Configuration Space Control

Complicated systems with non-linear time-varying behavior are difficult to control using classical linear feedback methods applied separately to individual degrees of freedom. At the present, mechanical manipulators, for example, are limited in their rate of movement by the inability of traditi...

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Main Authors: Horn, Berthold K.P., Raibert, Marc H.
Language:en_US
Published: 2004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6284
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Summary:Complicated systems with non-linear time-varying behavior are difficult to control using classical linear feedback methods applied separately to individual degrees of freedom. At the present, mechanical manipulators, for example, are limited in their rate of movement by the inability of traditional feedback systems to deal with time-varying inertia, torque coupling effects between links and Coriolis forces. Analysis of the dynamics of such systems, however, provides the basic information needed to achieve adequate control.