Optimal trajectory tracking control with a 5R parallel robot

Gianmarc Coppola, Dan Zhang

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Abstract

This work examines the control characteristics of a 5R parallel robotic manipulator subjected to two control studies. Firstly, fundamental aspects of dynamics are presented. Then a brief review of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and feedforward Neural Networks (NN) is undertaken. Subsequently, to tackle the challenging problem of controller parameter tuning for parallel robots in trajectory tracking scenarios, a multi objective optimization problem is formulated for automatic tuning using PSO. This offline method is comparatively evaluated to the Nelder-Mead (NM) sequential simplex optimization scheme. Several results are attained illustrating the strengths and weaknesses of this method for parallel robot control. Then, an adaptive NN model reference control scheme using PSO is proposed. This scheme is proposed as one possible way to take advantage of the strong properties of the PSO online. The scheme is tested and several observations are outlined.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011
Pages949-958
Number of pages10
EditionPARTS A AND B
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
EventASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011 - Washington, DC, United States
Duration: 28 Aug 201131 Aug 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
NumberPARTS A AND B
Volume6

Conference

ConferenceASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington, DC
Period28/08/1131/08/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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