On the PID tracking control of robot manipulators

Ilse Cervantes, Jose Alvarez-Ramirez

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Abstract

We consider the problem of PID tracking control of robotics manipulators. Our objective is to prove that under classical PID control, semiglobal stability can be assured with arbitrary small output tracking error. This means that, for any given set of initial conditions Wx, there exist PID control gains such that all trajectories starting in Wx converge to a residual set of arbitrary size. A novel PID control configuration is developed in terms of a parameter that is directly related with the size of the region of attraction and the size of the residual set. Tuning guidelines are extracted from the stability analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)37-46
Number of pages10
JournalSystems and Control Letters
Volume42
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

Keywords

  • PID control
  • Robot manipulators
  • Semiglobal stability
  • Signal tracking

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