In this paper, we propose a robust visual feedback controller with integral action for tracking control of n-link robot manipulators in the presence of constant bounded parametric uncertainties. The proposed control input has robustness to the parametric uncertainty and reduces tracking error in the steady-state. The stability of the closed-loop system is shown by Lyapunov method. The effective...

In this paper, we develop a fully adaptive decentralized controller of robot manipulators for trajectory tracking. With high-order and adaptive variable-structure compensations, the proposed scheme makes both position and velocity tracking errors of robot manipulators globally converge to zero asymptotically while allowing all signals in closed-loop systems to be bounded, even without any prior...

A new concept for controlling of underactuated robot manipulators is presented by using switching computed torque method. One fundamental feature of the present approach is to use the partly stable controllers (PSCs) in order to fulfill the ultimate control objective. Dynamic model of an underactuated robot system is directly analyzed to synthesize partly stable, computed torque controllers wit...

Continuum manipulators offer many advantages compared to their rigid-linked counterparts, such as increased degrees of freedom and workspace volume. Inspired by biological systems, such as elephant trunks and octopus tentacles, many continuum manipulators are made of multiple segments that allow large-scale deformations to be distributed throughout the body. Most continuum manipulators currentl...

Controlling a high degree of freedom humanoid robot arm to be dextrous and compliant in its movements is a critical task in robot control. The dynamics of such flexible and light manipulators have a highly non-linear nature, making analytical closed form solutions using rigid body assumptions inappropriate. In this thesis, we use Locally Weighted Projection Regression to learn online the invers...

This work is focused on impedance control of robot manipulators performing six-degree-of-freedom interaction tasks. An energy-based formulation leads to formally deriving the dynamic equation characterizing a mechanical impedance at the end effector. An inverse dynamics strategy with contact force and moment measurement is adopted to obtain a configurationindependent desired impedance. For give...

In the conventional sliding mode control, a discontinuous switching control signal is applied. It makes the system invariant to parametric uncertainty and external disturbance, but also causes actuator chattering. This paper considers a tracking control of robot manipulators using a dynamic sliding mode control, where a global invariance is achieved and the resulting control signal is chatterin...

In order to successfully implement several control laws, a uniform upper bound for the Jacobian of the gravity vector is necessary. However, not all joint configurations of robot manipulators insure the existence of such a bound. In this paper we fully characterize the class of robot manipulators for which the Jacobian of the gravity vector is uniformly bounded. The results in this paper can be...

Modular robot manipulators have many advantages over conventional integrated robot manipulators, including flexibility, re-configurability, versatility, and low-cost with massive production. However, the lack of control precision has been a long standing drawback in MRM applications until now. In this paper, a VDC-based control and communication system using embedded FPGA (field programmable ga...

An unsolved ancient problem in position control of robot manipulators is to find a stability analysis that proves global asymptotic stability of the classical PID control in closed loop with robot manipulators. The practical evidence suggests that in fact the classical PID in industrial robots is a global regulator. The main goal of the present paper is theoreticall...