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A novel method for estimating external force: Simulation study with a 4-DOF robot manipulator

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This paper proposes an algorithm to estimate external force exerted on the end-effector of a robot manipulator using information from joint torque sensors (JTS). The algorithm is the combination of Time Delay Estimation (TDE) and input estimation technique where the external force is considered as an unknown input to the robot manipulator. Based on TDE’s idea, the estimator which does not require an accurate dynamics model of the robot manipulator is developed. The simultaneous input and state estimation (SISE) is used to reject not only nonlinear uncertainties of the robot dynamics but also the noise of measurements. The performance of the proposed estimation algorithm is evaluated through simulation and experiment of a four degree-of-freedom manipulator and it demonstrates the stability and feasibility in estimating the external force. The estimation results show that this approach allows inexpensive sensors as joint torque sensors to be used instead of expensive ones as force/torque sensors in robot applications.

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    Le Dinh Phong

  2. Center for Bionics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-791, South Korea

    Le Dinh Phong, Junho Choi, Woosub Lee & Sungchul Kang

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Phong, L.D., Choi, J., Lee, W. et al. A novel method for estimating external force: Simulation study with a 4-DOF robot manipulator. Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. 16, 755–766 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-015-0100-7

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