Reduced Sliding Mode Control Algorithm for Two-Link Planar Robot System

Authors

  • M. U. Ilyasu Federal Polytechnic Bali, Taraba State, Nigeria
  • Mohammed Ahmed Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, P. M. B. 0248 Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria
  • B. S. K. K. Ibrahim GUST Engineering & Applied Innovation Research Centre, Gulf University for Science & Technology, Hawally, Kuwait
  • M. Bashir Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Federal Polytechnic, P. M. B. 1049 Daura, Katsina State, Nigeria
  • S. A. Jalo Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, State Polytechnic Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria
  • A. B. Abdulqadiri Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15282/mekatronika.v7i1.11662

Keywords:

Nonlinear controllers, Reduced sliding mode algorithm, Sliding mode control, Two-link planar robot, Tracking error

Abstract

Robots have become popular these days due to their ability accuracy and precision. Areas of applications include welding, machining, moving items, storage, retrieval and other precise surgical operations. Controllers are continuously being improved in design simplicity, robustness, and performance accuracy. High-accuracy trajectory tracking is a challenging area in robot control due to nonlinearities and input couplings. To achieve high accuracy and precision, robots need accurate, fast-processing controllers. This study there focused on application of the sliding mode controller (SMC) but in the reduced or simplified algorithm form (SSMC) for the control of a two-link planar robotic system. The MATLAB/Simulink software was employed. Result was evaluated using the root mean square error (RMSE) for both links. The proposed SSMC was compared with the PID and SMC schemes. The RMSE values of the tracking errors with disturbance for the SSMC were 0.0751 and 0.0814 rad, for the SMC were 0.0755 and 0.0817 rad and for the PID were 0.2784 and 0.1062 rad. The RMSE values with no disturbance for SSMC they were 0.07435 and 0.0811 rad, for the SMC were 0.0752 and 0.08153 rad and finally with the PID were 0.2579 and 0.1021 rad. The length of algorithm as shown in the text was shorter for the SSMC compared to the SMC and close to that of the PID. It is clear that he proposed control scheme SSMC is simpler than the SMC. It also had the property of improved performance with robustness.

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2025-06-10

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M. U. Ilyasu, M. Ahmed, B. S. K. K. Ibrahim, M. Bashir, S. A. Jalo, and A. B. Abdulqadiri, “Reduced Sliding Mode Control Algorithm for Two-Link Planar Robot System”, Mekatronika : J. Intell. Manuf. Mechatron., vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 38–43, Jun. 2025, doi: 10.15282/mekatronika.v7i1.11662.

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