Improved Nonlinear Friction Compensation Method for Robot Joint Driving

In order to alleviate the steady-state position error and the destabilizing effect of the nonlinear friction, a novel compensation method is presented, which modified the traditional Southward's compensation method. Estimated the nonlinear friction model using an identification method, the effect caused by its nonlinear component can be compensated, and an enhanced tracking performance is verified on a selectively compliant articulated robot arm(SCARA) robot.