Dynamic Surface Control of Mobile Wheeled Inverted Pendulum Systems with Nonlinear Disturbance Observer

Abstract: In this study, a dynamic surface controller based on a nonlinear disturbance observer is investigated to control mobile wheeled inverted pendulum system. By using a coordinate transformation, the underactuated system is presented as a semi-strict feedback form which is convenient for controller design. A dynamic surface controller together with a nonlinear disturbance observer is designed to stabilize the underactuated plant. The proposed dynamic surface controller with a nonlinear disturbance observer can compensate the external disturbances and the model uncertainties to improve the system performance significantly. The stability of the closed-loop mobile wheeled inverted pendulum system is proved by Lyapunov theorem. Simulation results show that the dynamic surface controller with a nonlinear disturbance observer can suppress the effects of external disturbances and model uncertainties effectively.