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Formulation and control of robots with link and joint flexibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Sachin Gogate and
Yueh-Jaw Lin
Sachin Gogate
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical EngineeringThe University of AkronAkronOH 44325 (U.S.A.)
Yueh-Jaw Lin
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical EngineeringThe University of AkronAkronOH 44325 (U.S.A.)
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Summary

Present study on industrial manipulator control either completely neglects structural flexibility or only considers manipulator link flexibility. Ignoring joint flexibility may cause significant errors in gross motion control if the joint elastic effect is predominant. This paper presents an effective control scheme which can compensate for the motion errors generated by simultaneous existence of both link and joint flexibility. The manipulator dynamics is formulated comprehensively by a superposition of two models, namely, an assumed modes of vibration model for links and a torsional spring model.for joints. Then, a nonlinear feedback rate servo control system is developed that compensates for the gross motion errors introduced by both joint elasticity and link flexibility. Motion simulation results show that the proposed formulation can effectively describe the dynamic behavior of a flexible-link, elastic-joint robot. They also verify that the proposed controller is robust in that it can satisfactorily suppress the manipulator end oscillations and yield an accurate gross motion.

Keywords

Robot controlLink/joint flexibilityDynamic modelsNonlinear feedback.

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Research Article
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Robotica , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , May 1993, pp. 273 - 282
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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