Control synthesis for a class of light and agile robotic tensegrity structures Export

@proceedings{citeulike:2234313, abstract = {For a new class of tendon-driven robotic systems that is generalized to include tensegrity structures, this paper focuses on a method to determine the tendon force inputs from a set of admissible, non-saturating inputs, that will move the rigid-body system from the point A to point B along a prescribed path in minimum time. The approach utilizes the existence conditions and solution of a linear algebra problem that describes how the set of admissible tendon forces is mapped onto the set of path-dependent torques. Since this mapping is not one-to-one, free parameters in the control law always exist. An infinity-norm minimization with respect to these free parameters is responsible for saturation avoidance. Characterizing and optimizing these free parameters is the new contribution. Feedback is introduced to attenuate disturbances arising from the tensegrity paradigm. Examples illustrate methods and validate tensegrity superior saturation avoidance capability.}, author = {Aldrich, J. B. and Skelton, R. E. and Kreutz-Delgado, K.}, booktitle = {American Control Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the 2003}, citeulike-article-id = {2234313}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2003.1242560}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1242560}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.tensegrity-solutions.com/resources/FP11-42.pdf}, doi = {10.1109/ACC.2003.1242560}, journal = {American Control Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the 2003}, keywords = {robot}, pages = {5245--5251 vol.6}, posted-at = {2008-01-15 09:39:26}, priority = {2}, title = {Control synthesis for a class of light and agile robotic tensegrity structures}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2003.1242560}, volume = {6}, year = {2003} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:2234313 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2234313 N2 - For a new class of tendon-driven robotic systems that is generalized to include tensegrity structures, this paper focuses on a method to determine the tendon force inputs from a set of admissible, non-saturating inputs, that will move the rigid-body system from the point A to point B along a prescribed path in minimum time. The approach utilizes the existence conditions and solution of a linear algebra problem that describes how the set of admissible tendon forces is mapped onto the set of path-dependent torques. Since this mapping is not one-to-one, free parameters in the control law always exist. An infinity-norm minimization with respect to these free parameters is responsible for saturation avoidance. Characterizing and optimizing these free parameters is the new contribution. Feedback is introduced to attenuate disturbances arising from the tensegrity paradigm. Examples illustrate methods and validate tensegrity superior saturation avoidance capability. JF - American Control Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 EP - 5251 vol.6 TI - Control synthesis for a class of light and agile robotic tensegrity structures VL - 6 T2 - American Control Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SP - 5245 KW - robot AU - Aldrich, JB AU - Skelton, RE AU - Kreutz-Delgado, K PY - 2003/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2003.1242560 ER -