A systematic tunning method of PID controller for robot manipulators

This paper addresses the iterative tuning method of PID control for the robot manipulator based on the responses of the closed loop system. Several properties of the robot control are used, such as any PD control can stabilize a robot in regulation case, the colsed-loop system of PID control can be approximated by a linear system, and the control torque to the robot manipulator is linearly independent of the robot dynamic. By using these properties, a novel systematic turning method for the PID control is proposed. Simulations and experimental results of an upper limb exoskeleton give validation of this PID tuning method.