Hybrid adaptive‐robust control for a robot manipulator

Abstract

Abstract In this paper we present a hybrid adaptive‐robust controller to achieve trajectory following for a robot manipulator. The controller consists of two parts: a proportional‐derivative (PD) feedback loop and an adaptive‐robust law for the manipulator dynamics. An advantage of this method is that our controller takes advantage of the manipulator dynamic structure to allow the designer to select a controller that is a combination of an adaptive approach and a robust‐adaptive approach.