Distributed Force Synchronization for Networked Robotic Manipulators with Transmission Delays

This paper investigates the force synchronization problem for multiple robotic manipulators with network-induced transmission delays. More specifically, the synchronization control strategy is proposed under distributed framework to deal with interaction forces. Based on the developed control and information exchange strategy, sufficient synchronization criterion under directed topology is established by means of Lyapunov-Krasovskii method. Finally, an illustrate example is provided with simulation results to validate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.