Nominal-Model-Based Sliding-Mode Control for Traveling-Wave Ultrasonic Motor

Traveling-wave ultrasonic motors (TWUSMs) have strong nonlinearity and uncertainty, which are sensitive to the environment, disturbances, and load changes. Thus, precision control of TWUSMs is hard to achieve with traditional methods for complex driving mechanisms. A nominal-model-based sliding-mode control strategy with strong robustness is proposed to achieve accurate speed control of TWUSMs. Firstly, a second-order nominal model of the speed difference and output torque was deduced to construct a nonlinear sliding-mode surface; then, a nonlinear sliding-mode controller was designed with the collaborative regulation of frequency and the amplitude of two-phase control voltages. The global asymptotic stability of the controller was proved under bounded disturbances and parameter uncertainty. Finally, the effectiveness and accurate control were testified to and verified by the simulations and experiments, which showed good robustness and a disturbance rejection of the strategy for TWUSMs, with strong nonlinearity and uncertainty.