Robust force tracking control via backstepping sliding mode control and virtual damping control for hydraulic quadruped robots

Abstract

In order to improve the force tracking performance of hydraulic quadruped robots in uncertain and unstructured environments, an impedance-based adaptive reference trajectory generation scheme is used. Secondly, in order to improve the robustness to environmental changes and reduce the contact force errors caused by trajectory tracking errors, the backstepping sliding mode controller is combined with the adaptive reference trajectory generator. Finally, a virtual damping control based on velocity and pressure feedback is proposed to solve the problem of contact force disappearance and stall caused by sudden environmental change. The simulation results show that the proposed scheme has higher contact force tracking accuracy when the environment is unchanged; the contact force error can always be guaranteed within an acceptable range when the environment is reasonably changed; when the environment suddenly changes, the drive unit can move slowly until the robot re-contacts the environment.

Keywords

hydraulic quadruped robot / impedance control / backstepping sliding mode control / virtual damping control

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