Iterative learning control for a distributed cloud robot with payload delivery

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiehao Li ◽  
Shoukun Wang ◽  
Junzheng Wang ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Jiangbo Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trajectory Tracking ◽  
Tracking Control ◽  
Iterative Learning Control ◽  
Learning Control ◽  
Iterative Learning ◽  
Robot System ◽  
Trajectory Tracking Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Motion Models ◽  
Distributed Cloud

Purpose When it comes to the high accuracy autonomous motion of the mobile robot, it is challenging to effectively control the robot to follow the desired trajectory and transport the payload simultaneously, especially for the cloud robot system. In this paper, a flexible trajectory tracking control scheme is developed via iterative learning control to manage a distributed cloud robot (BIT-6NAZA) under the payload delivery scenarios. Design/methodology/approach Considering the relationship of six-wheeled independent steering in the BIT-6NAZA robot, an iterative learning controller is implemented for reliable trajectory tracking with the payload transportation. Meanwhile, the stability analysis of the system ensures the effective convergence of the algorithm. Findings Finally, to evaluate the developed method, some demonstrations, including the different motion models and tracking control, are presented both in simulation and experiment. It can achieve flexible tracking performance of the designed composite algorithm. Originality/value This paper provides a feasible method for the trajectory tracking control in the cloud robot system and simultaneously promotes the robot application in practical engineering.

Iterative Learning Control With Switching Gain Feedback for Nonlinear Systems

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. Ouyang ◽  
B. A. Petz ◽  
F. F. Xi
Keyword(s):  
Feedback Control ◽  
Nonlinear Systems ◽  
Trajectory Tracking ◽  
Tracking Control ◽  
Iterative Learning Control ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Learning Control ◽  
Iterative Learning ◽  
Trajectory Tracking Control ◽  
Control Scheme

Iterative learning control (ILC) is a simple and effective technique of tracking control aiming at improving system tracking performance from trial to trial in a repetitive mode. In this paper, we propose a new ILC called switching gain PD-PD (SPD-PD)-type ILC for trajectory tracking control of time-varying nonlinear systems with uncertainty and disturbance. In the developed control scheme, a PD feedback control with switching gains in the iteration domain and a PD-type ILC based on the previous iteration combine together into one updating law. The proposed SPD-PD ILC takes the advantages of feedback control and classical ILC and can also be viewed as online-offline ILC. It is theoretically proven that the boundednesses of the state error and the final tracking error are guaranteed in the presence of uncertainty, disturbance, and initialization error of the nonlinear systems. The convergence rate is adjustable by the adoption of the switching gains in the iteration domain. Simulation experiments are conducted for trajectory tracking control of a nonlinear system and a robotic system. The results show that fast convergence and small tracking error bounds can be observed by using the SPD-PD-type ILC.

Visual trajectory tracking of industrial manipulator with iterative learning control

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingxi Jia ◽  
Shan Liu ◽  
Yi Liu
Keyword(s):  
Feedback Control ◽  
Trajectory Tracking ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Iterative Learning Control ◽  
Learning Control ◽  
Image Noise ◽  
Iterative Learning ◽  
Control Signal ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Model Free

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a more efficient strategy, which is easier to implement, i.e. the engineer can directly operate the target object without the robot to do a demonstration, and the manipulator is regulated to track the trajectory using vision feedback repetitively. Generally, the applications of industrial robotic manipulators are based on teaching playback strategy, i.e. the engineer should directly operate the manipulator to perform a demonstration and then the manipulator uses the recorded driving signals to perform repetitive tasks. Design/methodology/approach – In the teaching process, the engineer grasps the object with a camera on it to do a demonstration, during which a series of images are recorded. The desired trajectory is defined by the homography between the images captured at current and final poses. Tracking error is directly defined by the homography matrix, without 3D reconstruction. Model-free feedback-assisted iterative learning control strategy is used for repetitive tracking, where feed-forward control signal is generated by iterative learning control strategy and feedback control signal is generated by direct feedback control. Findings – The proposed framework is able to perform precise trajectory tracking by iterative learning, and is model-free so that the singularity problem is avoided which often occurs in conventional Jacobean-based visual servo systems. Besides, the framework is robust to image noise, which is shown in simulations and experiments. Originality/value – The proposed framework is model-free, so that it is more flexible for industrial use and easier to implement. Satisfactory tracking performance can be achieved in the presence of image noise. System convergence is analyzed and experiments are provided for evaluation.

Trajectory Tracking of a One-Link Flexible Arm via Iterative Learning Control

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Pierallini ◽  
Franco Angelini ◽  
Riccardo Mengacci ◽  
Alessandro Palleschi ◽  
Antonio Bicchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trajectory Tracking ◽  
Iterative Learning Control ◽  
Learning Control ◽  
Iterative Learning ◽  
Flexible Arm

Real-time trajectory tracking control of Stewart platform using fractional order fuzzy PID controller optimized by particle swarm algorithm

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zafer Bingul ◽  
Oguzhan Karahan
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Fractional Order ◽  
Trajectory Tracking ◽  
Tracking Control ◽  
Fuzzy Pid ◽  
Simulation Environment ◽  
Trajectory Tracking Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
Coupling Dynamic

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address a fractional order fuzzy PID (FOFPID) control approach for solving the problem of enhancing high precision tracking performance and robustness against to different reference trajectories of a 6-DOF Stewart Platform (SP) in joint space. Design/methodology/approach For the optimal design of the proposed control approach, tuning of the controller parameters including membership functions and input-output scaling factors along with the fractional order rate of error and fractional order integral of control signal is tuned with off-line by using particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. For achieving this off-line optimization in the simulation environment, very accurate dynamic model of SP which has more complicated dynamical characteristics is required. Therefore, the coupling dynamic model of multi-rigid-body system is developed by Lagrange-Euler approach. For completeness, the mathematical model of the actuators is established and integrated with the dynamic model of SP mechanical system to state electromechanical coupling dynamic model. To study the validness of the proposed FOFPID controller, using this accurate dynamic model of the SP, other published control approaches such as the PID control, FOPID control and fuzzy PID control are also optimized with PSO in simulation environment. To compare trajectory tracking performance and effectiveness of the tuned controllers, the real time validation trajectory tracking experiments are conducted using the experimental setup of the SP by applying the optimum parameters of the controllers. The credibility of the results obtained with the controllers tuned in simulation environment is examined using statistical analysis. Findings The experimental results clearly demonstrate that the proposed optimal FOFPID controller can improve the control performance and reduce reference trajectory tracking errors of the SP. Also, the proposed PSO optimized FOFPID control strategy outperforms other control schemes in terms of the different difficulty levels of the given trajectories. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, such a motion controller incorporating the fractional order approach to the fuzzy is first time applied in trajectory tracking control of SP.

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