Dangxuan Ba

By Dang Xuan Ba and Joonbum Bae

Humanoid robots are complicated systems both in hardware and software designs. Furthermore, the robots normally work in unstructured environments at which unpredictable disturbances could degrade control performances of whole systems. As a result, simple yet effective controllers are favorite employed in low-level layers. Gain-learning algorithms applied to conventional control frameworks, such as Proportional-Integral-Derivative, Sliding-mode, and Backstepping controllers, could be reasonable solutions. The adaptation ability integrated is adopted to automatically tune proper control gains subject to the optimal control criterion both in transient and steady-state phases. The learning rules could be realized by using analytical nonlinear functions. Their effectiveness and feasibility are carefully discussed by theoretical proofs and experimental discussion.

Part of the book: Collaborative and Humanoid Robots

By Dang Xuan Ba

Nowadays, robots have become a key labor force in industrial manufacturing, exploring missions as well as high-tech service activities. Possessing intelligent robots for such the work is an understandable reason. Adoptions of neural networks for excellent control accuracies of robotic control systems that are restricted in physical constraints are practical challenges. This chapter presents an intelligent control method for position tracking control problems of robotic manipulators with output constraints. The constrained control objectives are transformed to be free variables. A simple yet effective driving control rule is then designed to force the new control objective to a vicinity around zeros. To suppress unexpected systematic dynamics for outstanding control performances, a new neural network is employed with a fast-learning law. A nonlinear disturbance observer is then used to estimate the neural estimation error to result in an asymptotic control outcome. Robustness of the closed loop system is guaranteed by the Lyapunov theory. Effectiveness and feasibility of the advanced control method are validated by comparative simulation.

Part of the book: Recent Advances in Robot Manipulators