Adaptive force tracking impedance control of robot for cutting nonhomogeneous workpiece

This paper presents the feasibility study of an adaptive impedance force control application to deburring/milling process. The proposed control regulates desired force on nonhomogeneous workpiece in regardless of unknown location and stiffness of the workpiece. The adaptive technique of minimizing the force error between the desired and the actual force is used to compensate for uncertainties in unknown workpiece. Effect of selecting the impedance damping gain with different workpiece stiffness on force tracking is analytically determined. Analyzing the stability of the proposed adaptive force control yields the bound of the adaptive gain for stability. Simulation studies of deburring/milling process show the excellent force tracking and confirm stability bound for stable force tracking