Active impedance control of bioinspired motion robotic manipulators: An overview

HFN Al-Shuka, S Leonhardt, WH Zhu… - Applied bionics and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There are two main categories of force control schemes: hybrid position‐force control and
impedance control. However, the former does not take into account the dynamic interaction …

Review of industrial robot stiffness identification and modelling

K Wu, J Li, H Zhao, Y Zhong - Applied sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Featured Application (1) Static stiffness modelling methods are classified and summarized.
Each method is studied with regards to algorithms, implementation, and limitations;(2) A …

[PDF][PDF] Soft robots

C Della Santina, MG Catalano, A Bicchi… - Encyclopedia of …, 2020 - researchgate.net
The physical characteristics of animals' bodies are substantially different from those of
classic robots. Elastic tendons, ligaments, and muscles enable animals to robustly interact …

[BOOK][B] Control and estimation of dynamical nonlinear and partial differential equation systems: Theory and Applications

Robotic and mechatronic systems, autonomous vehicles, electric power systems and smart
grids, as well as manufacturing and industrial production systems can exhibit complex …

On higher order inverse kinematics methods in time-optimal trajectory planning for kinematically redundant manipulators

A Reiter, A Müller, H Gattringer - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Time-optimal motion control will only find industrial applications if the optimal motions can
actually be performed by standard industrial robots. This is not ensured by any optimal …

On the motion/stiffness decoupling property of articulated soft robots with application to model-free torque iterative learning control

R Mengacci, F Angelini, MG Catalano… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This article tackles the problem of controlling articulated soft robots (ASRs), ie, robots with
either fixed or variable elasticity lumped at the joints. Classic control schemes rely on high …

An overview of formulae for the higher-order kinematics of lower-pair chains with applications in robotics and mechanism theory

A Mueller - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2019 - Elsevier
The motions of mechanisms can be described in terms of screw coordinates by means of an
exponential map**. The product of exponentials (POE) describes the configuration of a …

Decentralized trajectory tracking control for soft robots interacting with the environment

F Angelini, C Della Santina, M Garabini… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite the classic nature of the problem, trajectory tracking for soft robots, ie, robots with
compliant elements deliberately introduced in their design, still presents several challenges …

Novel off-line self-tuning controller with guaranteed stability

ASS Abadi, A Ordys, B Pierscionek - International Journal of Automotive …, 2023 - Springer
Tuning control parameters is an essential task for the controller in all practical applications.
This paper presents a new Lyapunov-based off-line self-tuning control (OSTC). method. The …

An O(n)-Algorithm for the Higher-Order Kinematics and Inverse Dynamics of Serial Manipulators Using Spatial Representation of Twists

A Müller - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optimal control in general, and flatness-based control in particular, of robotic arms
necessitate to compute the first and second time derivatives of the joint torques/forces …