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Optimal Mixed Tracking/Impedance Control With Application To Transfemoral Prostheses With Energy Regeneration, Gholamreza Khademi, Hanieh Mohammadi, Hanz Richter, Daniel J. Simon Apr 2018

Optimal Mixed Tracking/Impedance Control With Application To Transfemoral Prostheses With Energy Regeneration, Gholamreza Khademi, Hanieh Mohammadi, Hanz Richter, Daniel J. Simon

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

We design an optimal passivitybased tracking/impedance control system for a robotic manipulator with energy regenerative electronics, where the manipulator has both actively and semi-actively controlled joints. The semi-active joints are driven by a regenerative actuator that includes an energy-storing element. Method: External forces can have a large influence on energy regeneration characteristics. Impedance control is used to impose a desired relationship between external forces and deviation from reference trajectories. Multi-objective optimization (MOO) is used to obtain optimal impedance parameters and control gains to compromise between the two conflicting objectives of trajectory tracking and energy regeneration. We solve the MOO problem …


Opty: Software For Trajectory Optimization And Parameter Identification Using Direct Collocation, Jason K. Moore, Antonie J. Van Den Bogert Jan 2018

Opty: Software For Trajectory Optimization And Parameter Identification Using Direct Collocation, Jason K. Moore, Antonie J. Van Den Bogert

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

opty is a tool for describing and solving trajectory optimization and parameter identification problems based on symbolic descriptions of ordinary differential equations and differential algebraic equations that describe a dynamical system. The motivation for its development resides in the need to solve optimal control problems of biomechanical systems. The target audience is engineers and scientists interested in solving nonlinear optimal control and parameter identification problems with minimal computational overhead.