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Robust motion control for multi-split transmission line four-wheel driven mobile operation robot in extreme power environment

Hong Jun Li (Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China and Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center of Industrial Detonator Intelligent Assembly Wuhan, Wuhan, China)
Wei Jiang (Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Digital Textile Equipment Wuhan, Wuhan, China and Intelligent Live Working Technology and Equipment (Robot) Hunan Province Key Laboratory, Changsha, China)
Dehua Zou (State Grid Hunan Transmission Maintenance Company, Changsha, China)
Yu Yan (State Grid of Hunan Electric Power Company Maintenance Company, Changsha, China)
An Zhang (Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China)
Wei Chen (Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China)

Industrial Robot

ISSN: 0143-991x

Article publication date: 3 February 2020

Issue publication date: 23 March 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

In the multi-splitting transmission lines extreme power environment of ultra-high voltage and strong electromagnetic interference, to improve the trajectory tracking and stability control performance of the robot manipulator when conduct electric power operation, and effectively reduce the influence of disturbance factors on the robot motion control, this paper aims to presents a robust trajectory tracking motion control method for power cable robot manipulators based on sliding mode variable structure control theory.

Design/methodology/approach

Through the layering of aerial-online-ground robot three-dimensional control architecture, the robot joint motion dynamic model has been built, and the motion control model of the N-degrees of freedom robot system has also been obtained. On this basis, the state space expression of joint motion control under disturbance and uncertainty has been also derived, and the manipulator sliding mode variable structure trajectory tracking control model has also been established. The influence of the perturbation control parameters on the robot motion control can be compensated by the back propagation neural network learning, the stability of the controller has been analyzed by using Lyapunov theory.

Findings

The robot has been tested on a analog line in the lab, the effectiveness of sliding mode variable structure control is verified by trajectory tracking simulation experiments of different typical signals with different methods. The field operation experiment further verifies the engineering practicability of the control method. At the same time, the control method has the remarkable characteristics of sound versatility, strong adaptability and easy expansion.

Originality/value

Three-dimensional control architecture of underground-online-aerial robots has been proposed for industrial field applications in the ubiquitous power internet of things environment (UPIOT). Starting from the robot joint motion, the dynamic equation of the robot joint motion and the state space expression of the robot control system have been established. Based on this, a robot closed-loop trajectory tracking control system has been designed. A robust trajectory tracking motion control method for robots based on sliding mode variable structure theory has been proposed, and a sliding mode control model for the robot has been constructed. The uncertain parameters in the control model have been compensated by the neural network in real-time, and the sliding mode robust control law of the robot manipulator has been solved and obtained. A suitable Lyapunov function has been selected to prove the stability of the system. This method enhances the expansibility of the robot control system and shortens the development cycle of the controller. The trajectory tracking simulation experiment of the robot manipulator proves that the sliding mode variable structure control can effectively restrain the influence of disturbance and uncertainty on the robot motion stability, and meet the design requirements of the control system with fast response, high tracking accuracy and sound stability. Finally, the engineering practicability and superiority of sliding mode variable structure control have been further verified by field operation experiments.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the 2019 Opening fund for Hubei Key Laboratory of Digital Textle Equipment (DTL2019010), 2019 Open Fund Project for Hunan Key Laboratory of Intelligent Live Working Technology and Equipment (Robot) and Live Inspection and Intelligent Operation Technology State Grid Corporation Laboratory (Project ID: 2019KZD1005); China Textile Industry Federation Science and Technology Guiding Project (Project ID: 2019053).

Citation

Li, H.J., Jiang, W., Zou, D., Yan, Y., Zhang, A. and Chen, W. (2020), "Robust motion control for multi-split transmission line four-wheel driven mobile operation robot in extreme power environment", Industrial Robot, Vol. 47 No. 2, pp. 219-229. https://doi.org/10.1108/IR-09-2019-0203

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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