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Bilinear Models in Parameter Estimation and Control of Flexible Robot arms

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An approximate bilinear model is proposed for a single link flexible robot arm. Some case studies are included in which the effectiveness of the proposed technique is tested in simulation.

This work has been supported in part by CNR funds, contract n. 89.00531.67

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Nicosia, S., Tornambe’, A. (1991). Bilinear Models in Parameter Estimation and Control of Flexible Robot arms. In: New Trends in Systems Theory. Progress in Systems and Control Theory, vol 7. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0439-8_68

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