Experimental Investigation of a Flexible Manipulator with   General Motions
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The primary goal of the research is to bridge the gap between the               growing body of theoretical research and basic knowledge of how                 flexible systems respond.  A general modeling technique based on                "assumed modes" is investigated which is general enough to take input           from a wide variety of sources.  Control laws will be synthesized using         classical and modern design approaches to damp the vibrations and               precisely control the motions of the flexible system.  The technique of         "balanced realization" will be investigated as a tool for estimating            the required sizes of dynamic models.  Simulations and real time                experiments will examine the accuracy of the dynamic models and                 performance of the control strategies.
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