DocumentCode :
3138594
Title :
Stabilizing control of an autonomous bicycle
Author :
Yetkin, Harun ; Ozguner, Umit
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
fYear :
2013
fDate :
23-26 June 2013
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
The problem of self-stabilization of a bicycle has been a research area for more than a century. However, many researchers have confined their study in self stabilization of bicycles at constant velocities. In this paper, we utilized the precession effect of the gyroscope to stabilize the bicycle both at zero forward velocity and varying velocities. Equation of motion of a bicycle with a flywheel mounted on its bottom is derived and a first order observer-based sliding mode controller is designed. The performance of the controller is simulated on different road structures. It is shown that the designed controller succeeded to stabilize the bicycle throughout the trajectory.
Keywords :
bicycles; control system synthesis; flywheels; observers; stability; variable structure systems; autonomous bicycle; constant velocity; first order observer-based sliding mode controller; flywheel; gyroscope; motion equation; road structures; self-stabilization problem; stabilizing control; varying velocity; zero forward velocity; Bicycles; Dynamics; Equations; Force; Roads; Trajectory; Vehicle dynamics;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Control Conference (ASCC), 2013 9th Asian
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5767-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ASCC.2013.6606316
Filename :
6606316
Link To Document :
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