A High Precision Motion Control System with Application to Microscale Robotic Deposition
Abstract
Decreasing the minimum feature size of solid free-form (SFF) fabrication techniques requires advancements in both the SFF process and the actuating hardware. Microscale robotic deposition (mu-RD) is an ink-deposition SFF process where recent advances in ink design coupled with a high-precision motion system can lead to the fabrication of parts with microscale-sized features. This paper presents a control algorithm that combines nonlinearity compensation and a learning feedforward approach to achieve high-precision tracking with a standard, off-the-shelf motion system. The off-the-shelf motion system is affected by several nonlinear disturbances that severely inhibit the accuracy of linear models for small motions. Iterative learning control (ILC) is used in an inverse identification procedure to obtain accurate maps of the disturbances. These maps are used in the controller to yield a linear system after nonlinearity cancellation. As a further improvement, ILC is used to increase accuracy in tracking the repetitive portion of specific part trajectories. The combined approach yields extremely low contour tracking errors and is used to fabricate two types of periodic parts demonstrating high aspect ratios and spanning elements. Although high-precision tracking can also be achieved with an expensive, customized system, the off-the-shelf system combined with the control technique presented here provides a more cost-effective solution. The proposed control technique is effective for improving performance of repeatable, but uncertain nonlinear systems
Recommended Citation
D. A. Bristow and A. G. Alleyne, "A High Precision Motion Control System with Application to Microscale Robotic Deposition," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Jan 2006.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/TCST.2006.880189
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Compensation; Control Engineering Computing; Control Nonlinearities; Feedforward; Identification; Industrial Robots; Linear Systems; Motion Control; Nanopositioning; Nonlinear Control Systems; Precision Engineering; Self-Adjusting Systems; Tracking; Uncertain Systems; Vapour Deposition
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1063-6536
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2006 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2006
