Nonlinear control for tracking and obstacle avoidance of a wheeled mobile robot with nonholonomic constraint

Abstract

This brief presents a novel control scheme for some problems on tracking and obstacle avoidance of a wheeled mobile robot with nonholonomic constraint. An extended state observer is introduced to estimate the unknown disturbances and velocity information of the wheeled mobile robot. A nonlinear controller is designed to achieve tracking target and obstacle avoidance in complex environments. Note that tracking errors converge to a residual set outside the obstacle detection region. Moreover, the obstacle avoidance is also guaranteed inside the obstacle detection region. Simulation results are given to verify the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed design scheme.