuated uncertain surface vessels

This paper develops a novel adaptive neural integral sliding‐mode control to enhance the tracking performance of fully actuated uncertain surface vessels. The proposed method is built based on an integrating between the benefits of the approximation capability of neural network (NN) and the high robustness and precision of the integral sliding‐mode control (ISMC). In this paper, the design of NN, which is used to approximate the unknown dynamics, is simplified such that just only one simple adaptive rule is needed. The ISMC, which can eliminate the reaching phase and offer higher tracking performance compared to the conventional sliding‐mode control, is designed such that the system robust against the approximation error and stabilize the whole system. The design procedure of the proposed controller is constructed according to the backstepping control technique so that the stability of the closed‐loop system is guaranteed based on Lyapunov criteria. The proposed method is then tested on a simulated vessel system using computer simulation and compared with other state‐of‐the‐art methods. The comparison results demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed approach.