Navigation function-based visual servo control

In this paper, the mapping between the desired camera feature vector and the desired camera pose (i.e., the position and orientation) is investigated to develop a measurable image Jacobian-like matrix. An image-space path planner is then proposed to generate a desired image trajectory based on this measurable image Jacobian-like matrix and an image-space navigation function (NF) (i.e., a special potential field function) while satisfying rigid body constraints. An adaptive, homography-based visual servo tracking controller is then developed to navigate the position and orientation of a camera held by the end-effector of a robot manipulator to a goal position and orientation along the desired image-space trajectory while ensuring the target points remain visible (i.e., the target points avoid self-occlusion and remain in the field-of-view (FOV)) under certain technical restrictions. Due to the inherent nonlinear nature of the problem and the lack of depth information from a monocular system, a Lyapunov-based analysis is used to analyze the path planner and the adaptive controller. Simulation results are provided to illustrate the performance of the proposed approach.     

Dynamic adaptive trajectory tracking control of nonholonomic mobile robots using multiple models approach

This paper presents an approach for the trajectory tracking control of nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots (WMR) by combining one of the existing adaptive control methods and multiple identification models. The overall system includes two types of controllers in the control scheme. A kinematic controller developed by using kinematic model produces the required linear and angular velocities of the robot for tracking a reference trajectory. These required velocities are used to calculate the torques using an adaptive dynamic controller with multiple models. The proposed method uses the multiple models of the WMR for the identification of the dynamic parameters and performs switching between the given models. The models used in the identification are identical, except for the initial estimates of the parameters. By using an adaptive dynamic controller with multiple models of the WMR, enhancement in transient response is obtained. Stability analysis of the overall system is given, and simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effective performance of the adaptive control by using multiple models approach.     

A modified image-based visual servo controller with hybrid camera configuration for robust robotic grasping

In order to develop an autonomous mobile manipulation system that works in an unstructured environment, a modified image-based visual servo (IBVS) controller using hybrid camera configuration is proposed in this paper. In particular, an eye-in-hand web camera is employed to visually track the target object while a stereo camera is used to measure the depth information online. A modified image-based controller is developed to utilize the information from the two cameras. In addition, a rule base is integrated into the visual servo controller to adaptively tune its gain based on the image deviation data so as to improve the response speed of the controller. A physical mobile manipulation system is developed and the developed IBVS controller is implemented. The experimental results obtained using the systems validate the developed approach.     

基于互联网技术的远程机器人控制器设计

采取利用互联网、IEEE802．11x无线局域网及移动电话网的方法,为轮式移动机器人设计具有视觉功能的远程无线控制器,实现远程无线控制轮式移动机器人的控制器软件、硬件的基本结构和设计方法。设计的两种嵌入式控制器分别在局域网和日本的3G无线移动电话网上进行了实验,在具有视觉功能的轮式移动机器人上实现了利用浏览器通过网络对轮式移动机器人进行远程无线操作控制,并在远程操作计算机上通过网络利用浏览器获取机器人实时视觉图像。     

Homography-based visual servo regulation of mobile robots.

A monocular camera-based vision system attached to a mobile robot (i.e., the camera-in-hand configuration) is considered in this paper. By comparing corresponding target points of an object from two different camera images, geometric relationships are exploited to derive a transformation that relates the actual position and orientation of the mobile robot to a reference position and orientation. This transformation is used to synthesize a rotation and translation error system from the current position and orientation to the fixed reference position and orientation. Lyapunov-based techniques are used to construct an adaptive estimate to compensate for a constant, unmeasurable depth parameter, and to prove asymptotic regulation of the mobile robot. The contribution of this paper is that Lyapunov techniques are exploited to craft an adaptive controller that enables mobile robot position and orientation regulation despite the lack of an object model and the lack of depth information. Experimental results are provided to illustrate the performance of the controller.     

轮式移动机器人的数据驱动轨迹跟踪滑模约束控制

针对有输入饱和约束的轮式移动机器人(WMR)的轨迹跟踪问题,提出一种抗饱和无模型自适应积分终端滑模控制方案.该方案基于紧格式动态线性化技术,构建WMR系统的在线数据驱动模型.在积分终端滑模控制器设计过程中,引入动态抗饱和补偿器,以解决WMR系统轨迹跟踪过程中执行器饱和问题.控制器设计仅利用控制系统的输入输出数据,与WMR系统模型信息无关.因此,针对不同类型的WMR系统,该方案均可实现.最后,通过仿真实验将所提出的方法与PID方法的控制效果进行对比,仿真结果表明,所提出的控制算法的跟踪误差更小且响应速度更快.     

Exploiting wheel slips of mobile robots to improve navigation performance

Improving navigation performance of autonomous wheeled mobile robot (WMR) in a dynamic unstructured environment requires improved maneuverability. In such cases, the dynamics of wheel slip may violate the ideal no-slip kinematic constraints generally used to model nonholonomic WMR. In this paper, a new method is proposed to tackle the modeling inadequacy that arises when slip is neglected by including both longitudinal and lateral slip dynamics into the overall dynamics of the WMR. This new model of the WMR provides a realistic simulation environment that can be utilized to develop model-based controllers to improve WMR navigation. In this paper, a dynamic planner with a path-following controller is designed to allow the WMR to navigate efficiently by autonomously regulating the generated traction force due to wheel slip. Extensive simulation results demonstrate the importance of the proposed modeling technique to capture slip phenomenon and the efficacy of the presented control technique to exploit such slip for better navigation performance.     

Adaptive sliding mode dynamic controller with integrator in the loop for nonholonomic wheeled mobile robot trajectory tracking

In this paper, novel adaptive sliding mode dynamic controller with integrator in the loop is proposed for nonholonomic wheeled mobile robot (WMR). The modified kinematics controller is used to generate kinematics velocities of WMR which are subsequently used as the input to adaptive dynamic controller. Actuator dynamics are also derived to generate actuator voltage of WMR through torque and velocity vectors. Stability of both kinematics and dynamic controller is presented using Lyapunov stability analysis. The proposed scheme is verified and validated using computer simulations for tracking the desired trajectory of WMR. The performance of proposed scheme is compared with standard backstepping kinematics controller and classical sliding mode control. In addition, the performance is further compared with standard backstepping kinematics controller with adaptive sliding mode controller without integrator. It is shown that the proposed scheme exhibits zero steady state error, fast error convergence and robustness in the presence of continuous disturbances and uncertainties.     

含未知信息的轮式移动机器人编队确定学习控制

本文研究含未知信息的轮式移动机器人(wheeled mobile robots,WMR)的编队控制问题.首先,基于领航–跟随法和虚拟结构法,将WMR编队控制问题转化为跟随机器人对参考虚拟机器人的跟踪控制问题.然后,利用径向基函数神经网络(radial basis function neural networks,RBF NN)对WMR的未知系统动态进行学习,以及根据李雅普诺夫稳定性理论设计了稳定的自适应RBF NN控制器和RBF NN权值估计的学习率.依据确定学习理论,闭环系统内部信号在对回归轨迹实现跟踪控制的过程中满足部分持续激励(persistent excitation,PE)条件.随着PE条件的满足,RBF NN权值估计收敛到其理想权值,实现了对未知闭环系统动态的准确学习.最后,利用学习结果设计了RBF NN学习控制器,保证了控制系统的稳定与收敛,实现了闭环稳定性和改进了控制性能,并通过仿真验证了所提控制方法的正确性和有效性.     

基于欧氏距离图的图像边缘检测

图像边缘检测技术直接影响以目标识别为目的的后续图像处理操作,有效地提取出图像中所携带的目标信息是图像边缘检测的主要目的.为了实现目标轮廓的有效提取,提出一种基于欧氏距离图的图像边缘检测算法.该方法计算图像内像素点之间的欧氏距离,得到图像的距离图,距离图很好地描述了图中景物的外部轮廓;对距离图进行改进的Canny算子边缘检测,可以有效地得到图中物体的轮廓.与一般的边缘检测算法相比,本文算法能够抑制过于细小和琐碎的细节,并能够准确地提取目标的整体轮廓信息,为后续目标识别奠定了良好基础.     

基于生存理论的非完整约束轮式机器人高速避障控制

轮式移动机器人现有的避障控制方法大多需要在避障过程中进行减速处理, 会影响移动效率. 鉴于此, 将生存理论应用于轮式移动机器人的反应式避障控制. 分析非完整约束轮式机器人的仿射非线性系统模型和约束条件, 利用弹性边界升维和控制模型退化的方法给出系统的生存性设计, 并利用最优化方法得出机器人高速避障控制器. 最后通过仿真实验, 表明了轮式机器人高速避障控制的有效性.

     

基于主动轮廓探索的多源色彩迁移

传统的多源色彩迁移算法常常利用欧氏色彩距离来分割目标图像,由于色彩序列的模糊性与不确定性,使得这种分割极易出现色彩扭曲现象. 针对这个问题,提出一种基于主动轮廓探索的多源色彩迁移算法. 首先,为将目标图像的主体与背景分离开,利用一种主动进化的方法生成虚拟轮廓线,并采用能量函数评价机制迫使虚拟轮廓线逐渐逼近实际轮廓线. 其次,合理利用源图像与目标图像在RGB、Gray和LMS等不同色彩空间的表示、分割、转换,实现其在lαβ空间的多源色彩迁移. 最后,将在lαβ空间迁移得到的目标图像逆向操作后恢复为RGB显示. 单源与多源色彩迁移的对比、灰度化色彩通道的选择以及各色彩空间不同色彩通道间的干涉性对比等实验验证了所提算法的合理性与有效性.     

A Gaussian wavelet network-based robust adaptive tracking controller for a wheeled mobile robot with unknown wheel slips

In this paper, a robust adaptive tracking controller is proposed for a nonholonomic wheeled mobile robot (WMR) in the presence of unknown wheel slips. The role of the Gaussian wavelet network in this proposed controller is to approximate unknown smooth nonlinear dynamic functions due to no prior knowledge of the dynamic parameters of the WMR. In addition, one robust law is employed at the kinematic level so as to compensate the harmful effects of the unknown wheel slips, and another robust law is used at the dynamic level to overcome total uncertainties caused by dynamic parameter variations, external disturbances, etc. The stability of the whole closed-loop control system is proved in accordance with Lyapunov theory and Barbalat's lemma. Ultimately, the simulation results are shown in comparison with those of another control method under the same condition to confirm the validity and efficiency of this proposed control method.     

Velocity control of wheeled mobile robots using computed torque control and its performance for a differentially driven robot

This article presents the development of a Computed Torque Control (CTC) scheme for Cartesian velocity control of Wheeled Mobile Robots (WMRs). The literature presents extensive study on the need and suitability of the CTC scheme for robot arms. Many researchers have identified the benefits of using a CTC scheme for mobile robots. There is however very little information on CTC schemes for controlling mobile robots. The need for the CTC scheme stems from the fact that mobile robots (industrial AGVs) employing conventional velocity control schemes experience side slip due to suspended loads while negotiating curves, and the controller gains and accelerations need to be modified for changes in the dynamics. The structure of the proposed control scheme can be employed to control any mobile robot for which an inverse dynamic model exists, as a CTC scheme requires an inverse dynamic model to compute unique values for the motor current for a given trajectory. It is demonstrated that the existence of the inverse dynamic model is guaranteed for all differentially driven WMRs for all operating conditions, and is not affected by the number of castor wheels in the WMR. In the proposed CTC scheme, the linear and angular velocities of the WMR are controlled by adjusting the WMR accelerations, which are computed based on the motor torques required to follow a given trajectory. The motor torque is pre-computed based on a dynamic model of the mobile robotic system. The simulation and experimental results presented for a differentially driven WMR demonstrate that a computed-torque control scheme provides adaptive cruising and steering control for nominally tuned controller gains compared to a conventional velocity controller to achieve proper road following in the presence of changes in the dynamics. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Design and Implementation of an Inverse Dynamics Controller for Uncertain Nonholonomic Robotic Systems

This paper addresses the trajectory tracking control problem of nonholonomic robotic systems in the presence of modeling uncertainties. A tracking controller is proposed such that it combines the inverse dynamics control technique and an adaptive robust PID control strategy to preserve robustness to both parametric and nonparametric uncertainties. A SPR-Lypunov stability analysis demonstrates that tracking errors are uniformly ultimately bounded (UUB) and exponentially converge to a small ball containing the origin. The proposed inverse dynamics tracking controller is successfully applied to a nonholonomic wheeled mobile robot (WMR) and experimental results are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed controller.     

基于T-S模型的轮式移动机器人轨迹跟踪控制

针对带有执行机构饱和约束与外部干扰的轮式移动机器人,提出了一种基于T-S模糊模型的轨迹跟踪方法.利用机器人运动特性和参考轨迹建立轨迹跟踪的误差系统并将其作T-S模型描述.通过求解具有LMI约束的半定规划问题,对每个线性子系统单独设计满足控制约束与H∞性能约束的状态反馈控制器,并在PDC(动态平行分配补偿)设计框架下构建全局控制器,最后证明闭环系统的李雅普诺夫稳定性.仿真结果验证了该方法的有效性和可行性.     

Fuzzy model reference adaptive control

This paper investigates a fuzzy model reference adaptive controller (FMRAC) for continuous-time multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems. The proposed adaptive scheme uses a Takagi-Seguno (TS) fuzzy adaptive system, which allows for the inclusion of a priori information in terms of qualitative knowledge about the plant operating points or analytical regulators (e.g., state feedback) for those operating points. A proportional-integral update law is used to obtain a fast parameters adaptation. Stability and robustness of this adaptive scheme are established using Lyapunov stability tools. The simulation results, for a two-link robot, confirm the performance of the proposed approach.     

An Adaptive Unscented Kalman Filter-based Controller for Simultaneous Obstacle Avoidance and Tracking of Wheeled Mobile Robots with Unknown Slipping Parameters

A novel unified control approach is proposed to simultaneously solve tracking and obstacle avoidance problems of a wheeled mobile robot (WMR) with unknown wheeled slipping. The longitudinal and lateral slipping are processed as three time-varying parameters and an Adaptive Unscented Kalman Filter (AUKF) is designed to estimate the slipping parameters online More specifically, an adaptive adjustment of the noise covariances in the estimation process is implemented using a technique of covariance matching in the Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) context. A stable unified controller is applied to simultaneously handle tracking and obstacle avoidance for this WMR system to compensate for the unknown slipping effect. Applying Lyapunov stability theory, it is proved that tracking errors of the closed-loop system are asymptotically convergent regardless of unknown slipping, the tracking errors converge to the zero outside the obstacle detection region and obstacle avoidance is guaranteed inside the obstacle detection region. The effectiveness and robustness of the proposed control method are validated through simulation and experimental results.     

非平衡负载下轮式移动机器人的抗扰PID控制

在非平衡负载条件下,轮式移动机器人(WMR)的前进、转向速度耦合,影响着轨迹跟踪和避障等运动控制性能.为此,本文提出了一种基于抗扰PID(DR–PID)控制器的WMR速度调节主动抗扰(ADR)控制策略.首先,建立WMR的速度耦合模型,引入解耦矩阵减小静态耦合作用;然后,基于一类改进干扰观测器(DOB)控制方法,设计一种具有ADR能力的PID控制器,即DR–PID,用于WMR的速度分散调节.进一步,考虑高频增益不匹配/不确定性,分析闭环系统稳定性条件.所得结论揭示了PID控制器的抗扰机理;最后,在不平衡负载条件下开展WMR运动控制实验研究,实验结果验证了所提方法的有效性.