ADAPTIVE-CONTROL OF FLEXIBLE MULTILINK MANIPULATORS


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BODUR M., SEZER M.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL, cilt.58, sa.3, ss.519-536, 1993 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 58 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 1993
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00207179308923015
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.519-536
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

An adaptive self-tuning control scheme is developed for end-point position control of flexible manipulators. The proposed scheme has three characteristics. First, it is based on a dynamic model of a flexible manipulator described in cartesian coordinates, which eliminates the burden and inaccuracy of translating a desired end-point trajectory to joint coordinates using inverse kinematic relations. Second, the effect of flexibility is included in the dynamic model by approximating flexible links with a number of rigid sublinks connected at fictitious joints. The relatively high stiffness of the fictitious joints is shown to result in a decomposition of the model into two subsystems operating at different rates. This allows for stabilization of the oscillatory modes associated with the flexible links by a fast feedback control in addition to a slower control for trajectory tracking. Third, the control is constructed from measurements of the end-point position and deformations of the flexible links, with the manipulator parameters required to form the control obtained using a recursive least-squares estimation algorithm, which is fast enough for on-line applications. Satisfactory results are obtained from digital simulation of a two-link flexible manipulator.