Two-Channel Control for Scaled Teleoperation

There is a trade-off between stability and performance in haptic control systems. In this paper, a stability and performance analysis is presented for a scaled teleoperation system in an effort to increase the performance of the system while maintaining the stability. The stability is quantitatively defined as a metric using Llewellyn's absolute stability criterion. Position tracking and kinesthetic perception are used as the performance indices. The analysis is carried out using various scaling factors and impedances of human and environment. A two-channel position-position (PP) controller and a two-channel force-position (FP) controller are applied for the analysis and simulation.