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Chao Ren1, Jingyi Zhang1, Liang Hu2
1School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
Abstract:
This article focuses on addressing three practical issues encountered when applying a data-driven model-free adaptive control (MFAC) approach to mobile robots. The first practical issue lies in a common assumption in MFAC schemes that the sign of all elements in pseudo-partial derivative (PPD) should be constant, while it cannot be satisfied if omnidirectional mobile manipulators (OMMs) move with platform rotation. To solve this problem, a new coordinate frame is introduced, which is crucial for applying MFAC to any mobile robots with rotation. The second one is that the initial value setting method for estimation of PPD is unclear. Improper settings may easily lead to control system instability. An initial value setting method for estimation of PPD is proposed with explicit physical interpretation. Lastly, applying the typical MFAC scheme directly to OMM fails to converge well to the desired trajectory. To tackle this, a new data-driven MFAC controller is proposed by incorporating a sliding mode control. Finally, experimental tests on an OMM are carried out to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first MFAC scheme that has been experimentally verified on a prototype mobile robot with rotation.
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