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Variable structure control applied to underactuated robots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 1997

Kangsik Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 305A Talbot Laboratory, Urbana IL 61801, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Sheri Coates
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 305A Talbot Laboratory, Urbana IL 61801, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Victoria Coverstone-Carroll
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 305A Talbot Laboratory, Urbana IL 61801, USA. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Variable structure control is applied to an underactuated two andthree-link robot. Control laws are developed to invert the robot from itsstable, downward equilibrium position to an inverted position. This maneuver isaccomplished by pumping energy into the system with the variable structurecontroller. A linear balancing controller is activated once the robot nears theinverted position. Numerical simulations are presented for both the two andthree-link robot.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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