Development of a Fault Adaptation System for Underwater Robot Manipulators

The paper describes the development and research of a system of adaptation to faults of manipulators of underwater robots. The following types of faults were considered: unknown additional load torques on the output shafts of the manipulator electric drives, changes in the electrical resistance of the armature windings of electric motors, and measurement errors of sensors of the position of the manipulator links. The proposed system makes it possible to identify these faults and compensate for their negative consequences in two stages. At the first stage, the values of faults are estimated using a bank of diagnostic observers operating in a sliding mode. At the second stage, with the help of the obtained estimates, a control signal is generated that ensures the stabilization of dynamic properties of each electric drive at the desired level. To check the operability of the proposed system, a computer simulation was carried out.