Brenke-type polynomials-based robust adaptive control of cooperative multiple manipulators without velocity measurements

Abstract

This paper proposes Brenke-type polynomials for uncertainty approximation in adaptive control of cooperative electrically driven manipulators. The contribution of this paper is reducing the number of signals needed in the construction of the regressor vector for uncertainty approximation due to the simplicity of Brenke-type polynomials in comparison with other alternatives. It is verified that uniformly bounded stability of the tracking/approximation errors can be assured if the Brenke-type polynomials are utilised as regressors. Moreover, it has been assumed that velocity signals are not available for feedback. Different trajectories, including simple and highly complicated and fast paths, have been tested in simulation results. The results are also compared with four state-of-the-art powerful approximation methods to show the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed controller structure.