Reference Governor-Based Control for Active Rollover Avoidance of Mobile Robots

Chuan Yan, Ke Shao, Xueqian Wang, Jinchuan Zheng, Bin Liang

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Abstract

Rollover is a potential dangerous factor for mobile robots to accomplish a task. However, to our best knowledge, there still lacks a systematic research on the rollover mechanism and active rollover prevention control of mobile robots in the literature. This paper aims to propose a general control framework for rollover prevention of high-speed wheeled mobile robots. First, the lateral dynamics of the robot is modelled and the Load Transfer Ratio (LTR) is used as an index to measure the rollover level. Second, an optimal algorithm-based reference governor (RG) is developed, by which the wheel speed command that satisfies the constraint is induced, retaining the actual LTR within the threshold safety value. In addition, an integral sliding mode (ISM) wheel speed tracking controller is proposed. Lastly, simulations results show that for both trajectory tracking and path following cases, the controlled robot avoids possible rollover successfully.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages429-435
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781665442077
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2021 - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 17 Oct 202120 Oct 2021

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
ISSN (Print)1062-922X

Conference

Conference2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2021
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period17/10/2120/10/21

Keywords

  • mobile robots
  • optimal control
  • path following
  • reference governor (RG)
  • rollover avoidance
  • trajectory tracking

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