Robust adaptive fault-tolerant control of mobile robots with varying center of mass

  • Zhixi SHEN
  • , Yaping MA
  • , Yongduan SONG*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Most existing control methods for wheeled mobile robot (WMR) are based on the primary assumption that the WMR's center of mass (CM) is known and fixed. This paper presents an adaptive tracking control scheme for an asymmetrically actuated WMR with slipping/skidding dynamics and uncertain/unknown mass center. First, we establish the WMR dynamic model with consideration of the fact that its CM is normally unknown or even shifting due to dynamic loading and/or load shifting. The resultant model also takes into account the impact of slipping/skidding uncertainties. Second, a structurally simple and computationally inexpensive controller is developed to deal with time-varying unknown control gain and parametric/nonparametric uncertainties of WMR, where the asymmetric and nonsmooth input saturation with no a prior knowledge of bounds of input saturation, together with output constraints and actuation/propulsion failures, is addressed.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2419-2428
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Volume65
Issue number3
Early online date17 Aug 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2018
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
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Funding

This work was supported in part by the Technology Transformation Program of Chongqing Higher Education University (KJZH17102), in part by China Scholarship Council (201508505045), in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51374264), and in part by the Graduate Scientific Research and Innovation Foundation of Chongqing under Grant (CYB17048).

Keywords

  • Inputs saturation
  • output constraints
  • robust adaptive control
  • skidding/slipping dynamics
  • uncertain load

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