ROBUST ADAPTIVE TRAJECTORY CONTROL FOR AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL VEHICLE WITH PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTY

In this paper, a robust adaptive control strategy is proposed for trajectory control of an omnidirectional vehicle with three omni-wheels, which have the ability to move simultaneously with independently rotational motion. The omnidirectional vehicle experiences uncertainties and unknown system parameters. The robust adaptive controller is designed based on the symmetric property of the damping matrix, which allows the matrix can be split into two parts. By the Lyapunov stability, the asymptotic tracking performance can be assured. The proposed control scheme is demonstrated by actual tracking experiments using the omnidirectional vehicle system. Experimental results showed promising tracking performance for the proposed method as compared to traditional sliding mode controller.