Design of Novel Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Controllers for Modular and Reconfigurable Robots: Theory and Experiments

Recently, there has been a growing interest in using modular and reconfigurable robots (MRRs) in flexible automation to reduce labor and increase throughput. Moreover, the significant facilitation of repair and maintenance of MRRs has attracted manufacturers to respond to the increasing desire for new products and methods of production in today's competitive market. As a result, design and control of such systems have become major topics for investigation in recent years. This paper presents a novel design methodology of interval type-2 Takagi-Sugeno-Kang fuzzy logic controllers (IT2 TSK FLCs) for MRR manipulators with uncertain dynamic parameters. We develop a mathematical framework for the design of IT2 TSK FLCs for tracking purposes that can be effectively used in real-time applications. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed controller, experiments are performed on an MRR with two degrees of freedom, which exhibits dynamic coupling behavior. Results show that the developed controller can outperform some well-known linear and nonlinear controllers for different configurations. Therefore, the proposed structure can be adopted for the position control of MRRs with unknown dynamic parameters in trajectory-tracking applications.

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