Modern Lightweight robots are constructed to be collaborative, which often results in a low structural stiffness compared to conventional rigid robots. Therefore, the controller must be able to handle the dynamic oscillatory effect mainly due to the intrinsic joint elasticity. Singular perturbation theory makes it possible to decompose the flexible joint dynamics into fast and slow subsystems. This model separation provides additional features to incorporate future knowledge of the joint level dynamical behavior within the controller design using the Model Predictive Control (MPC) technique. In this study, different architectures are considered that combine the method of Singular Perturbation and MPC. For Singular Perturbation, the parameters that influence the validity of using this technique to control a flexible-joint robot are investigated. Furthermore, limits on the input constraints for the future trajectory are considered with MPC. The position control performance and robustness against external forces of each architecture are validated experimentally for a flexible joint robot. The experimental validation shows superior performance in practice for the presented MPC framework, especially respecting the actuator torque limits.


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    Title :

    Model Predictive Control Applied to Different Time-scale Dynamics of Flexible Joint Robots



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    Publication date :

    2022



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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