Improvement of the control performance of Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Manipulators using an intelligent switching control method

KSME International Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1388-1400

  Ahn, Kyoung Kwan ^a   Tu, Diep Cong Thanh ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intelligent Control; Neural Network; Pneumatic Artificial Muscle; Switching Control

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MOTION CONTROL; MUSCLE; NEURAL NETWORKS; PNEUMATIC CONTROL; SAFETY FACTOR; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

LEARNING VECTOR QUANTIZATION NEURAL NETWORK (LVQNN); OSCILLATORY MOTION; PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; SWITCHING CONTROL;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

EID: 10044258706     PISSN: 12264865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02984253     Document Type: Article

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