TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL OF A TWO WHEELED SELF-BALANCING ROBOT BY USING SLIDING MODE CONTROL

Abstract

Two-Wheeled Self-Balancing Robots are widely used in various fields today. These systems have a highly unstable nature due to their underactuated structures. On the other hand, parameter uncertainties and external disturbances significantly affect their control performance. The best way to deal with parameter uncertainties that can easily lead controllers to instability is to use robust control methods. Dealing with these uncertainties is particularly crucial in control of underactuated and unstable systems such as Two-Wheeled Self-Balancing Robots. In this study, trajectory tracking control of a two wheeled self-balancing robot by using Sliding Mode Control (SMC) was realized. The chattering problem inherent in the SMC method was eliminated by employing tangent hyperbolic (tanh) switching function instead of signum function. The performance of the SMC controller has been examined under five different cases including external disturbance and various parameter uncertainties and compared with PID and LQR methods. The results showed that the SMC method is much more insensitive to parameter changes than the PID and LQR methods. It has also been observed that all three controllers maintain their stability against disturbance inputs, but the SMC method offers a better control performance.

Keywords

• Sliding Mode Control
• Two Wheeled Self Balancing Robot
• Trajectory Tracking

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