End Point Control of Nonlinear Flexible Manipulators With Control Constraint Using SDRE Method

Authors

Woosoon Yim, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Sahjendra N. Singh, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

11-17-2002

Publication Title

2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition

Publisher

ASME

Volume

71

First page number:

313

Last page number:

320

Abstract

The paper treats the question of end point regulation of multi-link light-weight manipulators using the state dependent Riccati equation (SDRE) method. It is assumed that each link is flexible and deforms when maneuvered. It is well known that end point trajectory control using widely used feedback linearization technique is not possible since the system is nonminimum phase. Furthermore, control saturation is a major problem in controlling nonlinear systems. In this paper, an optimal control problem is formulated for the derivation of control law with and without control constraints on the joint torques and suboptimal control laws are designed using the SDRE method. This design approach is applicable to minimum and as well as nonminimum phase nonlinear systems. For the purpose of control, psuedo joint angles and elastic modes of each link are regulated to their equilibrium values which correspond to the target end point under gravity. Weighting matrices in the quadratic performance index provide flexibility in shaping the psuedo angle and elastic mode trajectories. In the closed-loop system, the equilibrium state is asymptotically stable, and vibration is uppressed. Simulation results are presented for a single link flexible manipulator which shows that in the closed-loop system, end point regulation is accomplished even with hard bounds on the control torque, and that the transient characteristics of the psuedo angles and elastic modes are easily shaped by the choice of the the performance criterion.

Keywords

Flexible manipulators; Manipulators (Mechanism); Robots – Control systems; Robots – Motion

Disciplines

Applied Mathematics | Applied Mechanics | Control Theory | Mechanical Engineering | Non-linear Dynamics | Robotics

Language

English

Comments

From: ASME 2002 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Dynamic Systems and Control conference,
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, November 17–22, 2002

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Repository Citation

Yim, W., Singh, S. N. (2002). End Point Control of Nonlinear Flexible Manipulators With Control Constraint Using SDRE Method. 2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 71 313-320. ASME.