PID Problem

[mglazer]

Hi,

I have been building a 2 wheel balancing robot and have it pretty much
balancing. I say "Pretty much" because it tends to run away on me and
not balance in a single spot. Please see link to video.
http://www.glazer.id.au/robot.WMV
Maybe I just need a break to figure it out but thought I would post a
message here as someone here may have solved this problem before.

Below is the code:

//robotvelocity is cm/sec
//angle and q_bias(Gyro rate) are converted to deg and deg/sec

kalman_update(asin(AccZ), asin(AccY));
state_update(GyroY * PI / 180);

torque = (((angle * 180 / PI) + Offset) * K1) + ((q_bias * 180 / PI) *
K2) + (robotvelocity * K3);

if(torque >= 500)
{
torque = 500;
}
if(torque =< -500)
{
torque = -500;
}

OCR1A = 1500 + (torque);
OCR1B = 1500 + (torque);

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Michael

 

[Boris Mohar]

Hi,

I have been building a 2 wheel balancing robot and have it pretty much
balancing. I say "Pretty much" because it tends to run away on me and
not balance in a single spot. Please see link to video.
http://www.glazer.id.au/robot.WMV
Maybe I just need a break to figure it out but thought I would post a
message here as someone here may have solved this problem before.

Below is the code:

//robotvelocity is cm/sec
//angle and q_bias(Gyro rate) are converted to deg and deg/sec

kalman_update(asin(AccZ), asin(AccY));
state_update(GyroY * PI / 180);

torque = (((angle * 180 / PI) + Offset) * K1) + ((q_bias * 180 / PI) *
K2) + (robotvelocity * K3);

if(torque >= 500)
{
torque = 500;
}
if(torque =< -500)
{
torque = -500;
}

OCR1A = 1500 + (torque);
OCR1B = 1500 + (torque);

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Michael

Maybe bit more Integral? It could also be that the forward/reverse gains
(losses) are not the same. How does it behave on a slope?



Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things) http://www.viatrack.ca

void _-void-_ in the obvious place

 

[Tim Wescott]

Hi,

I have been building a 2 wheel balancing robot and have it pretty much
balancing. I say "Pretty much" because it tends to run away on me and
not balance in a single spot. Please see link to video.
http://www.glazer.id.au/robot.WMV
Maybe I just need a break to figure it out but thought I would post a
message here as someone here may have solved this problem before.

Below is the code:

//robotvelocity is cm/sec
//angle and q_bias(Gyro rate) are converted to deg and deg/sec

kalman_update(asin(AccZ), asin(AccY));
state_update(GyroY * PI / 180);

torque = (((angle * 180 / PI) + Offset) * K1) + ((q_bias * 180 / PI) *
K2) + (robotvelocity * K3);

if(torque >= 500)
{
torque = 500;
}
if(torque =< -500)
{
torque = -500;
}

OCR1A = 1500 + (torque);
OCR1B = 1500 + (torque);

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Michael

Do you have any absolute position measurement? If not then it's going
to be hard to keep it in one spot. I don't see a variable that
indicates a robot position, not even one that's done by integrating the
robot velocity -- this would at least keep your robot down to a crawl,
and probably better than that if you're using position encoders to get
velocity.

You're probably beyond it, but check out my book, anyway:
http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html.

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

Posting from Google? See http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/

"Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" came out in April.
See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html

 

[mglazer]

Thanks for the replys, I have no position measurement which is what I
need. Thanks for that, It's amazing how much something makes sense
after you give it a break for a while.

Your book looks good, ill see if I can get hold of it in Australia
otherwise I might get a copy from overseas.

Reagrds,
Michael

 

[colin]

Hi,

I have been building a 2 wheel balancing robot and have it pretty much
balancing. I say "Pretty much" because it tends to run away on me and
not balance in a single spot. Please see link to video.
http://www.glazer.id.au/robot.WMV
Maybe I just need a break to figure it out but thought I would post a
message here as someone here may have solved this problem before.

Below is the code:

//robotvelocity is cm/sec
//angle and q_bias(Gyro rate) are converted to deg and deg/sec

kalman_update(asin(AccZ), asin(AccY));
state_update(GyroY * PI / 180);

torque = (((angle * 180 / PI) + Offset) * K1) + ((q_bias * 180 / PI) *
K2) + (robotvelocity * K3);

if(torque >= 500)
{
torque = 500;
}
if(torque =< -500)
{
torque = -500;
}

OCR1A = 1500 + (torque);
OCR1B = 1500 + (torque);

You need to keep track of how many steps it has taken in trying to balance
itself then try to undo those steps by adjusting the setpoint for the center
of gravity/angle whatever untill eventualy it should move back to the
original position then keep still.


Colin =^.^=