This paper presents a nonlinear control for trajectory tracking and vibration control of a flexible joint manipulator by using chaotic gyroscope synchronization. To study the effectiveness of the controllers, designed controller is developed for tip angular position control of a flexible joint manipulator. Based on Lyapunov stability theory, the nonlinear controller and some generic sufficient ...

This paper is concerned with the problem of designing a robust adaptive controller for flexible joint robots (FJR). Under the assumption of weak joint elasticity, FJR is firstly modeled and converted into singular perturbation form. The control law consists of a FAT-based adaptive control strategy and a simple correction term. The first term of the controller is used to stability of the slow dy...

The paper presents a dynamic modelling technique for a manipulator with multiple flexible links and flexible joints, based on a combined Euler–Lagrange formulation and assumed modes method. The resulting generalised model is validated through computer simulations by considering a simplified case study of a two-link flexible manipulator with joint elasticity. Controlling such a manipulator is mo...

Optimal load of mobile robots, while carrying a load with predefined motion precision is an important consideration regarding their applications. In this paper a general formulation for finding maximum load carrying capacity of flexible joint mobile manipulators is presented. Meanwhile, overturning stability of the system and precision of the motion on the given end-effector trajectory are take...

A Bayesian framework is proposed to define flexible coupling models for joint decompositions of data sets. Under this framework, a solution to the joint decomposition can be cast in terms of a maximum a posteriori estimator. Examples of joint posterior distributions are provided, including general Gaussian priors and non Gaussian coupling priors. Then simulations are reported and show the effec...

This paper presents a variable structure rule-based fuzzy control for trajectory tracking and vibration control of a flexible joint manipulator by using chaotic anti-control. Based on Lyapunov stability theory for variable structure control and fuzzy rules, the nonlinear controller and some generic sufficient conditions for global asymptotic control are attained. The fuzzy rules are directly co...

To realize an ideal force control of robots interacting with humans, a very precise actuation system with zero impedance is desired. A flexible joint actuator may serve for this purpose. This paper presents the design of control algorithms to compensate for the impedance in the flexible joint actuator. To generate the torque as desired, a spring is installed between a motor and a human joint, a...