Fast and High Accuracy CSM Control Under Manipulator Actuator Fault Conditions

The dynamic performance metrics of manipulators are decreased when actuator faults happen. To ensure the response speed and improve the tracking accuracy under actuator fault, the complementary sliding mode (CSM) controller is designed in this article. Different from the general sliding mode control (SMC), there are two sliding surfaces in the CSM controller design process, and the mathematical complexity of the controller is simplified through the relationship of the two complementary sliding surfaces, which helps to reduce the response time. Also, the structural parameter changes and disturbance existed in the real manipulator system are also considered in this paper by introducing uncertainty item during modeling, thus the robustness of the controller is improved. In the experimental part, the control effect of the CSM proposed is compared with that of the conventional sliding mode method. Normal conditions and actuator constant deviation fault of the manipulator are studied. The results show that the CSM has superiority in control accuracy and response speed. Note to Practitioners—In recent years, the control problem of manipulators under complex conditions has attracted particular attention. The key to the design of the controller lies in its stability while keeping the tracking performance. Many complex auxiliary methods are proposed to guarantee this, but a few can achieve acceptable performance. This article proposed the complementary sliding mode controller design method, in which two sliding surfaces are used to simplify the proof in the controller design. We choose the error variables to construct the sliding surface, so the CSM could handle several actuator faults very well, which enhances the adaptive ability of the algorithm.