[HTML][HTML] Spherical rolling robots—Design, modeling, and control: A systematic literature review

A Diouf, B Belzile, M Saad, D St-Onge - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
Spherical robots have garnered increasing interest for their applications in exploration,
tunnel inspection, and extraterrestrial missions. Diverse designs have emerged, including …

Recurrent neural network-based robust nonsingular sliding mode control with input saturation for a non-holonomic spherical robot

SB Chen, A Beigi, A Yousefpour, F Rajaee… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We develop a new robust control scheme for a non-holonomic spherical robot. To this end,
the mathematical model of a pendulum driven non-holonomic spherical robot is first …

[HTML][HTML] Disturbance-observer-based fuzzy terminal sliding mode control for MIMO uncertain nonlinear systems

A Vahidi-Moghaddam, A Rajaei, M Ayati - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2019 - Elsevier
This study is concerned with the design of a disturbance-observer-based fuzzy terminal
sliding mode controller (FTSMC) for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) uncertain nonlinear …

Barrier Lyapunov functions-based fixed-time stabilization of nonholonomic systems with unmatched uncertainties and time-varying output constraints

H Yao, F Gao, J Huang, Y Wu - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
The fixed-time stabilization problem is addressed in this paper for a kind of nonholonomic
systems in chained form with unmatched uncertainties and time-varying output constraints. A …

Stabilization of nonlinear vibrations of carbon nanotubes using observer-based terminal sliding mode control

A Yousefpour, A Vahidi-Moghaddam… - Transactions of the …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This article is concerned with suppression of nonlinear forced vibration of a single-wall
carbon nanotube conveying fluid based on the nonlocal elasticity theory and Euler …

Design and kinematics of mechanically coupled two identical spherical robots

IH Sagsoz, T Eray - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2023 - Springer
The use of spherical robots in outdoor operations has increased because they can move on
uneven/three-dimensional (3D) terrain. Since the non-holonomic constraints and the rolling …

Integral sliding mode control for nonlinear damped model of arch microbeams

A Rajaei, A Vahidi-Moghaddam, M Ayati… - Microsystem …, 2019 - Springer
In this paper, a second order integral sliding mode controller (SMC) and a two-dimensional
integral sliding mode controller are designed for a nonlinear damped model of arch …

Robust sliding mode position control of a fast response SMA-actuated rotary actuator using temperature and strain feedback

MH Moghadam, MR Zakerzadeh, M Ayati - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) have a wide variety of applications due to their
interesting property called Shape Memory Effect (SME). When the temperature of SMA …

Finite time estimation of actuator faults, states, and aerodynamic load of a realistic wind turbine

M Rahnavard, M Ayati, MRH Yazdi, M Mousavi - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper provides finite time estimation of wind turbine actuator faults and unknown
aerodynamic load. Furthermore, finite-time state estimation of drivetrain, generator, and pitch …

Kinematics of spherical robots rolling over 3D terrains

S Moazami, H Zargarzadeh, S Palanki - Complexity, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although the kinematics and dynamics of spherical robots (SRs) on flat horizontal and
inclined 2D surfaces are thoroughly investigated, their rolling behavior on generic 3D …