Adaptive Neural Network Control of Robotic Manipulators

This text covers issues on adaptive control of robots based on neural networks. It offers: a study of robot dynamics; structured network models for robots; and approaches for neural network based adaptive controller design for rigid and flexible joint robots, and robots in constraint motion.

There has been considerable research interest in neural network control of robots, and satisfactory results have been obtained in solving some of the special issues associated with the problems of robot control in an "on-and-off" fasion. This text is dedicated to issues on adaptive control of robots based on neural networks. The text has been tailored to give a comprehensive study of robot dynamics, present structured network models for robots, and provide systematic approaches for neural network based adaptive controller design for rigid robots, flexible joint robots, and robots in constraint motion. Rigorous proof of the stability properties of adaptive neural network controllers is provided. Simulation examples are also presented to verify the effectiveness of the controllers, and practical implementation issues associated with the controllers are also discussed.