Fractional order control of a hexapod robot

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 417-433

  Silva, Manuel F ^a   Machado, J A T ^a   Lopes, A M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cascade control; Flexibility; Fractional order control; Friction; Hexapod robot; PD control; Saturation

Indexed keywords

CASCADE CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; FRICTION; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CASCADE CONTROL; FLEXIBILITY; FRACTIONAL ORDER CONTROL; HEXAPOD ROBOTS; PD CONTROL; VISCOUS FRICTION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 15544381811     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11071-004-3770-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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