An object of the invention of the present application is to provide a medical supporting arm control apparatus that restricts an operation of a medical supporting arm apparatus.

A medical supporting arm control apparatus (20) according to the present disclosure includes: a position acquisition section (241) configured to detect a spatial position of an operating point on a multi-link structure (120) configured by coupling a plurality of links by a joint section; a comparison section (270) configured to compare a movable region of the operating point with the spatial position, the movable region being set in advance; and an operation restriction section (272) configured to restrict an operation of the operating point on a basis of a result of the comparison. According to this configuration, it is possible to restrict the operation of the medical supporting arm apparatus.

To accurately predict a sensor value even in the case where external force is received. A control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a prediction section (260) configured to, in an actuator including a torque sensor that detects torque generated at a driving shaft, and an encoder that detects a rotational angle of the driving shaft, predict a detection value of the encoder on a basis of a detection value of the torque sensor, or predict the detection value of the torque sensor on a basis of the detection value of the encoder; and a trouble determination section (266) configured to compare a prediction value predicted by the prediction section with an actually measured value of the torque sensor or the encoder to perform trouble determination on the torque sensor or the encoder.

A method for controlling a mechanical system having a plurality of components interlinked by a plurality of driven joints, the method comprising: measuring torques or forces about or at the driven joints and forming a load signal representing the measured torques or forces; receiving a motion demand signal representing a desired state of the system; implementing an impedance control algorithm in dependence on the motion demand signal and the load signal to form a target signal indicating a target configuration for each of the driven joints; measuring the configuration of each of the driven joints and forming a state signal representing the measured configurations; and forming a set of drive signals for the joints by, for each joint, comparing the target configuration of that joint as indicated by the target signal to the measured configuration of that joint as indicated by the state signal.

A servomotor control device includes a servomotor; a driven body configured to be driven by the servomotor; a connection mechanism configured to connect the servomotor and driven body, and transmit power of the servomotor to the driven body; a position command generation unit configured to generate a position command value; a motor control unit configured to control the servomotor using the position command value; a position command compensation unit including a force estimation part configured to estimate a drive force acting on the driven body at the connection mechanism, and a compensation amount generation part configured to generate a compensation amount for compensating the position command value based on the estimated drive force; and a restriction part configured to restricting updating of the compensation amount when a command acceleration or a command velocity of the position command value is no more than a desired value.

A motor selection apparatus includes: a mechanical condition obtainment unit that obtains information pertaining to a distance between a center of mass of a workpiece and a rotation center of a motor; an operating pattern obtainment unit that obtains information pertaining to an operating pattern; a motor information obtainment unit that obtains information pertaining to instantaneous torque; an eccentric load torque calculation unit that calculates eccentric load torque, which is load torque acting on the motor in accordance with the rotation phase of the motor; an acceleration/deceleration torque calculation unit that calculates acceleration/deceleration torque; a required torque calculation unit that calculates a required torque from a sum of the eccentric load torque and the acceleration/deceleration torque; and a motor selection unit that determines whether a motor can be selected, based on whether the required torque is less than or equal to the instantaneous torque of the motor.

A motor control system includes a motor, a rotational angle sensor that detects a rotational angle of a motor shaft of the motor, a torque sensor that detects shaft torsion torque between the motor shaft, and an output shaft fixed to a load member driven by the motor, and a motor controller that controls the motor. The motor controller estimates a rotational angle of the output shaft, based on the rotational angle of the motor shaft, the shaft torsion torque, and torsional rigidity obtained in advance with respect to a region between the motor shaft and the output shaft, and controls the motor, using the estimated rotational angle of the output shaft.

A servomotor control device includes a servomotor; a driven body configured to be driven by the servomotor; a connection mechanism configured to connect the servomotor and driven body, and transmit power of the servomotor to the driven body; a position command generation unit configured to generate a position command value; a motor control unit configured to control the servomotor using the position command value; a position command compensation unit including a force estimation part configured to estimate a drive force acting on the driven body at the connection mechanism, and a compensation amount generation part configured to generate a compensation amount for compensating the position command value based on the estimated drive force; and a restriction part configured to restricting updating of the compensation amount when a command acceleration or a command velocity of the position command value is no more than a desired value.

A robot joint torque control system and a load compensation method therefor are provided, which relate to the technical field of robot joint motion control. A mathematical model of the robot joint torque control system is established first. Equivalent transformation is performed on a system functional block diagram thereof, and then it can be seen that load parameters have a great influence on joint torque output. A load compensation controller is designed to effectively eliminate the influence of the load parameters on an output torque of the joint. The system is equivalent to an inertial element on the basis of the compensation, and then a PD controller parameter is adjusted to increase an open-loop gain of the system, so as to increase a system bandwidth and increase a response speed of the joint torque control system, thereby improving performance of the joint torque control system.

A method of controlling a robot arm with robot joints, where the joint motors of the joints are controlled based on a signal generated based on the friction torque (formula I) of at least one of the input/outside of the robot joint transmission and the robot joint transmission torque (formula II) between the input side and the output side of the transmission. The friction torque is determined based on: at least two of the angular position of the motor axle; the angular position of the output axle and/or the motor torque provided to the motor axle by the joint motor. The robot joint transmission torque is determined based on: at least one of the angular position of the output axle; the angular position of the output axle and/or the angular position of the motor axle; the angular position of the motor axle and the motor torque provided to the motor axle by the joint motor.