Robust Sliding Mode Control for a 2-DOF Lower Limb Exoskeleton Base on Linear Extended State Observer

Abstract

For the 2- Degree of Freedom (DOF) lower limb exoskeleton, to ensure the system robustness and dynamic performance, a linear-extended-state-observer-based (LESO) robust sliding mode control is proposed to not only reduce the influence of parametric uncertainties, unmodeled dynamics, and external disturbance but also estimate the unmeasurable real-time joint angular velocity directly. Then, via Lyapunov technology, the stability of the corresponding LESO and controller is proven. The appropriate and reasonable simulation was carried out to verify the effectiveness of the proposed LESO and exoskeleton controller.