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Switching Manipulator Control for Motion on Constrained Surfaces

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We develop non-smooth motion controllers that enable a manipulator to perform surface tasks that do not involve force/torque interactions, while maintaining bounded joint rates. The robot’s end-effector is first stabilized to a point close to the surface, and then it tracks a trajectory on the surface, while avoiding certain prescribed regions. We show that the resulting closed loop system is uniformly asymptotically stable, and we verify our analytical development with experiments on a Mitsubishi PA10-7C robotic manipulator.

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  1. National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechniou St, Zografou, Athens, 15780, Greece

    Xanthi Papageorgiou & Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

  2. 110 Spencer Lab, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA

    Herbert G. Tanner

  3. Frederick University, 7 Y. Frederickou St, Pallouriotisa, Nicosia, 1036, Cyprus

    Savvas G. Loizou

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This paper is part of the 03ED 77 research project, implemented within the framework of the “Reinforcement Programme of Human Research Manpower” (PENED) and co-financed by National and Community Funds (25% from the Greek Ministry of Development-General Secretariat of Research and Technology and 75% from E.U.-European Social Fund). Also, this work is partially supported by the European Commission through contract “FP6-IST-001917-NEUROBOTICS: The Fusion of Neuroscience and Robotics”, and by Eugenides Foundation Scholarship.

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Papageorgiou, X., Tanner, H.G., Loizou, S.G. et al. Switching Manipulator Control for Motion on Constrained Surfaces. J Intell Robot Syst 62, 217–239 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-010-9447-2

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