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Adaptive control of rigid-link electrically-driven robots actuated with brushless DC motors

Conference ·
OSTI ID:68533
 [1];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
  2. Clemson Univ., SC (United States)

In this paper, we extend the work of [1] and [2] to design an adaptive controller for rigid-link electrically-driven (RLED) robot manipulators specifically actuated with Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) motors. In particular the adaptive controller presented is tailored to handle the multi-link dynamics of a rigid-link robot as opposed to a simple inertial load. Furthermore, the linear electrical dynamics of brushed DC motors used in the development of [1], are replaced with the multiple input nonlinear dynamics of BLDC motors. The result is an adaptive controller that guarantees globally asymptotic convergence of the link position tracking error in spite of parametric uncertainty throughout the entire electro-mechanical model.

DOE Contract Number:
AC21-92MC29115
OSTI ID:
68533
Report Number(s):
CONF-941216--; CNN: Grant IRI-9111258; Grant DDM-931133269
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English