A class of OFT controllers for torque-saturated robot manipulators: Lyapunov stability and experimental evaluation

Javier Moreno-Valenzuela, Víctor Santibáñez, Ricardo Campa

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Abstract

The trajectory tracking of robot manipulators is addressed in this paper. Two important practical situations are considered: the fact that robot actuators have limited power, and that only position measurements are carried out. Let us notice that a few solutions for the torque-bounded OFT (output feedback tracking) control has been proposed. In this paper we contribute to this subject by presenting a class of OFT controllers for torque-constrained robots. The theory of singularly perturbed systems is crucial in the analysis of the closed-loop system trajectories. As a second contribution of this paper, we present a detailed experimental study of six control schemes, which were tested in a two degrees-of-freedom direct-drive robot, confirming the advantages of the proposed methodology.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-88
Number of pages24
JournalJournal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications
Volume51
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Direct-drive robot
  • Lyapunov theory
  • Robot manipulator
  • Tracking control
  • Unmeasurable joint velocity

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