• DocumentCode
    1739839
  • Title

    On stability and error bounds of describing functions for oscillatory control of movements

  • Author

    Arsenio, Artur M.

  • Author_Institution
    Artificial Intelligence Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1546
  • Abstract
    Biological neural circuits are often modeled by neural oscillators consisting of two mutually inhibiting neurons. These oscillators explore the natural dynamics of the body coupled to a dynamic system, to excecute complex tasks, which resembles biological structures in animals. The dynamics of multiple nonlinear oscillators for controlling (non)linear multivariable robotic systems is complex. Although algebraic equations are now available for tuning the oscillators to accomplish a complex task, based on quasi-linear approximations by describing functions, it is essential to infer stability characteristics of the solutions, as well as establish error bounds for the solutions due to the approximation. The paper suggests solutions for these problems, by presenting a method for estimating stability and bounds on the estimated parameter errors
  • Keywords
    MIMO systems; describing functions; limit cycles; linear systems; motion control; multivariable control systems; nonlinear control systems; oscillators; robots; stability; transfer function matrices; error bounds; multiple nonlinear oscillators; multivariable robotic systems; neural oscillators; oscillatory control; quasi-linear approximations; Animal structures; Biological system modeling; Circuit stability; Control systems; Coupling circuits; Neurons; Nonlinear control systems; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Oscillators; Robot control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2000. (IROS 2000). Proceedings. 2000 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Takamatsu
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6348-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IROS.2000.893240
  • Filename
    893240