Sliding mode tracking for pneumatic muscle actuators in opposing pair configuration

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 550-558

  Lilly, John H ^a   Yang, Liang ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Pneumatic systems; Robots; Sliding mode control; Variable structure systems

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; MANIPULATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PNEUMATIC CONTROL; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ROBOTIC ARMS; SYSTEM STABILITY; THEOREM PROVING; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRACKING (POSITION);

PNEUMATIC MUSCLE ACTUATORS; SLIDING MODE TRACKING; VARIABLE STRUCTURE SYSTEMS;

SLIDING MODE CONTROL;

EID: 22444437601     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2005.847333     Document Type: Article

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