Input Decoupling of Lagrangian Systems via Coordinate Transformation: General Characterization and its Application to Soft Robotics

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Auteurs principaux: Pustina, Pietro, Della Santina, Cosimo, Boyer, Frédéric, De Luca, Alessandro, Renda, Federico
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Publié: 2023
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author Pustina, Pietro
Della Santina, Cosimo
Boyer, Frédéric
De Luca, Alessandro
Renda, Federico
author_facet Pustina, Pietro
Della Santina, Cosimo
Boyer, Frédéric
De Luca, Alessandro
Renda, Federico
contents Suitable representations of dynamical systems can simplify their analysis and control. On this line of thought, this paper aims to answer the following question: Can a transformation of the generalized coordinates under which the actuators directly perform work on a subset of the configuration variables be found? Not only we show that the answer to this question is yes, but we also provide necessary and sufficient conditions. More specifically, we look for a representation of the configuration space such that the right-hand side of the dynamics in Euler-Lagrange form becomes $[\boldsymbol{I} \; \boldsymbol{O}]^{T}\boldsymbol{u}$, being $u$ the system input. We identify a class of systems, called collocated, for which this problem is solvable. Under mild conditions on the input matrix, a simple test is presented to verify whether a system is collocated or not. By exploiting power invariance, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions that a change of coordinates decouples the input channels if and only if the dynamics is collocated. In addition, we use the collocated form to derive novel controllers for damped underactuated mechanical systems. To demonstrate the theoretical findings, we consider several Lagrangian systems with a focus on continuum soft robots.
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spellingShingle Input Decoupling of Lagrangian Systems via Coordinate Transformation: General Characterization and its Application to Soft Robotics
Pustina, Pietro
Della Santina, Cosimo
Boyer, Frédéric
De Luca, Alessandro
Renda, Federico
Robotics
Systems and Control
Classical Physics
Suitable representations of dynamical systems can simplify their analysis and control. On this line of thought, this paper aims to answer the following question: Can a transformation of the generalized coordinates under which the actuators directly perform work on a subset of the configuration variables be found? Not only we show that the answer to this question is yes, but we also provide necessary and sufficient conditions. More specifically, we look for a representation of the configuration space such that the right-hand side of the dynamics in Euler-Lagrange form becomes $[\boldsymbol{I} \; \boldsymbol{O}]^{T}\boldsymbol{u}$, being $u$ the system input. We identify a class of systems, called collocated, for which this problem is solvable. Under mild conditions on the input matrix, a simple test is presented to verify whether a system is collocated or not. By exploiting power invariance, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions that a change of coordinates decouples the input channels if and only if the dynamics is collocated. In addition, we use the collocated form to derive novel controllers for damped underactuated mechanical systems. To demonstrate the theoretical findings, we consider several Lagrangian systems with a focus on continuum soft robots.
title Input Decoupling of Lagrangian Systems via Coordinate Transformation: General Characterization and its Application to Soft Robotics
topic Robotics
Systems and Control
Classical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.07258