TY - JOUR T1 - Disturbance Observer Based Tracking Control for Robot Manipulators with Model Uncertainty AU - , Farah Bouakrif AU - , Djamel Boukhetala AU - , Fares Boudjema JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 2 IS - 6 SP - 1066 EP - 1073 PY - 2007 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2007.1066.1073 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2007.1066.1073 KW - Tracking control KW -disturbance observer KW -nonlinearities KW -robot manipulator AB - This study presents a disturbance observer based tracking control for robotic manipulators. The tracking control problem is formulated as a disturbance rejection problem, with the mechanical nonlinearities, unmodeled dynamics and external disturbances lumped into the disturbance term. The global stability of the composite controller and observer is guaranteed, this result is based on Lyapunov theory. In simulation, the tracking control of a two link manipulator is used as an example to verify the proposed algorithm, when the Coulomb and Viscous friction is considered as an external disturbance. ER -