Robust H∞ control of a 2RT parallel robot for eye surgery

Abstract

This paper aims at designing a robust controller for a 2RT parallel robot for eye telesurgery. It presents two robust controllers designs and their performance in presence of actuator saturation limits. The nonlinear model of the robot is encapsulated with a linear model and multiplicative uncertainty using linear fractional transformations (LFT). Two different robust control namely, H∞ and μ-synthesis are used and implemented. Results reveal that the controllers are capable to stabilize the closed loop system and to reduce the tracking error in the presence of the actuators saturation. Simulation results are presented to show that effectiveness of the controllers compared to that of conventional controller designs. Furthermore, it is observed that μ-synthesis controller has superior robust performance. © 2016 IEEE.