Abstract
In this paper, we propose an energy based control approach for a class of underactuated soft robotic systems. The considered case study consists of an elastic structure driven by soft dielectric elastomer actuators, and is able to achieve large bending displacement thanks to a bi-stable design concept. The bi-stability feature, however, causes the system to exhibit an unstable behavior in open-loop. After providing a port-Hamiltonian description of the soft robotic system, sufficient conditions for the existence of an energy based stabilizing controller are provided. A linear matrix inequality approach is then proposed to practically address the design of the controller gain. The effectiveness of the method is verified by means of simulation studies, conducted on an experimentally validated model of the real-life device.
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