Sensorless velocity and direction angle control of an unmanned vehicle

Authors

ADNAN DERDİYOK
ABDULLAH BAŞÇİ

DOI

10.3906/elk-1310-245

Abstract

In this paper an observer based on measured and estimated currents and a kinematic model is designed to estimate the velocity and direction angle of an unmanned vehicle (UV). The Lyapunov stability theory is used to establish the stability conditions for the observer. It is shown that the observer will converge in a finite time and the observer gains satisfy the constraints of the stability conditions. The observed velocity and direction angle are used in the closed loop instead of measured ones for sensorless control of the UV. The velocity and direction angle control of the UV are carried out by a well-tuned PI controller. The experimental results show that the proposed observer can be perfectly implemented for sensorless control without using a mechanical sensor, and satisfying results are obtained. In the experiment, command voltages are used rather than measured ones, and therefore only current sensors are needed for the proposed algorithm.

Keywords

Sensorless control, vehicle system, direction control, path tracking

First Page

580

Last Page

589

Recommended Citation

DERDİYOK, ADNAN and BAŞÇİ, ABDULLAH (2016) "Sensorless velocity and direction angle control of an unmanned vehicle," Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences: Vol. 24: No. 2, Article 18. https://doi.org/10.3906/elk-1310-245
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/elektrik/vol24/iss2/18