Path Following for Mechanical Systems Applied to Robotic Manipulators

Many applications in robotics require faithfully following a prescribed path. Tracking controllers may not be appropriate for such a task, as there is no guarantee that the robot will stay on the path. The objective of this thesis is to develop a control design method which makes the “output” of a r...

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Main Author: Hladio, Andre
Language:en
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5588