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Robust high-performance control for robotic manipulators

US5049796A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 17, 1989
Grant dateSep 17, 1991
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Expiry dateMay 17, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/42065
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Model-based and performance-based control techniques are combined for an electrical robotic control system. Thus, two distinct and separate design philosophies have been merged into a single control system having a control law formulation including two distinct and separate components, each of which yields a respective signal component that is combined into a total command signal for the system. Those two separate system components include a feedforward controller and a feedback controller. The feedforward controller is model-based and contains any known part of the manipulator dynamics that can be used for on-line control to produce a nominal feedforward component of the system's control signal. The feedback controller is performance-based and consists of a simple adaptive PID controller which generates an adaptive control signal to complement the nominal feedforward signal.

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