Title
A numerical method to minimize tracking error of multi-link elastic robot
Abstract
The tracking error of robot manipulators based on flexible arm models are presented in this study. The number of actuator is equal to the dimension of the task space which is usually equal to the rigid body degrees of freedom. Actuator torques required for a flexible arm to track a given trajectory are formulated and computed by an iterative algorithm which is based on path planning method. The formulation is complete in the sense that it also considers the full nonlinear dynamics of the manipulator arm. The Euler-Bernoulli beam theory is used to model the dynamics of flexible links and the resulting equations of motion are derived by Lagrange's equation using finite element discretization technique. The algorithm is simple to implement but computationally expensive. The performance and capabilities of the proposed method are tested on a two-link arm through simulation and the results show the potential use of this method not only for feedforward open-loop control but also for closed-loop control strategies
Year
DOI
Venue
1998
10.1109/IROS.1998.724698
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 1998. Proceedings., 1998 IEEE/RSJ International Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
closed loop systems,computational complexity,elasticity,finite element analysis,flexible manipulators,iterative methods,manipulator dynamics,minimisation,nonlinear control systems,numerical analysis,optimal control,tracking,Euler-Bernoulli beam theory,FEA,FEM,Lagrange equation,actuator torques,closed-loop control strategies,computation expense,feedforward open-loop control,finite element analysis,finite element discretization technique,flexible arm models,flexible link dynamics,iterative algorithm,manipulator arm,multilink elastic robot,nonlinear dynamics,numerical method,path planning,robot manipulators,tracking error minimization,two-link arm
Motion planning,Discretization,Computer science,Iterative method,Control theory,Finite element method,Control engineering,Arm solution,Actuator,Tracking error,Feed forward
Conference
Volume
ISBN
Citations 
1
0-7803-4465-0
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.43
3
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pritam Kumar Sarkar120.43
Motoji Yamamoto223445.92
Akira Mohri314041.98