Automatic tuning of pneumatic servo actuators

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 563-576

  Aziz, Sarmad ^a   Bone, Gary M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actuator; Adaptive control; Auto tuner; Pneumatic; Position control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; MANUAL CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PNEUMATIC SERVOMECHANISMS; POSITION CONTROL; SELF TUNING CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATIC TUNING; OFF LINE MODEL; ONLINE ITERATION; OPEN LOOP DYNAMICS; PNEUMATIC SERVOACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0033885323     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855399X01800     Document Type: Article

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