A passivity-based controller for motion tracking and damping assignment for compliantly actuated robots

Manuel Keppler, Dominic Lakatos, Christian Ott, Alin Albu-Schäffer

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Abstract

This paper introduces a novel control approach for motion tracking and damping assignment in compliantly actuated robotic systems. The approach follows the idea of shaping the link side dynamics such that the closed loop dynamics follows a given reference trajectory while injecting additional damping for improving vibration suppression. The modification of the apparent link side dynamics is amended by a desired dynamics on the motor side. In contrast to classical feedback linearization the design aims at only a minimal modification of the dynamics, both for the link side and the motor side. The time-varying closed loop dynamics is shown to be globally, uniformly stable. The effectiveness of the resulting feedback control law was evaluated by simulations as well as experiments on a highly nonlinear and highly compliant robot arm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE 55th Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1521-1528
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781509018376
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Dec 2016
Event55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2016 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 12 Dec 201614 Dec 2016

Publication series

Name2016 IEEE 55th Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2016

Conference

Conference55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period12/12/1614/12/16

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