Neuro Sliding Mode Control for Exoskeletons with 7 DoF

In this paper, a novel neuro-sliding-mode controller (SMC) is developed for a 7-degree-of-freedom (DoF) upper exoskeleton. RBF-like neural network control is used to estimate the exoskeleton dynamics in the configuration of the sliding mode control. Stability of the neuro-SMC is derived on the basis of Lyapunov stability criteria. To validate our theoretical claims, simulation results are given at the end of the paper.

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