A two-switching surface variable structure control scheme for a flexible manipulator

A novel control scheme for the flexible manipulator based on variable structure system theory is proposed and tested. The controller shows the robustness towards the variation of the system parameters. Also the performance of the controller can be tuned easily without complicated calculation for stability. Experimental results are presented and they are compared with those obtained from the hybrid proportional controller which is based on the optimal control scheme.

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