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We are attempting to apply it to manipulators, wherenon-linear characteristics such as gaps, hysteresis, etc., due to friction between the contact surfaces of the tendon sheath and the flexibility of the rope, are the main difficulties in controlling such manipulators. Most of the existing compensation control methods applicable to double tendon-sheath actuators are offline compensation methods that do not require output feedback, but when the system\u2019s motion and configuration changes, it cannot adapt to the drastic changes in the transmission characteristics. Depending on the transmission system, the robotic arm, changes at any time during the working process, and the force sensors and torque sensors that cannot be applied to the joints of the robot, so a real-time position compensation control method based on flexible cable deformation is proposed. A double tendon-sheath transmission model is established, a double tendon-sheath torque transmission model under any load condition is derived, and a semi-physical simulation experimental platform composed of a motor, a double tendon-sheath transmission system and a single articulated arm is established to verify the transfer model. Through the signal feedback of the end encoder, a real-time closed-loop feedback system was established, thus that the system can still achieve the output to follow the desired torque trajectory under the external interference.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20051301","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,28]],"date-time":"2020-02-28T09:30:36Z","timestamp":1582882236000},"page":"1301","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Transmission Characteristics Analysis and Compensation Control of Double Tendon-sheath Driven Manipulator"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Haoting","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China"},{"name":"Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110169, China"},{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Meng","family":"Yin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China"},{"name":"Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110169, China"},{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhigang","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China"},{"name":"Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110169, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhiliang","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China"},{"name":"Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110169, China"},{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China"},{"name":"Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110169, China"},{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kaneko, M., Yamashita, T., and Tanie, K. 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