Advanced Motion Control and Planning Techniques of Complex Mechatronic Systems

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Systems & Control Engineering".

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School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Interests: nonlinear control theory and applications; hydraulic systems; robotics; adaptive control; state and disturbance observer; nonlinear compensation control

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College of Mechanical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243002, China
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College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
Interests: sliding mode control; time-delay control; robotic systems

Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues,

With the development of modern industrial and military technology, the motion control of complex mechatronic systems in terms of accuracy, response, and robustness is requiring much higher performance. Over the past few decades, plenty of researchers have been committed to exploring advanced control methods for complex mechatronic systems and have laid a good foundation. Typical techniques include adaptive control, robust control, state and disturbance observation, model predictive control, intelligent control, and so on. In addition, motion planning techniques are widely employed in many practical complex mechatronic systems such as robots, autonomous vehicles, and unmanned aerial vehicles.

This Special Issue is committed to compiling recent research about advanced motion control and the planning of complex mechatronic systems. Manuscripts should contain both theoretical and simulation/experimental results and will be subject to Electronics' normal review procedures. The topics of interest within the scope of this Special Issue include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Nonlinear control methodologies for complex mechatronic systems including adaptive control, robust control, state and disturbance observer-based control, and other nonlinear control methods;
  • Data-driven control;
  • Reinforcement learning;
  • Fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control;
  • Motion planning algorithms;
  • Design and analysis of complex mechatronic systems;
  • Modeling and system identification of complex mechatronic systems;
  • Trajectory optimization.

Dr. Wenxiang Deng
Dr. Zhangbao Xu
Dr. Yaoyao Wang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • nonlinear control methodologies
  • data-driven control
  • reinforcement learning
  • fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control
  • motion planning algorithms
  • design and analysis of complex mechatronic systems
  • modeling and system identification of complex mechatronic systems
  • trajectory optimization

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An Intelligent Human-like Motion Planner for Anthropomorphic Arms Based on Diversified Arm Motion Models
by Yuan Wei
Electronics 2023, 12(6), 1316; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12061316 - 9 Mar 2023
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In this paper, the human-like motion issue for anthropomorphic arms is further discussed. An Intelligent Human-like Motion Planner (IHMP) consisting of Movement Primitive (MP), Bayesian Network (BN) and Coupling Neural Network (CPNN) is proposed to help the robot generate human-like arm movements. Firstly, [...] Read more.
In this paper, the human-like motion issue for anthropomorphic arms is further discussed. An Intelligent Human-like Motion Planner (IHMP) consisting of Movement Primitive (MP), Bayesian Network (BN) and Coupling Neural Network (CPNN) is proposed to help the robot generate human-like arm movements. Firstly, the arm motion model is decoupled in the aspects of arm structure and motion process, respectively. In the former aspect, the arm model is decoupled into different simple models through the Movement Primitive. A Hierarchical Planning Strategy (HPS) is proposed to decouple a complete motion process into different sub-processes. Based on diversified arm motion models, the Bayesian Network is used to help the robot choose the suitable motion model among these arm motion models. Then, according to the features of diversified arm motion models, the Coupling Neural Network is proposed to obtain the inverse kinematic (IK) solutions. This network can integrate different models into a single network and reflect the features of these models by changing the network structure. Being a major contribution to this paper, specific focus is on the improvement of human-like motion accuracy and independent consciousness of robots. Finally, the availability of the IHMP is verified by experiments on a humanoid robot Pepper. Full article
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Improved Linear Quadratic Regulator Lateral Path Tracking Approach Based on a Real-Time Updated Algorithm with Fuzzy Control and Cosine Similarity for Autonomous Vehicles
by Zhaoqiang Wang, Keyang Sun, Siqun Ma, Lingtao Sun, Wei Gao and Zhuangzhuang Dong
Electronics 2022, 11(22), 3703; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11223703 - 11 Nov 2022
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Path tracking plays a crucial role in autonomous driving. In order to ensure the real-time performance of the controller and at the same time improve the stability and adaptability of the path tracking controller, a lateral path control strategy based on the improved [...] Read more.
Path tracking plays a crucial role in autonomous driving. In order to ensure the real-time performance of the controller and at the same time improve the stability and adaptability of the path tracking controller, a lateral path control strategy based on the improved LQR algorithm is proposed in this paper. To begin with, a discrete LQR controller with feedforward and feedback components is designed based on the error model of vehicle lateral dynamics constructed by the natural coordinate system. Then, a fuzzy control method is applied to adjust the weight coefficients of the LQR in real time according to the state of the vehicle. Furthermore, an update mechanism based on cosine similarity is designed to reduce the computational effort of the controller. The improved LQR controller is tested on a joint Simulink–Carsim simulation platform for a two-lane shift maneuver. The results show that the control algorithm improves tracking accuracy, steering stability and computational efficiency. Full article
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