Abstract
A general framework is presented for the design and analysis of cobot controllers. Cobots are inherently passive robots intended for direct collaborative work with a human operator. While a human applies forces and moments, the controller guides motion by tuning the cobot's set of continuously variable transmissions. In this paper, a path following controller is developed that steers the cobot so as to asymptotically approach and follow a pre-planned path. The controller is based on feedback linearization. Generality across cobot architectures is assured by designing the controller in task space and developing transformations between each of four spaces: task space, joint space, a set of coupling spaces, and steering space.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1824-1830 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation |
| Volume | 3 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1999 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Control and Systems Engineering
