Variable structure observer design for flexible-link manipulator control

Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 107-129

  Zaki, Ahmed ^a   ElBeheiry, ElSayed ^b   ElMaraghy, Waguih ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flexible manipulators; Linearization; Nonlinear systems; Quasi linear observer; Sliding mode observer; Variable structure systems theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS; LINEARIZATION; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MOTION CONTROL; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OBSERVABILITY; SYSTEM THEORY;

FLEXIBLE LINK MANIPULATORS; QUASI-LINEAR OBSERVER; SLIDING MODE OBSERVER; VARIABLE STRUCTURE SYSTEMS THEORY;

SLIDING MODE CONTROL;

EID: 0141830091     PISSN: 03158977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/tcsme-2003-0006     Document Type: Article

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