Development of the multi-axis control platform for robot arm

This paper is aimed to design a multi-axis controller and a platform for a robot arm. A real-time multi-axis CCC (cross-coupling control) controller is developed for the robot arm. In addition, two platforms are constructed. One is for testing the controller and the other is for testing the planner so that the robot arm can be easily modularized and constructed. The integration of the proposed two platforms is achieved using sbRIO 9642 and MCDC 3006S motor controllers. The experimental results show that the two platforms can meet the requirements. In comparison to a conventional controller, the proposed multi-axis controller can provide better tracking results for a multi-axis robot arm in the task space.