Adaptive control scheme for a robot manipulator: direct decoupler and PID controller

Abstract

Abstract A two level adaptive controller for the control of a high speed robot is proposed. Dynamic interaction effects of the robot system are eliminated by applying a centralized adaptive multivariable decoupler. Decentralized adaptive PID controllers stabilize and eliminate the static positioning errors of the robot system. No prior knowledge of robot dynamics is required for this scheme. Output transients caused by sensitivity to the system parameter variations is reducible by adjusting the gain constants of the decoupler. Computation load for the implementation of the decoupler is minimal due to its direct nature, The effectiveness of the scheme is demonstrated by simulation results in high speed repetitive motion trackings and load change conditions.