Amphibious Spherical Robots (ASRs) possess high environmental adaptability and high motion stability owing to their symmetrical structural characteristics and multiple degrees of freedom in motion. This paper proposes a novel ASR control system that can be used in underwater detection and rescue and discusses its structure and modeling method. Depending on the motion control model of the robot
it can enable a dynamics system with 6 Ddegrees of Freedom (DOF). The mathematical model
based on the dynamic model
establishes and evaluates two versions of the control system. One is a controller model based on a Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) and the other is a motion equation of a control system based on nonlinear state Feedback Linearization (FL). Underwater control experiments were carried out on both control systems to prove their effectiveness and advantages. The experiments showed that the nonlinear state feedback system is superior to the finite time domain LQR controller in terms of corresponding durations of operation (LQR = 67.5 s
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