Hybrid fuzzy logic control with genetic optimisation for a single-link flexible manipulator

To reduce the end-point vibration of a single-link flexible manipulator without sacrificing its speed of response is a very challenging problem since the faster the motion, the larger the level of vibration. A conventional controller can hardly meet these two conflicting objectives simultaneously. This paper presents a genetic algorithm (GA)-based hybrid fuzzy logic control strategy to achieve that goal. A proportional-derivative (PD) type fuzzy...