This book presents the most recent research results on modeling andcontrol of robot manipulators.
- Chapter 1 gives unified tools to derive direct andinverse geometric, kinematic and dynamic models of serial robotsand addresses the issue of identification of the geometric anddynamic parameters of these models.
- Chapter 2 describes the main features of serial robots,the different architectures and the methods used to obtain directand inverse geometric, kinematic and dynamic models, paying specialattention to singularity analysis.
- Chapter 3 introduces global and local tools forperformance analysis of serial robots.
- Chapter 4 presents an original optimization techniquefor point–to–point trajectory generation accounting for robotdynamics.
- Chapter 5 presents standard control techniques in thejoint space and task space for free motion (PID, computed torque,adaptive dynamic control and variable structure control) andconstrained motion (compliant force–position control).
- In Chapter 6, the concept of vision–based control isdeveloped and Chapter 7 is devoted to specific issue ofrobots with flexible links. Efficient recursive Newton–Euleralgorithms for both inverse and direct modeling are presented, aswell as control methods ensuring position setting and vibrationdamping.