Intelligent force tracking impedance control for aerial manipulator via characteristic model
摘要
Precise force tracking control is an essential research for the aerial manipulator. This paper proposes an intelligent force tracking control architecture combining an aerial force analysis (AFA)-based impedance strategy and a characteristic model-based data-driven controller. First, the AFA method is introduced to estimate the real-time contact force using only the system’s mass and attitude data, reducing cost and weight compared to force sensors while avoiding control input coupling and parameter sensitivity inherent in force observers. Second, a low-order discrete-time characteristic model, which compresses complete system dynamics into a small set of adaptive parameters, enables robust attitude controller without requiring dynamic modeling or estimation. The asymptotic stability of the proposed control system is rigorously proved using Lyapunov theory. Comparative real-world experiments validate the proposed scheme. Under strong coupling disturbances, the characteristic model-based controller reduces Mean Absolute Error (MAE) to 0.0073 m (x-axis) and 0.0133 rad (