Application of Event-Triggered Sliding Mode Control of 2-DOF Humanoid's Lower-Limb Powered by Series Elastic Actuator

Abstract: This paper proposes an event-triggered sliding mode control (SMC) scheme combined with a backstepping algorithm for control of 2-DOF humanoid's lower-limb powered by Series elastic actuator (SEA). First, the modelling process for the lower-limb system is implemented by using the Euler-Lagrange theory. With the obtained dynamical equations of lower-limb, the model of the SEA is achieved in both mechanical and electrical perspectives. Then, the event-triggered SMC approach is utilized to ensure the system's stability and eliminate the effect of bounded external disturbance. Next, some assumptions and designed thresholds for the tracking error are given, together with the proof for the convergence of the inter-event time. The backstepping algorithm is applied in the end to determine the needed input control voltage signal. Finally, the results of this research are demonstrated through some simulations in order to prove the effi-ciency and appropriation of this method.