Model-Free and Real-Time Unicycle-Based Source Seeking with Differential Wheeled Robotic Experiments

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Hauptverfasser: Elgohary, Ahmed A., Eisa, Sameh A., Bajpai, Shivam
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author Elgohary, Ahmed A.
Eisa, Sameh A.
Bajpai, Shivam
author_facet Elgohary, Ahmed A.
Eisa, Sameh A.
Bajpai, Shivam
contents Many autonomous robots aimed at source-seeking are studied, and their controls designed, using unicycle modeling and formulation. This is true not only for model-based controllers, but also for model-free, real-time control methods such as extremum seeking control (ESC). In this paper, we propose a unicycle-based ESC design applicable to differential wheeled robots that: (1) is very simple design, based on one simple control-affine law, and without state integrators; (2) attenuates oscillations known to persist in ESC designs (i.e., fully stop at the source); and (3) operates in a model-free, real-time setting, tolerating environmental/sensor noise. We provide simulation and real-world robotic experimental results for fixed and moving light source seeking by a differential wheeled robot using our proposed design. Results indicate clear advantages of our proposed design when compared to the literature, including attenuation of undesired oscillations, improved convergence speed, and better handling of noise.
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spellingShingle Model-Free and Real-Time Unicycle-Based Source Seeking with Differential Wheeled Robotic Experiments
Elgohary, Ahmed A.
Eisa, Sameh A.
Bajpai, Shivam
Robotics
Optimization and Control
Many autonomous robots aimed at source-seeking are studied, and their controls designed, using unicycle modeling and formulation. This is true not only for model-based controllers, but also for model-free, real-time control methods such as extremum seeking control (ESC). In this paper, we propose a unicycle-based ESC design applicable to differential wheeled robots that: (1) is very simple design, based on one simple control-affine law, and without state integrators; (2) attenuates oscillations known to persist in ESC designs (i.e., fully stop at the source); and (3) operates in a model-free, real-time setting, tolerating environmental/sensor noise. We provide simulation and real-world robotic experimental results for fixed and moving light source seeking by a differential wheeled robot using our proposed design. Results indicate clear advantages of our proposed design when compared to the literature, including attenuation of undesired oscillations, improved convergence speed, and better handling of noise.
title Model-Free and Real-Time Unicycle-Based Source Seeking with Differential Wheeled Robotic Experiments
topic Robotics
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02184