Robot Manipulators


Modeling, Performance Analysis and Control

Robot Manipulators

Edited by

Etienne Dombre, University of Montpellier, France,
Wisama Khalil, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France


ISBN : 9781905209101

Publication Date : January 2007

Hardcover 416 pp

275.00 USD

Co-publisher

Description


This book presents the most recent research results on modeling and control of robot manipulators.

Chapter 1 gives unified tools to derive direct and inverse geometric, kinematic and dynamic models of serial robots and addresses the issue of identification of the geometric and dynamic parameters of these models.

Chapter 2 describes the main features of serial robots, the different architectures and the methods used to obtain direct and inverse geometric, kinematic and dynamic models, paying special attention to singularity analysis.

Chapter 3 introduces global and local tools for performance analysis of serial robots.

Chapter 4 presents an original optimization technique for point-to-point trajectory generation accounting for robot dynamics.

Chapter 5 presents standard control techniques in the joint space and task space for free motion (PID, computed torque, adaptive dynamic control and variable structure control) and constrained motion (compliant force-position control).

In Chapter 6, the concept of vision-based control is developed and Chapter 7 is devoted to specific issue of robots with flexible links. Efficient recursive Newton-Euler algorithms for both inverse and direct modeling are presented, as well as control methods ensuring position setting and vibration damping.

Contents


1. Modeling and Identification of Serial Robots, W. Khalil and E. Dombre.
2. Modeling of Parallel Robots, J.-P. Merlet and F. Pierrot.
3. Performance Analysis of Robots, P. Wenger.
4. Trajectory Generation, M. Haddad, T. Chettibi, W. Khalil and H. Lehtihet.
5. Position and Force Control of a Robot in Free or Confined Space, P. Fraisse and P. Dauchez.
6. Visual Servoing, F. Chaumette.
7. Modeling and Control of Flexible Robots, F. Boyer, W. Khalil, M. Benosman and G. Le Vey.

About the authors/editors


Etienne Dombre is Director of Research at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a researcher within the Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique, Robotique et Microélectronique de Montpellier at the University of Montpellier, France.

Wisama Khalil is Professor at the Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France and a researcher at the Institute of Research in Communication and Cybernetics.

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