Control of flexible manipulators: A survey

Robotica

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 533-545

  Benosman, M ^a   Le Vey, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN COMMUNICATIONS ET CYBERNÉTIQUE DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Control; Flexible manipulators; Survey

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LINEARIZATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OSCILLATIONS; ROBOTIC ARMS; TRACKING (POSITION);

BOUNDARY CONTROL; MULTI-BODY SYSTEMS; ROBOT MODELS; TRAJECTORY TRACKING;

FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS;

EID: 4544220887     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574703005642     Document Type: Review

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