A modular and high-precision motion control system with an integrated motor

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-329

  Aghili, Farhad ^a,b   Hollerbach, John M ^c   Buehler, Martin ^d  

^a CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^d Robotics   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Brushless motor; Direct drive motor; Integrated mechatronics; Mechatronics system; Modular controller; Modular joint; Motion control system; Robot joint; Robust control

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MECHATRONICS; ROBOTICS; ROBUST CONTROL; SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS; TORQUE CONTROL;

BRUSHLESS MOTOR; DIRECT-DRIVE MOTOR; INTEGRATED MOTOR; MECHATRONICS SYSTEM; MODULAR CONTROLLER; MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM;

MOTION CONTROL;

EID: 34347387526     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2007.897273     Document Type: Article

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