Sensorless Force Estimation of SCARA Robot System with Friction Compensation

In this paper, the friction compensation method of SCARA robot is proposed. During the operation, the friction force in the system causes the heat to the robot and system. Since heat which occurred in the system is accumulated for a long time, the robot and system have been damaged. Moreover, performance and stability of the system have been reduced. Therefore, compensation of friction force is an important method for increase performance and stability of the system. In this paper, the disturbance observer is used with mathematic modelling of friction compensation for compensate the friction force in the system. From the simulation results, the system which has a friction force compensation can show the increasing of performance and stability.