This paper presents the trajectory tracking control of a two-link planar robot manipulator using MSC Adams and MATLAB co-simulation which enables the innovative virtual prototyping of the systems without any mathematical expressions. Firstly, the tracking control performance of the planar manipulator is investigated using the Sliding Mode Control (SMC) controller and the Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controller in terms of the performance analysis. As a result, the SMC demonstrates effective control performances compared to the PID controller according to the required trajectory, settling time, and end position of the system. Then, the SMC controller parameters are determined using the different optimization methods offered as open source by MATLAB/Response Optimization Toolbox and compared to each other. In the virtual co-simulation, the trajectory tracking control performance is observed to be improved by optimizing the parameters of the SMC controller using Simplex Search (SS) method. All control results are examined and presented with graphics and international error standards.

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In this study, position control of a SCARA robot manipulator is investigated using the sliding mode control (SMC) method based on parameter optimization using The Bees Algorithm. The modeling the SCARA manipulator is conducted in MSC Adams and the control implementation is carried out in MATLAB software. The numerical model of the SCARA manipulator is acquired by setting up a virtual prototype on MSC Adams software. In addition, the inverse kinematic equations of the SCARA manipulator are formed using Matlab/Simulink software in order to check the accuracy of the created virtual prototype. In addition, the SMC controller parameters are optimized with The Bees Algorithm to get better results. Then, the control performance of the system is examined on the virtual prototype using MSC Adams-MATLAB co-simulation. Moreover, Genetic Algorithm, another meta-heuristic method, is used for parameter optimization and the performance of The Bees Algorithm is compared with the results obtained. As a result, it has been observed that The Bees Algorithm can be used in studies related to the control of robotic systems.

This research is aimed at developing a multi-body simulation model and balancing control of a single-wheeled inverted pendulum. A virtual prototype of the system has been built by using Adams software and it is simulated in both Matlab and Adams software together. The Adams model has two inputs (disturbance and control) and two outputs (pendulum angle and wheel position). Proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller is designed and applied for balancing control and simulation of pendulum angle. The modelling and control results show that the Proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller can successfully achieve balancing control of the single-wheeled inverted pendulum. Also this paper can make an important contribution to background of two-wheeled robots, selfbalancing transportation devices.

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