Disturbance observer based motion control of redundant manipulators using weighted decomposition

Design of a motion tracking controller is proposed for kinematically redundant manipulators. Using the weighted inner product in joint space, a minimal parametrization of the null space can be achieved. Combining this minimal set of null motion with kinematic relation, we obtain a new extended task space formulation. Based on this formulation, a trajectory tracking control law is proposed based on the momentum feedback disturbance observer (MFDOB). The performance of the proposed controller is verified through experiments with a planar three-link direct-drive manipulator.