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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
卷 29, 期 6, 页码 2728-2737出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2021.3051716
关键词
Impedance; Torque; Actuators; Exoskeletons; Brushless DC motors; Robust stability; Task analysis; Exoskeleton; impedance control; linear parameter-varying (LPV) system; torque control; variable stiffness actuator (VSA)
This study presents a framework for robust stability testing of the variable stiffness actuator (VSA) exoskeleton using gain scheduling-based variable impedance control (GSVIC), focusing on cascaded position torque control loop and the variation rate of biofeedback signal. It demonstrates that transferring biofeedback information through mechanical stiffness variation component can meet the requirements for robust stability testing of LPV systems.
We present a framework for achieving a robust stability test of the variable stiffness actuator (VSA) exoskeleton programmed with the gain scheduling-based variable impedance control (GSVIC). In this brief, the focused impedance control framework involves the cascaded position torque control loop, in which both control loops are closed, and the index of the GSVIC is related to the joint torque of the human. However, there is a lack of research on the variation rate of such a biofeedback signal. This lack of information is necessary when performing the robust stability test of the linear parameter-varying (LPV) system. To acquire a bounded variation rate, the mechanical stiffness variation component of the VSA is used to transfer the biofeedback information into the GSVIC. In this case, the LPV system has only one variable parameter with the known and bounded variation rate, i.e., the physical stiffness of the VSA. The operating range of the impedance controller, determined from the test of robust stability via parameter-dependent Lyapunov functions, can meet our application requirements. The whole control system follows the paradigm of the variable impedance task in accordance with human intention. The effectiveness of the control scheme is experimentally verified on a VSA prototype and two subjects wearing the VSA exoskeleton.
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