ROBUST ADAPTIVE TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL FOR ROBOT MANIPULATORS BASED ON ITERATIVE LEARNING CONTROL AND RBF NEURAL NETWORKS

Nguyễn Đức Điển

doi:10.34238/tnu-jst.12923

ROBUST ADAPTIVE TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL FOR ROBOT MANIPULATORS BASED ON ITERATIVE LEARNING CONTROL AND RBF NEURAL NETWORKS

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Received: 30/05/25 Revised: 20/08/25 Published: 20/08/25

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Nguyen Duc Dien , University of Economics-Technology for Industries

Abstract

Trajectory tracking control plays a crucial role in the performance of robot manipulators, especially in complex, nonlinear, and uncertain environments. This paper presents a robust trajectory tracking control method for robot manipulators based on an iterative learning control and radial basis function networks. The proposed approach combines a proportional-derivative-type iterative learning control law with an online radial basis function network for disturbance estimation and a switching term to enhance robustness during the early learning stage. The radial basis function network adaptively approximates unknown dynamics and external disturbances without requiring prior information, while the switching term ensures initial stability before the network converges. A Lyapunov-based analysis in the iteration domain is used to rigorously prove the convergence of both the trajectory tracking error and the estimation error. Numerical simulations on the robot manipulator were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method in comparison with the adaptive sliding mode controller. The results indicate that the proposed controller not only provides superior trajectory tracking performance -particularly during rapid transitions and sudden parameter variations - but also generates significantly smoother control torques.

Keywords

Robot manipulators; Robust adaptive trajectory tracking control; Iterative learning control; Radial basis function; Neural networks

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