EP-based kinematic control and adaptive fuzzy sliding-mode dynamic control for wheeled mobile robots

Abstract

This paper proposes a complete control law comprising an evolutionary programming based kinematic control (EPKC) and an adaptive fuzzy sliding-mode dynamic control (AFSMDC) for the trajectory-tracking control of nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots (WMRs). The control gains for kinematic control (KC) are trained by evolutionary programming (EP). The proposed AFSMDC not only eliminates the chattering phenomenon in the sliding-mode control, but also copes with the system uncertainties and external disturbances. Additionally, the convergence of trajectory-tracking errors is proved by the Lyapunov stability theory. Computer simulations are presented to confirm the effectiveness of the proposed complete control law. Finally, real-time experiments are done in the test field to demonstrate the feasibility of real WMR maneuvers.