Trajectory Control for Cartesian Pneumatic Manipulator Using the Terminal Sliding Mode Control Method

This paper applies the terminal sliding mode control method to control the trajectory of a three axises Cartesian Pneumatic Manipulator. A mathematical model of the pneumatic servo control system was established at first, then the terminal sliding mode control method was used for trajectory control. The simulation results shows that the tracking error of the terminal sliding mode control method become large only in the time period of not fully reaching the convergence point in time when the manipulator tracks the space straight line, whereas it can fully track the target trajectory after reaching the convergence point.