Fault Tolerant Control of Mecanum Wheeled Mobile Robots

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06444v1
• Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 14:14:07 GMT
• Title: Fault Tolerant Control of Mecanum Wheeled Mobile Robots
• Abstract summary: Mecanum wheeled mobile robots (MWMRs) are highly susceptible to actuator faults that degrade performance and risk mission failure.<n>Current fault tolerant control schemes for MWMRs target complete actuator failures like motor stall, ignoring partial faults e.g., in torque degradation.<n>We propose an FTC strategy handling both fault types, where we adopt posterior probability to learn real-time fault parameters.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Mecanum wheeled mobile robots (MWMRs) are highly susceptible to actuator faults that degrade performance and risk mission failure. Current fault tolerant control (FTC) schemes for MWMRs target complete actuator failures like motor stall, ignoring partial faults e.g., in torque degradation. We propose an FTC strategy handling both fault types, where we adopt posterior probability to learn real-time fault parameters. We derive the FTC law by aggregating probability-weighed control laws corresponding to predefined faults. This ensures the robustness and safety of MWMR control despite varying levels of fault occurrence. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of our FTC under diverse scenarios.

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