A robust velocity field control

Ilse Cervantes, Rafael Kelly, Jose Alvarez-Ramirez, Javier Moreno

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Abstract

This paper is devoted to velocity field control (VFC) of uncertain robotic manipulators. We propose a proportional-integral (PI)-type controller derived from modeling error compensation ideas and singular perturbation theory, that requires a minimum knowledge of the plant (i.e., constant estimate of the inertia matrix). It is shown that semiglobal practical stabilization is achieved; that is, given any compact set of initial velocity field errors, there exist PI control gains which guarantee that the robot tracks a desired velocity field with arbitrary accuracy. The proposed controller was experimentally evaluated on a two degrees-of-freedom arm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)888-894
Number of pages7
JournalIEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
Volume10
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2002

Keywords

  • Integral control
  • Semiglobal stability
  • Uncertain robot dynamics
  • Velocity field control (VFC)

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