Robust stability analysis of robot control systems

Abstract Some robust stability measures for state-space models are discussed. These measures are used for assessing the robustness of a robotic system controlled by a form of the PID control algorithm. The highly nonlinear and strongly coupled robot model is replaced by a nominal linear model involving modelling uncertainty. The amount of uncertainty under which the robotic system can maintain its stability and tracking performance is determined using the above measures. The parametric sensitivity of the robotic system is also briefly considered.