Friction compensation with estimated velocity

Abstract

The problem of friction compensation at very low velocity is investigated experimentally. Two published friction compensation strategies, based on two well-known friction models, are evaluated experimentally on a direct drive robot arm. One is an adaptive nonlinear dynamic friction compensation method using the LuGre friction model, and the other is a decomposition-based friction compensation method based on a friction model parameter linearization approach. In the experiments, a new velocity estimation method is implemented. The method significantly improves the effectiveness of friction compensation for all tested methods.