Model-based dynamic feedback control of a planar soft robot: trajectory tracking and interaction with the environment

C Della Santina, RK Katzschmann… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Leveraging the elastic bodies of soft robots promises to enable the execution of dynamic
motions as well as compliant and safe interaction with an unstructured environment …

Implementation kinematics modeling and odometry of four omni wheel mobile robot on the trajectory planning and motion control based microcontroller

DU Rijalusalam, I Iswanto - Journal of Robotics and Control (JRC), 2021 - journal.umy.ac.id
The control of kinematic modeling in a four wheel omni-directional robot (FWOR) is very
difficult. Because you have to adjust the speed of the four DC motors. The speed of DC …

On the motion/stiffness decoupling property of articulated soft robots with application to model-free torque iterative learning control

R Mengacci, F Angelini, MG Catalano… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This article tackles the problem of controlling articulated soft robots (ASRs), ie, robots with
either fixed or variable elasticity lumped at the joints. Classic control schemes rely on high …

Kinematics analysis and trajectory planning of a continuum manipulator

G Zhong, B Peng, W Dou - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Continuum manipulators with flexibility and compliant characteristics have attracted the
attention of more and more researchers due to its wide application prospect. This paper …

Iterative learning control for a soft exoskeleton with hip and knee joint assistance

C Chen, Y Zhang, Y Li, Z Wang, Y Liu, W Cao, X Wu - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Walking on different terrains leads to different biomechanics, which motivates the
development of exoskeletons for assisting on walking according to the type of a terrain. The …

A provably stable iterative learning controller for continuum soft robots

M Pierallini, F Stella, F Angelini… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fully exploiting soft robots' capabilities requires devising strategies that can accurately
control their movements with the limited amount of control sources available. This task is …

Data-driven multiobjective controller optimization for a magnetically levitated nanopositioning system

X Li, H Zhu, J Ma, TJ Teo, CS Teo… - IEEE/ASME …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance achieved with traditional model-based control system design approaches
typically relies heavily on accurate modeling of the motion dynamics. However, modeling the …

Equivalent-input-disturbance-based dynamic tracking control for soft robots via reduced-order finite-element models

S Li, A Kruszewski, TM Guerra… - … /ASME Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article develops a systematic framework for dynamic tracking control of soft robots. To
this end, we propose a new projector for the proper orthogonal decomposition algorithm to …

Decoupled nonlinear adaptive control of position and stiffness for pneumatic soft robots

M Trumić, K Jovanović… - The International Journal …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This article addresses the problem of simultaneous and robust closed-loop control of joint
stiffness and position, for a class of antagonistically actuated pneumatic soft robots with rigid …

Robust jumping with an articulated soft quadruped via trajectory optimization and iterative learning

J Ding, MA van Löben Sels, F Angelini… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quadrupeds deployed in real-world scenarios need to be robust to unmodelled dynamic
effects. In this work, we aim to increase the robustness of quadrupedal periodic forward …