Design and Dynamic Analysis of the Leveling System for Automatic Inspection Robots in Power Tunnels

A 3-RPS parallel leveling mechanism based on the proportional integral (PI) robust sliding mode system is designed to solve the problem of data acquisition inaccuracy caused by vehicle tilting during the robot walking. Firstly, the configuration synthesis is carried out according to the spiral and inverse spiral theory. Then, the dynamic analysis and calculation of the 3-RPS leveling mechanism are carried out to construct its dynamic model. On this basis, the adaptive robust sliding mode algorithm is introduced to optimize and improve the PI controller to improve the stability and adaptive correction ability. The stability of the nonlinear control system is verified by Lyapunov function. Finally, the control error curve is obtained by Matlab/Simulink comparative simulation experiment. The simulation results show that the adaptive correction effect of the PI control system optimized by the robust sliding mode algorithm is remarkable, and the steady-state error of the control is greatly reduced. The research provides a basis for the development of physical prototype of 3-RPS parallel leveling mechanism.