Optimal Tuning of the SMC Parameters for a Two Two-Link Manipulator Co-Simulation Control

—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 cosimulation, 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.