Trajectory control of the flexible manipulator with time-varying arm

  • Yamazaki, Hidetaka (Dep. of Mechanical Systems Engineering, College of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University) ;
  • Ono, Toshiro (Dep. of Mechanical Systems Engineering, College of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University) ;
  • Park, Chang-Yong (Dep. of Mechanical Systems Engineering, College of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University)
  • Published : 1996.10.01

Abstract

Several papers have already been reported on the flexible manipulator with constant arm length. Some of industrial manipulators, however, have sliding joints. It means that the length of their arm or link varies with time. This paper discusses the trajectory contro lof such a manipulator model, and shows some of the experimental results.

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