Evaluation of Linear and Non-Linear Control Schemes Applied to a Hydraulic Servo System

Due to the innovation of low-cost electronics such as sensors, microcontrollers etc., the focus on highperformance motion control is increasing. This work focuses on position control of single-input single-output hydraulic servo-systems in general. A hydraulically actuated robotic manipulator is used as test facility acting as load for the hydraulic servo system. An experimentally verified non-linear model of the complete system has been developed and used to design a series of both linear and non-linear control schemes. The controllers from each category are compared with respect to design parameters such as performance, robustness and implementation