Coordination of two planar robots in lifting

Abstract

The dynamic equations for a two-robot system with and without load are formulated. For control purposes, the constraint forces are derived as functions of input and state. The inverse plant method and computation of the constraint forces are used to coordinate the control of the system. No pressure or force sensors are considered, and no force feedback is used. The effectiveness of the control strategy for point-to-point motion of the coordinated robots performing a lifting task is checked by digital computer simulations. >