Impedance control of collaborative robots based on joint torque servo with active disturbance rejection

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 518-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianyu Ren ◽  
Yunfei Dong ◽  
Dan Wu ◽  
Ken Chen
Keyword(s):  
Force Control ◽  
Disturbance Rejection ◽  
Impedance Control ◽  
State Observer ◽  
Extended State Observer ◽  
Joint Torque ◽  
Extended State ◽  
Collaborative Robots ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Control Framework

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a simple yet effective force control scheme for collaborative robots by addressing the problem of disturbance rejection in joint torque: inherent actuator flexibility and nonlinear friction. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, a joint torque controller with an extended state observer is used to decouple the joint actuators from the multi-rigid-body system of a constrained robot and compensate the motor friction. Moreover, to realize robot force control, the authors embed this controller into the impedance control framework. Findings Results have been given in simulations and experiments in which the proposed joint torque controller with an extended state observer can effectively estimate and compensate the total disturbance. The overall control framework is analytically proved to be stable, and further it is validated in experiments with a robot testbed. Practical implications With the proposed robot force controller, the robot is able to change its stiffness in real time and therefore take variable tasks without any accessories, such as the RCC or 6-DOF F/T sensor. In addition, programing by demonstration can be realized easily within the proposed framework, which makes the robot accessible to unprofessional users. Originality/value The main contribution of the presented work is the design of a model-free robot force controller with the ability to reject torque disturbances from robot-actuator coupling effect and motor friction, applicable for both constrained and unconstrained environments. Simulation and experiment results from a 7-DOF robot are given to show the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed controller.

scholarly journals Active Disturbance Rejection Station-Keeping Control of Unstable Orbits around Collinear Libration Points

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Zhu ◽  
Hamid Reza Karimi ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Qing Gao ◽  
Yong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Disturbance Rejection ◽  
External Disturbance ◽  
State Observer ◽  
Libration Points ◽  
Extended State Observer ◽  
Unstable Periodic Orbits ◽  
Extended State ◽  
Station Keeping ◽  
Tracking Differentiator ◽  
Active Disturbance Rejection

An active disturbance rejection station-keeping control scheme is derived and analyzed for station-keeping missions of spacecraft along a class of unstable periodic orbits near collinear libration points of the Sun-Earth system. It is an error driven, rather than model-based control law, essentially accounting for the independence of model accuracy and linearization. An extended state observer is designed to estimate the states in real time by setting an extended state, that is, the sum of unmodeled dynamic and external disturbance. This total disturbance is compensated by a nonlinear state error feedback controller based on the extended state observer. A nonlinear tracking differentiator is designed to obtain the velocity of the spacecraft since only position signals are available. In addition, the system contradiction between rapid response and overshoot can be effectively solved via arranging the transient process in tracking differentiator. Simulation results illustrate that the proposed method is adequate for station-keeping of unstable Halo orbits in the presence of system uncertainties, initial injection errors, solar radiation pressure, and perturbations of the eccentric nature of the Earth's orbit. It is also shown that the closed-loop control system performance is improved significantly using our method comparing with the general LQR method.

scholarly journals On-Line Compensation for the Disturbance Rejection Rate of a Platform Seeker Based on a High-Gain Extended State Observer

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Li Wei ◽  
Liu Shixiang ◽  
Zhang Wenjie ◽  
Xia Qunli
Keyword(s):  
Disturbance Rejection ◽  
Rejection Rate ◽  
High Gain ◽  
State Observer ◽  
Extended State Observer ◽  
Signal Extraction ◽  
Stable Region ◽  
Compensation Scheme ◽  
Extended State ◽  
On Line

This paper focuses on the on-line compensation of the disturbance rejection rate (DRR) for a platform seeker. The mathematical model of the typical platform seeker based on the inertial space is established, and the line-of-sight (LOS) rate from different signal extraction points is strictly derived. Considering the spring torque disturbance and damping torque disturbance caused by the missile attitude motion, the seeker DRR transfer functions are deduced and the amplitude and phase characteristics at different frequencies are also analyzed. In order to close the engineering practice, the DRR parasitic loop (DRRPL) model of the seeker is rationally simplified and the stable region of the parasitic loop from different extraction points is also obtained. However, to increase the stability and guidance accuracy of the missile terminal flight, the compensation scheme based on the high-gain extended state observer (ESO) is used to estimate the disturbance torques and eliminate the seeker DRR effect. Numerical simulations are conducted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. The simulation results show that the seeker DRR effect mainly exists in the middle and low frequencies and the stable region of the parasitic loop at different signal extraction points is different. The proposed compensation scheme can effectively eliminate the parasitic loop effect of the seeker and increase the flight stability of the missile. It can reduce the terminal miss distance of the missile and improve the strike accuracy.

Extended State Observer Based Controller Design for the Green Bank Telescope Servo System

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trupti Ranka ◽  
Mario Garcia-Sanz ◽  
John M. Ford
Keyword(s):  
Disturbance Rejection ◽  
Pid Controller ◽  
Controller Design ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
State Observer ◽  
Extended State Observer ◽  
Tracking Performance ◽  
Extended State ◽  
External Disturbances ◽  
Green Bank Telescope

The Green Bank Telescope is a large flexible structure, requiring rms tracking error ≤ 3 arcseconds against internal and external disturbances. We design an extended state observer (ESO) based controller in various configurations to improve tracking performance and increase disturbance rejection. The controllers are simulated with an experimentally validated model of the GBT. Through the simulations, the response of ESO based controllers and legacy PID controller are compared using time and frequency domain responses. We show that the ESO based controller when implemented in both position and velocity loop can give significant improvement in tracking performance and better disturbance rejection without increase in controller output.

Applying LESO for Disturbance Rejection of Space Station

2014 ◽  
Vol 721 ◽  
pp. 257-260
Author(s):  
Ping Liu ◽  
Wei Jie Sun
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Control ◽  
Disturbance Rejection ◽  
Space Station ◽  
State Observer ◽  
Extended State Observer ◽  
Disturbance Compensation ◽  
Extended State ◽  
Lqr Controller ◽  
Linear Extended State Observer ◽  
Simulation Results

In this paper, a combing method based on the linear extended state observer (LESO) and the LQR controller is presented. The LESO is applied to estimate the total disturbance of the space station, and an effective disturbance compensation strategy is proposed for the attitude control and moment management. The simulation results illustrate this method is effective

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