Adaptive Trajectory Tracking Control for Nonholonomic Wheeled Mobile Robots:A Barrier Function Sliding Mode Approach

The trajectory tracking control performance of nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots(NWMRs)is subject to nonholonomic constraints,system uncertainties,and external disturbances.This paper proposes a barrier function-based adaptive sliding mode control(BFASMC)method to provide high-precision,fast-response performance and robustness for NWMRs.Compared with the conventional adaptive sliding mode control,the proposed control strategy can guarantee that the sliding mode variables converge to a predefined neighborhood of origin with a predefined reaching time independent of the prior knowledge of the uncertainties and disturbances bounds.Another advantage of the proposed algorithm is that the control gains can be adaptively adjusted to follow the disturbances amplitudes thanks to the barrier function.The benefit is that the overestimation of control gain can be eliminated,resulting in chattering reduction.Moreover,a modified barrier function-like control gain is employed to prevent the input saturation problem due to the physical limit of the actuator.The stability analysis and comparative experiments demonstrate that the proposed BFASMC can ensure the prespecified convergence performance of the NWMR system output variables and strong robustness against uncertainties/disturbances.

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.

Control of trajectory tracking of two-wheeled differential spherical mobile robot

This paper presents a two-wheeled differential spherical mobile robot in view of the problems that the motion of spherical robot is difficult to control and the sensor is limited by the spherical shell.The robot is simple in structure,flexible in motion and easy to control.The kinematics and dynamics model of spherical mobile robot is established according to the structure of spherical mobile robot.On the basis of the adaptive neural sliding mode control,the trajectory tracking controller of the system is designed.During the simulation of the s-trajectory and circular trajectory tracking control of the spherical mobile robot,it is concluded that the spherical mobile robot is flexible in motion and easy to control.In addition,the simulation results show that the adaptive neural sliding mode control can effectively track the trajectory of the spherical robot.The adaptive control eliminates the influence of unknown parameters and disturbances,and avoids the jitter of left and right wheels during the torque output.

Real-time Non-linear Target Tracking Control of Wheeled Mobile Robots

A control strategy for real-time target tracking for wheeled mobile robots is presented.Using a modified Kalman filter for environment perception,a novel tracking control law derived from Lyapunov stability theory is introduced.Tuning of linear velocity and angular velocity with mechanical constraints is applied.The proposed control system can simultaneously solve the target trajectory prediction,real-time tracking,and posture regulation problems of a wheeled mobile robot.Experimental results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed tracking control laws.

A Back-stepping Based Trajectory Tracking Controller for a Non-chained Nonholonomic Spherical Robot

Spherical robot has good static and dynamic stability, which provides it with strong viability in hostile environment, but the lack of effective control methods has hindered its application and development. This article deals with the dynamic trajectory tracking problem of the spherical robot BHQ-2 designed for unmanned environment exploration. The dynamic model of the spherical robot is established with a simplified Boltzmann-Hamel equation, based on which a trajectory tracking controller is designed by using the back-stepping method. The convergence of the controller is proved with the Lyapunov stability theory. Numerical simulations show that with the controller the robot can globally and asymptotically track desired trajectories, both linear and circular.

Demagnetization Analysis and Velocity Tracking Control of In-wheel Motor

The error caused by irreversible demagnetization damages the accurate velocity tracking of an in-wheel motor in a mobile robot.A current feedforward vector control system based on ESO is proposed to compensate it for the demagnetization motor.A demagnetization mathematical model is established to describe a permanent magnet synchronous motor,which took the change of permanent magnet flux linkage parameters as a factor to count the demagnetization error in velocity tracking.The uncertain disturbance estimation model of the control system is built based on ESO,which eliminates the system error by the feedforward current compensation.It is compared with the vector control method in terms of control accuracy.The simulation results show that the current feedforward vector control method based on ESO reduces the velocity tracking error greatly in conditions of motor demagnetization less than 30%.It is effective to improve the operation accuracy of the mobile robot.

Parameter Identification and Application of Slippage Kinematics for Tracked Mobile Robots

A new parameter identification method is proposed to solve the slippage problem when tracked mobile robots execute turning motions.Such motion is divided into two states in this paper:pivot turning and coupled turning between angular velocity and linear velocity.In the processing of pivot turning,the slippage parameters could be obtained by measuring the end point in a square path.In the process of coupled turning,the slippage parameters could be calculated by measuring the perimeter of a circular path and the linear distance between the start and end points.The identification results showed that slippage parameters were affected by velocity.Therefore,a fuzzy rule base was established with the basis on the identification data,and a fuzzy controller was applied to motion control and dead reckoning.This method effectively compensated for errors resulting in unequal tension between the left and right tracks,structural dimensions and slippage.The results demonstrated that the accuracy of robot positioning and control could be substantially improved on a rigid floor.

Adaptive trajectory tracking control of two-wheeled self-balance robot

Wheeled mobile robot is one of the well-known nonholonomic systems. A two-wheeled sell-balance robot is taken as the research objective. This paper carried out a detailed force analysis of the robot and established a non-linear dynamics model. An adaptive tracking controller for the kinematic model of a nonhotonomic mobile robot with unknown parameters is also proposed. Using control Lyapunov function （CLF）, the controller＇s global asymptotic stability has been proven. The adaptive trajectory tracking controller decreases the disturbance in the course of tracking control and enhances the real-time control characteristics. The simulation result indicated that the wheeled mobile robot tracking can be effectively controlled.

Adaptive Tracking Control of an Uncertain Nonholonomic Robot

In this paper, a new controller is proposed by using backstepping method for the trajectory tracking problem of nonholonomic dynamic mobile robots with nonholonomic constraints under the condition that there is a distance between the mass center and the geometrical center and the distance is unknown. And an adaptive feedback controller is also proposed for the case that some kinematic parameters and dynamic parameters are uncertain. The asymptotical stability of the control system is proved with Lyapunov stability theory. The simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed controller. The comparison with the previous methods is made to show the effectiveness of the method in this article.

Dynamic modeling and simulation for nonholonomic welding mobile robot

Based on the Newton-Euler method, the dynamic behaviors of the left and right driving wheels and the robot body for the welding mobile robot were derived. In order to realize the combination control of body turning and slider adjustment, the dynamic behaviors of sliders were also investigated. As a result, a systematic and complete dynamic model for the welding mobile robot was constructed. In order to verify the effectiveness of the above model, a sliding mode tracking control method was proposed and simulated, the lateral error stabilizes between -0.2 mm and ＋0.2 mm, and the total distance of travel for the slider is consistently within 4-2 ram. The simulation results verify the effectiveness of the established dynamic model and also show that the seam tracking controller based on the dynamic model has excellent performance in terms of stability and robustness. Furthermore, the model is found to be very suitable for practical applications of the welding mobile robot.

Precise trajectory tracking of mecanum-wheeled omnidirectional mobile robots via a novel fixed-time sliding mode control approach

This paper proposes a novel fixed-time sliding mode control approach for trajectory-tracking tasks of a mecanum-wheeled omnidirectional mobile robot.First,the idea of two-phase attractors is introduced into the domain of sliding mode control,and a new fixed-time sliding surface is proposed.Then,according to this sliding surface,a new type of nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control algorithm is designed for the omnidirectional mobile robot,which can realize a fast fixed-time convergence property.The stability of the control system is proven scrupulously,and a guideline for control-parameter tuning is expounded.Finally,experiments are implemented to test the trajectory-tracking performance of the robot.Experimental results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed sliding surface and the corresponding control scheme in comparison with benchmark controllers.

花卉大棚喷药机器人远程控制系统设计——基于互联网

针对花卉薄膜大棚传统人工施药效率低、喷洒不均匀且漂浮药物对人体健康造成伤害等问题,设计了一种可实现远程手机控制的悬挂式喷药机器人系统。首先,根据花卉的生长特点和大棚空间结构,在不改变现有大棚结构的前提下,通过增设导轨的方式引入喷药机器人,并依据花卉精准施药的基本要求,在SolidWorks中建模并优化喷药机器人的机械结构;其次,以MCU esp8266模块作为核心控制单元,对继电器、电机、电磁阀和药液泵等硬件进行控制,采用PWM方式调节继电器的导通时间,进而实现喷药机器人根据不同行进速度作业;最后,通过WiFi无线通信模块结合物联网平台设计远程控制APP端,实现喷药机器人启停和环境数据采集等功能。系统测试表明:在无遮挡和有遮挡物环境中,数据传输的成功率分别约为98%和93%,丢包率分别约为1.98%和7%,且喷药机器人在不同的速度下运行稳定。测试结果能够为喷药机器人在大棚内行走稳定性和对花卉自动施药提供技术参考。

Robust Finite-Time Trajectory Tracking Control of Wheeled Mobile Robots with Parametric Uncertainties and Disturbances

In this paper, a robust finite-time tracking control scheme is proposed for wheeled mobile robots with parametric uncertainties and disturbances. To eliminate the effect of lumped uncertainties,a nonlinear extended state observer(NESO) is employed to estimate the unknown states as well as uncertainties, and the corresponding coefficients are tuned via pole placement technique. Based on the observation values, the finite-time sliding mode controller is presented to guarantee that both the sliding mode variables and tracking errors converge to zero within finite time. Simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control method.

Tracking Control of Wheeled Mobile Robots with Communication Delay and Data Loss

This paper considers the tracking control problem of a wheeled mobile robot under situation of communication delay and consecutive data packet dropouts in the feedback channel. A tracking controller in discrete-time domain for the case of ideal network condition is first derived, and then the networked predictive controller as well as two algorithms for dealing with communication delay and consecutive data packet dropouts are proposed. Simulation and experimental results verify the realizability and effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.

Motion planning and tracking control of a four-wheel independently driven steered mobile robot with multiple maneuvering modes

Safe and effective autonomous navigation in dynamic environments is challenging for four-wheel independently driven steered mobile robots(FWIDSMRs)due to the flexible allocation of multiple maneuver modes.To address this problem,this study proposes a novel multiple mode-based navigation system,which can achieve efficient motion planning and accurate tracking control.To reduce the calculation burden and obtain a comprehensive optimized global path,a kinodynamic interior-exterior cell exploration planning method,which leverages the hybrid space of available modes with an incorporated exploration guiding algorithm,is designed.By utilizing the sampled subgoals and the constructed global path,local planning is then performed to avoid unexpected obstacles and potential collisions.With the desired profile curvature and preselected mode,a fuzzy adaptive receding horizon control is proposed such that the online updating of the predictive horizon is realized to enhance the trajectory-following precision.The tracking controller design is achieved using the quadratic programming(QP)technique,and the primal-dual neural network optimization technique is used to solve the QP problem.Experimental results on a real-time FWIDSMR validate that the proposed method shows superior features over some existing methods in terms of efficiency and accuracy.

Design and Implementation of Wheel Chair Control System Using Particle Swarm Algorithm

About 10–20%of every country’s population is disable.There are at least 650 million people with a kind of disability worldwide.Assistance and support are perquisites for many handicap people for participating in society.Electric powered wheelchairs provide efficient mobility to motor impaired persons.In this paper a smart controller of a wheel chair mobile robot using Particle Swarm Optimization Proportional controller(PSO-P)was proposed where(PSO)algorithm was utilized to tune the proportional controller’s gains for each axis.Aiming to improve wheelchair tracking trajectory,a kinematic model of a robot with linear and angular velocities parameters was developed.The controller performance was examined using the system parameters with respect to trajectory references.A simulation of the proposed controller showed good correlation of the trajectory track under different loading conditions.

Data-driven iterative learning trajectory tracking control for wheeled mobile robot under constraint of velocity saturation

Considering the wheeled mobile robot(WMR)tracking problem with velocity saturation,we developed a data‐driven iterative learning double loop control method with constraints.First,the authors designed an outer loop controller to provide virtual velocity for the inner loop according to the position and pose tracking error of the WMR kinematic model.Second,the authors employed dynamic linearisation to transform the dynamic model into an online data‐driven model along the iterative domain.Based on the measured input and output data of the dynamic model,the authors identified the parameters of the inner loop controller.The authors considered the velocity saturation constraints;we adjusted the output velocity of the WMR online,providing effective solutions to the problem of velocity saltation and the saturation constraint in the tracking process.Notably,the inner loop controller only uses the output data and input of the dynamic model,which not only enables the reliable control of WMR trajectory tracking,but also avoids the influence of inaccurate model identification processes on the tracking performance.The authors analysed the algorithm's convergence in theory,and the results show that the tracking errors of position,angle and velocity can converge to zero in the iterative domain.Finally,the authors used a simulation to demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm.

具有不确定滑转的轮式移动机器人轨迹跟踪控制方法

轮式移动机器人在松软复杂地形条件下容易发生车轮滑转,影响轨迹跟踪精度.为提高机器人在该情况下的轨迹跟踪准确性,提出了一种基于容错控制的自适应滑转补偿控制器.首先,考虑车轮滑转率建立了四轮移动机器人运动学模型,并构建了相应的轨迹跟踪误差模型;然后,根据容错控制方法设计了滑转补偿项,并基于Lyapunov稳定性理论证明了自适应滑转补偿控制器的稳定性,实现了对由车轮滑转引起的速度误差的准确补偿;最后,利用四轮移动机器人进行了两种工况下的实验验证.结果表明,设计的控制器能够使移动机器人在未知的车轮滑转率条件下准确跟踪理想路径,并且相较于常规控制器有更强的鲁棒性和更高的跟踪精度.

基于遥感GIS信息融合的测绘机器人滑模跟踪控制系统

测绘机器人是实现测绘自动化的执行设备,测绘机器人的工作空间更为复杂,给机器人的跟踪控制工作带来较大挑战;为提高测绘机器人跟踪控制效果,设计了基于遥感GIS信息融合的测绘机器人滑模跟踪控制系统;加设遥感信息采集器和GIS信息采集器,改装遥感GIS信息处理器以及滑模跟踪控制器,完成硬件系统的优化设计;考虑信息结构以及信息之间的逻辑关系,构建系统数据库,为遥感GIS信息提供充足的存储空间;根据测绘任务生成机器人滑模移动轨迹,作为机器人的控制目标;采集测绘机器人实时遥感与GIS信息,利用遥感GIS信息融合技术跟踪机器人实时位姿,比对位姿跟踪结果与生成的控制目标,计算滑模跟踪控制量,完成系统的测绘机器人滑模跟踪控制软件功能优化;系统测试结果表明:设计系统的控制误差平均值为1.9 m,抖振幅值为0.8 dB,具有较好的控制效果。

基于双环自适应滑模的移动机器人轨迹跟踪控制

为了提升移动机器人轨迹跟踪精度,针对传统双环控制内外环协调性差、抗扰性弱的问题,文章提出双环自适应滑模的控制方法。为消除传统滑模控制(sliding mode control, SMC)方法中的趋近阶段,设计新型时变积分终端滑模控制器以保证系统状态始终位于滑模面,并通过控制器参数调节实现内环姿态误差和外环位置误差的快速收敛;构建基于势垒函数的增益调控方法,保证在扰动上界未知的情况下有效地抑制状态抖振,提高轨迹跟踪系统的抗干扰能力。对所提方法进行的验证分析结果表明,相较于现有的双环控制方法,该文轨迹跟踪控制方法精度更高、鲁棒性更强。