Trajectory tracking control for navigation of self-contained mobile inverse pendulum

Discusses the trajectory control for a wheeled inverse pendulum type mobile robot. The robot considered has two independent driving wheels on the same axle, and a gyro type sensor for measuring the inclination angular velocity of the body and rotary encoders to measure the wheels´ rotation. The purpose of the authors´ work is to make the robot autonomously navigate in a two dimensional plane while keeping balance of its body. The control algorithm consists of three parts; the balancing and velocity control, the heading control, and the trajectory control part. The authors designed and implemented a vehicle command system for this robot with the proposed algorithm. Experiments in real world navigation have been made by using the authors´ experimental system “Yamabico Kurara”