Robust adaptive motion/force tracking control design for uncertain constrained robot manipulators

In the presence of uncertain constraint and robot model, an adaptive controller with robust motion/force tracking performance for constrained robot manipulators is proposed. First, robust motion and force tracking is considered, where a performance criterion containing disturbance and estimated parameter attenuations is presented. Then the proposed controller utilizes an adaptive scheme and an auxiliary control law to deal with the uncertain environmental constraint, disturbances, and robotic modeling uncertainties. After solving a simple linear matrix inequality for gain conditions, the effect from disturbance and estimated parameter errors to motion/force errors is attenuated to an arbitrary prescribed level. Moreover, if the disturbance and estimated parameter errors are square-integrable, then an asymptotic motion tracking is achieved while the force error is as small as the inversion of control gain. Finally, numerical simulation results for a constrained planar robot illustrate the expected performance.     

Decentralized adaptive control of electrically-driven manipulators

This paper presents two new decentralized strategies for motion control of uncertain electrically-driven manipulators. The first controller is an adaptive position regulation scheme which ensures semiglobal asymptotic convergence of the position error if no external disturbances are present and semiglobal convergence of the error to an arbitrarily small neighborhood of zero in the presence of bounded disturbances. It is shown that the regulation scheme can be modified to provide accurate trajectory tracking control through the introduction of adaptive feedforward elements in the control law; this second control strategy retains the simple decentralized structure of the first controller and ensures arbitrarily accurate tracking in the presence of bounded disturbances. Each of the adaptive schemes is very efficient computationally and requires virtually no information concerning either the manipulator or actuator models. The results of computer simulations and laboratory experiments with both terrestrial and space manipulators demonstrate that accurate and robust motion control can be achieved by using the proposed approach.     

Constrained motion control of flexible robot manipulators based on recurrent neural networks

In this paper, a neural network approach is presented for the motion control of constrained flexible manipulators, where both the contact force everted by the flexible manipulator and the position of the end-effector contacting with a surface are controlled. The dynamic equations for vibration of flexible link and constrained force are derived. The developed control, scheme can adaptively estimate the underlying dynamics of the manipulator using recurrent neural networks (RNNs). Based on the error dynamics of a feedback controller, a learning rule for updating the connection weights of the adaptive RNN model is obtained. Local stability properties of the control system are discussed. Simulation results are elaborated on for both position and force trajectory tracking tasks in the presence of varying parameters and unknown dynamics, which show that the designed controller performs remarkably well.     

Motion/force control scheme for electrically driven cooperative multiple mobile manipulators

This paper presents the motion and force control problem of rigid-link electrically driven cooperative mobile manipulators handling a rigid object. Although, the motion/force control problem of cooperative mobile manipulators has been enthusiastically studied. But there is little research on the motion/force control of electrically driven cooperative mobile manipulators. Due to the inclusion of the actuator dynamics with the manipulator’s dynamics, the controller exhibits some important characteristics. For the electromechanical system, we have designed a novel controller at the dynamic level as well as at the actuator level. In the proposed control scheme, at the dynamic level, uncertain non-linear mechanical dynamics is approximated with a hybrid controller containing model-based control scheme combined with model-free neural network based control scheme together with an adaptive bound. The adaptive bound is used to suppress the effects of external disturbances, friction terms, and reconstruction error of the neural network. At the actuator level, for the approximation of the unknown electrical dynamics, the model-free neural network is utilized. The developed control scheme provides that the position tracking errors, as well as the internal force, converge to the desired levels. Additionally, direct current motors are also controlled in such a way that the desired currents and torques can be attained. In order to make the overall system to be asymptotically stable, online learning of the weights and the parameter adaptation of the parameters is utilized in the Lyapunov function. The superiority of the developed control method is carried out with the numerical simulation results and its superior robustness is shown in a comparative manner.     

具有时滞的柔性关节多机械臂协同自适应位置/力控制

由于关节机械臂长期运行后,齿轮间隙扩大产生的时间滞后将使得系统跟踪性能降低.针对此问题,本文提出了一种自适应位置/力控制策略来保证闭环系统稳定性以及位置/力跟踪性能.首先,对多机械臂和物体系统进行任务空间动力学建模.随后,利用Pade理论将时间滞后近似为二阶有理分式.同时,利用神经网络自适应算法克服模型建模误差对系统稳定性的影响,利用同时包含位置误差和力误差的线性滑模项,设计位置/力控制器.通过李雅普诺夫稳定性理论,证明控制策略能实现位置误差和内力误差的渐近收敛.最后,仿真验证证明所设计控制策略的有效性.     

Robust tracking control for a class of electrically driven flexible-joint robots without velocity measurements

This article addresses the motion tracking control for a class of flexible-joint robotic manipulators actuated by brushed direct current motors. This class of electrically driven flexible-joint robots is perturbed by time-varying parametric uncertainties and external disturbances. A novel observer-based robust dynamic feedback tracking controller without velocity measurements will be developed such that the resulting closed-loop system is locally stable, all the states and signals are bounded and the trajectory tracking errors can be made as small as possible. Only the measurements of link position and armature current are required for feedback and so the number of sensors in the practical implementation of the developed control scheme can be greatly reduced. The observer structure is of reduced order in the sense that the observer is constructed only to estimate the velocity signals and whose dimension is half of the dimension of flexible-joint robots. Especially, for the set-point regulation problem, the developed controller is simplified to a linear time-invariant controller. Consequently, the robust tracking control scheme developed in this study can be extended to handle a broader class of uncertain electrically driven flexible-joint robots and the developed robust control schemes possess the properties of computational simplicity and easy implementation. Finally, simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control algorithms.     

Robust Hybrid Control of Constrained Robot Manipulators via Decomposed Equations

Basing on a constraint Jacobian induced orthogonal decomposition of the task space and by requiring the force controller to be orthogonal to the constraint manifold, the dynamics of the constrained robots under hybrid control is decomposed into a set of two equations. One describes the motion of robots moving on the constraint manifold, while the other relates the constraint force with the hybrid controller. This decomposition does not require the solution of the constraint equation in partition form. In this setting, the hybrid control of constrained robots can be essentially reduced to robust stabilization of uncertain nonlinear systems whose uncertainties do not satisfy the matching condition. A continuous version of the sliding-mode controller (from Khalil [12]) is employed to design a position controller. The force controller is designed as a proportional force error feedback of high gain type. The coordination of the position controller and the force controller is shown to achieve ultimately bounded position and force tracking with tunable accuracy. Moreover, an estimate of the domain of attraction is provided for the motion on the constraint manifold. Simulation for a planar two-link robot constraining on an ellipse is given to show the effectiveness of a hybrid controller. In addition, the friction effect, viewed as external disturbance to the system, is also examined through simulations.     

Adaptive hybrid force/position control of robot manipulators using an adaptive force estimator in the presence of parametric uncertainty

This study is devoted to sensorless adaptive force/position control of robot manipulators using a position-based adaptive force estimator (AFE) and a force-based adaptive environment compliance estimator. Unlike the other sensorless method in force control that uses disturbance observer and needs an accurate model of the manipulator, in this method, the unknown parameters of the robot can be estimated along with the force control. Even more, the environment compliance can be estimated simultaneously to achieve tracking force control. In fact, this study deals with three challenging problems: No force sensor is used, environment stiffness is unknown, and some parametric uncertainties exist in the robot model. A theorem offers control laws and updating laws for two control loops. In the inner loop, AFE estimates the exerted force, and then, the force control law in the outer loop modifies the desired trajectory of the manipulator for the adaptive tracking loop. Besides, an updating law updates the estimated compliance to provide an accurate tracking force control. Some experimental results of a PHANToM Premium robot are provided to validate the proposed scheme. In addition, some simulations are presented that verify the performance of the controller for different situations in interaction.     

Precision Synchronization Motion Trajectory Tracking Control of Multiple Pneumatic Cylinders

This paper deals with the synchronized motion trajectory tracking control problem of multiple pneumatic cylinders. An adaptive robust synchronization controller is developed by incorporating the cross‐coupling technology into the integrated direct/indirect adaptive robust control (DIARC) architecture. The position synchronization error and the trajectory tracking error of each cylinder are combined to construct the so‐called coupled position error. The proposed adaptive robust synchronization controller is designed with the feedback of this coupled position error and is composed of two parts: an on‐line parameter estimation algorithm and a robust control law. The former is employed to obtain accurate estimates of model parameters for reducing the extent of parametric uncertainties, while the latter is utilized to attenuate the effects of parameter estimation errors, unmodelled dynamics, and external disturbances. Theoretically, both the position synchronization and trajectory tracking errors will achieve asymptotic convergence simultaneously. Moreover, the effectiveness of the proposed controller is verified by the extensive experimental results performed on a two‐cylinder pneumatic system.     

Adaptive neural controller for cooperative multiple robot manipulator system manipulating a single rigid object

In this article, an adaptive neural controller is developed for cooperative multiple robot manipulator system carrying and manipulating a common rigid object. In coordinated manipulation of a single object using multiple robot manipulators simultaneous control of the object motion and the internal force exerted by manipulators on the object is required. Firstly, an integrated dynamic model of the manipulators and the object is derived in terms of object position and orientation as the states of the derived model. Based on this model, a controller is proposed that achieves required trajectory tracking of the object as well as tracking of the desired internal forces arising in the system. A feedforward neural network is employed to learn the unknown dynamics of robot manipulators and the object. It is shown that the neural network can cope with the unknown nonlinearities through the adaptive learning process and requires no preliminary offline learning. The adaptive learning algorithm is derived from Lyapunov stability analysis so that both error convergence and tracking stability are guaranteed in the closed loop system. Finally, simulation studies and analysis are carried out for two three-link planar manipulators moving a circular disc on specified trajectory.     

轮式移动机械臂的鲁棒跟踪控制研究

移动机械臂系统一般由移动平台和机器臂组成,它既具有机器臂的操作灵活性,又具有移动机器人的可移动性,因此其应用范围要比单个系统宽得多。这篇文章研究了由非完整移动平台和完整机械臂构成的移动机械臂系统的鲁棒跟踪控制问题,基于误差动态方程和耗散不等式引理设计了一种鲁棒跟踪控制器,该控制器在出现外界干扰时能使系统渐近跟踪给定信号。使用Matlab6.5对系统进行了仿真研究,仿真结果表明所提出的鲁棒控制算法是正确有效的。     

Adaptive position/force control of robot manipulators withoutvelocity measurements: theory and experimentation

In this paper, we design an adaptive position/force controller for robot manipulators during constrained motion. The proposed controller can compensate for parametric uncertainty while only requiring measurements of link position and end-effector force. A filtering technique is utilized to produce a pseudo-velocity error signal and thus, eliminate the need for link velocity measurements. The control strategy provides semiglobal asymptotic tracking performance for the end-effector position and the interaction force between the constraint and the end-effector. An experimental implementation of the proposed controller on a two-link planar robot is also presented.     

漂浮基空间机器人的径向基神经网络鲁棒自适应控制

针对一类同时具有参数及非参数不确定性的自由漂浮空间机器人系统的轨迹跟踪问题,采用了一种RBF神经网络的自适应鲁棒补偿控制策略.对于系统的参数不确定性,通过对径向基神经网络来自适应学习并补偿,逼近误差通过滑模控制器消除,神经网络权重的自适应修正规则基于Lyapunov函数方法得到;而非参数不确定通过鲁棒控制器来实时自适应...     

SCARA型机械手的鲁棒防振控制

对ＳＣＡＲＡ型机械手的防振控制进行研究，提出了两自由度鲁棒控制法，应用μ控制理论设计鲁棒反馈控制器，保证了系统的鲁棒稳定性及鲁棒性能指标；基于模型匹配法设计前馈控制器，组成两自由度控制系统，进一步改善了闭环系统的跟踪特性。仿真研究表明，与传统的ＰＤ控制相比，该控制系统能对机械手前端的残留振支进行有效的抑制，取得较好的轨迹跟踪特性。     

Robust variable structure and switching-Σ adaptive control ofsingle-arm dynamics

In this paper, the variable structure control (VSC) and switching-σ adaptive laws are used to design a new robust controller for single-arm rigid manipulators in joint space. The controller is shown to be robust with respect to bounded disturbance. More particularly, a bound on the tracking error is determined and shown to be smaller than those resulting from the VSC) law proposed in Slotine and Li as well as the robust adaptive control law derived in Reed and Ioannou. The simulations also show that the proposed control law has better tracking precision performance than the VSC law and switching-σ adaptive control law. It can also suppress chattering and maintain good tracking precision even if actuator unmodeled dynamics are considered     

On tracking control of cooperative hydraulic manipulators

This paper addresses the problem of tracking control of multiple hydraulic manipulators handling a rigid object. We propose a controller that allows two or more hydraulically-actuated robots cooperatively, to move a rigid object along a desired trajectory while sharing the load and maintaining an acceptable internal force on the object. The parasitic effect of friction in the actuators, as well as parametric uncertainties in the manipulators’ dynamics, hydraulic functions and the payload, are compensated through augmentation of the controller by a set of online updating laws. Additionally, an adaptive observer is used along with the controller to avoid the requirement of acceleration feedback, which could be difficult to obtain in practice. Only measurements of joint positions, joint velocities and hydraulic line pressures are required for the implementation of the controller. The tracking error of the control system is proven to converge to zero while the internal force remains bounded. It is further proven that the internal force can be set as close as possible to the desired value through the addition of a simple force feedback loop with an adjustable gain. Both simulation and experimental studies are conducted to clearly illustrate the effectiveness of the developed controller for various tracking tasks. The simulations are carried out using a complete nonlinear model of two multiple-degree-of-freedom industrial hydraulic manipulators handling a rigid object. Experiments are carried out on an available fully-instrumented electro-hydraulic system.     

基于奇异摄动的双连杆柔性臂模糊控制

讨论了双连杆柔性臂位置控制问题。应用拉格朗日-假设模态法建立系统的动力学方程，并用奇异摄动法将双连杆柔性臂系统分解为两个降阶的慢变子系统和快变子系统。针对柔性臂强非线性、强耦合性及不确定性等特点，给出一种慢变子系统在反馈线性化后采用模糊控制、快变子系统因呈线性系统而采用简单的最优控制的混合控制方法。其中，模糊控制是二维PD型控制器，其输入为关节角跟踪误差及其导数。最后进行了计算机仿真，结果表明，该方法不仅能实现柔性臂轨迹的快速、准确跟踪，有效的抑制弹性振动，并且对负载的变化具有强的鲁棒性。     

非完整移动机械臂的鲁棒跟踪控制

针对非完整移动机械臂惯性参数的不确定性,采用滑模控制为其设计了输出跟踪控制器。首先给出了包括驱动电机动态特性的非完整移动机械臂的简化动态模型,然后通过微分同胚和输入变换将其分解为4个低阶子系统,并给出了其输出跟踪的滑模控制器设计方法。仿真实验表明,所设计的鲁棒控制器能很好地跟踪给定轨迹。     

Adaptive robust coordinated control of multiple mobile manipulators interacting with rigid environments

In this paper, we consider multiple mobile manipulators grasping a common object in contact with a rigid surface, and propose a new version of adaptive robust control extended to the actuator level for multiple mobile manipulators carrying a common object in a cooperative manner. The proposed controls are robust not only to parametric uncertainties including mass variation and electrical parameters but also to external disturbances. Simulation results are presented to validate that the motion/force tracking errors converge to zero whereas the internal force tracking error remains bounded and can be made arbitrarily small.