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A Visual Servoing Strategy Under Limited Frame Rates for Planar Parallel Kinematic Machines

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In this manuscript, an affordable alternative to control parallel kinematic machines is proposed based in a high-authority/low-authority control strategy. The high-authority loop is implemented using a model-based Cartesian control strategy. This feedback loop exploits a Pose-Based Visual Servo (PBVS) using an eye-to-hand limited frame rate camera. The low-authority loop is implemented using an independent space joint space control strategy. This proposal is experimentally compared with the Cartesian space computed torque control and with the independent joint space control strategies. The experimental campaign is carried out for tracking-trajectory problems using a planar 3R RR parallel manipulator. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposal can achieve results that are more accurate without increasing the manipulator’s energy consumption when compared to the use of the independent joint space control strategy. For a predefined square trajectory, a reduction of 4.9% and 24.5% was achieved in the root mean square error of the linear and angular positions, respectively.

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This research is supported by CNPq 405569/2016-5 and FAPESP 2014/01809-0. Fernanda T. Colombo is thankful for her scholarship FAPESP 2015/25936-4. João Vitor de C. Fontes is thankful for his scholarship CNPq 140561/2015-3.

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    Fernanda Thaís Colombo, João Vitor de Carvalho Fontes & Maíra Martins da Silva

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Colombo, F.T., de Carvalho Fontes, J.V. & da Silva, M.M. A Visual Servoing Strategy Under Limited Frame Rates for Planar Parallel Kinematic Machines. J Intell Robot Syst 96, 95–107 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-019-00982-7

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