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\itemau{Zhu, Xiao-Cong; Tao, Guo-Liang; Cao, Jian}
\itemti{Pressure observer based adaptive robust trajectory tracking control of a parallel manipulator driven by pneumatic muscles.}
\itemso{J. Zhejiang Univ., Sci. A 8, No. 12, 1928-1937 (2007).}
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Summary: This paper presents a Pressure Observer based Adaptive Robust Controller (POARC) for posture trajectory tracking of a parallel manipulator driven by three pneumatic muscles without pressure sensors. Due to model errors of the static forces and friction forces of pneumatic muscles, simplified average flow rate characteristics of valves, unknown disturbances of entire system, and unmeasured pressures, there exist rather severe parametric uncertainties, nonlinear uncertainties and dynamic uncertainties in modeling of the parallel manipulator. A nonlinear pressure observer is constructed to estimate unknown pressures on the basis of a single-input-single-output decoupling model that is simplified from the actual multiple-input-multiple-output coupling model of the parallel manipulator. Then, an adaptive robust controller integrated with the pressure observer is developed to accomplish high precision posture trajectory tracking of the parallel manipulator. The experimental results indicate that the system with the proposed POARC not only achieves good control accuracy and smooth movement but also maintains robustness to disturbances.
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\itemut{pneumatic muscle; parallel manipulator; pressure observer; adaptive robust control; trajectory tracking}
\itemli{doi:10.1631/jzus.2007.A1928}
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