Closed-Loop Error Learning Control for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems With Experimental Validation on a Mobile Robot

This article develops a closed-loop error learning control (CLELC) algorithm for feedback linearizable systems with experimental validation on a mobile robot. Traditional feedback and feedforward controllers are designed based on the nominal model by using the feedback linearization control (FLC) method. Then, an intelligent controller is designed based on the sliding mode learning algorithm that utilizes closed-loop error dynamics to learn the system behavior. The controllers are working in parallel, and the intelligent controller can gradually replace the feedback controller from the control of the system. In addition to the stability of the sliding mode learning algorithm, the closed-loop stability of an $n$th-order feedback linearizable system is proven. The simulation results demonstrate that the CLELC algorithm can improve control performance (e.g., smaller rise time, settling time, and overshoot) in the absence of uncertainties, and also provides robust control performance in the presence of uncertainties as compared to traditional FLC method. To test the efficiency and efficacy of the CLELC algorithm, the trajectory tracking problem of a tracked mobile robot is studied in real time. The experimental results demonstrate that the CLELC algorithm ensures highly accurate trajectory tracking performance than traditional FLC method.

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