Nonlinear balance control of an unmanned bicycle: Design and experiments

Leilei Cui, Shuai Wang, Jie Lai, Xiangyu Chen, Sicheng Yang, Zhengyou Zhang, Zhong Ping Jiang

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Abstract

In this paper, nonlinear control techniques are exploited to balance an unmanned bicycle with enlarged stability domain. We consider two cases. For the first case when the autonomous bicycle is balanced by the flywheel, the steering angle is set to zero, and the torque of the flywheel is used as the control input. The controller is designed based on the Interconnection and Damping Assignment Passivity Based Control (IDA-PBC) method. For the second case when the bicycle is balanced by the handlebar, the bicycle's velocity is high, and the flywheel is turned off. The angular velocity of the handlebar is used as the control input and the balance controller is designed based on feedback linearization. In these cases, the global stability of the closed-loop unmanned bicycle is theoretically proved based on Lyapunov theory. The experiments are conducted to validate the efficacy of the proposed nonlinear balance controllers.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages7279-7284
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728162126
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 24 2020
Event2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2020 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: Oct 24 2020Jan 24 2021

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
ISSN (Print)2153-0858
ISSN (Electronic)2153-0866

Conference

Conference2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period10/24/201/24/21

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Science Applications

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