New Energy Analytical Results for the Regulation of Underactuated Overhead Cranes: An End-Effector Motion-Based Approach

In this paper, we present a novel end-effector (payload) motion-based control development approach for the regulation of underactuated overhead cranes, which is efficient even in the presence of external disturbance and system parameter variations/uncertainties. The control system is elegantly constructed so that the problem of simultaneously regulating the trolley motion and suppressing the payload swing is successfully addressed by stabilizing...