Compared to conventional robots, flexible manipulators offer many advantages, such as
faster end‐effector velocities and less energy consumption. However, their flexible structure …

Accurate positioning of the flexible links is a major challenge for a flexible link manipulator
because of the presence of vibration, model uncertainty, and external disturbances. In this …

This study presents a control strategy combining fractional calculus and the power rate
sliding control theory for a manipulator robot with Four Degrees of Freedom (4-DOF). The …

Compared to conventional robots, flexible manipulators offer many advantages, such as
faster end-effector velocities and less energy consumption. However, their flexible structure …

Recently, rotary flexible joint robots have become extremely common and essential as many
applications require flexibility, such as performing refueling works, inspections, and …

Recently, robots with rotary flexible joints have become widespread and important for many
tasks that require flexibility, like refueling, inspections, and maintenance. However …

This thesis focuses on Finite Element (FE) modeling and robust control of a two-link flexible
manipulator based on a high resolution FE model and the system vibration modes. A new …