{"product_id":"9781852334093","title":"Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eTalebi, H.A.; Patel, R.V.; Khorasani, K.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eControl of Flexible-link Manipulators Using Neural Networks\u003c\/b\u003e addresses the difficulties that arise in controlling the end-point of a manipulator that has a significant amount of structural flexibility in its links. The non-minimum phase characteristic, coupling effects, nonlinearities, parameter variations and unmodeled dynamics in such a manipulator all contribute to these difficulties. Control strategies that ignore these uncertainties and nonlinearities generally fail to provide satisfactory closed-loop performance. This monograph develops and experimentally evaluates several intelligent (neural network based) control techniques to address the problem of controlling the end-point of flexible-link manipulators in the presence of all the aforementioned difficulties. To highlight the main issues, a very flexible-link manipulator whose hub exhibits a considerable amount of friction is considered for the experimental work. Four different neural network schemes are proposed and implemented on the experimental test-bed. The neural networks are trained and employed as online controllers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2001-01-29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781852334093\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/BFb0110411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 150\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45578263232652,"sku":"9781852334093","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781852334093","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}