Tao, Q.; Liu, J.; Zheng, Y.; Yang, Y.; Lin, C.; Guang, C. Evaluation of an Active Disturbance Rejection Controller for Ophthalmic Robots with Piezo-Driven Injector. Micromachines2024, 15, 833.
Tao, Q.; Liu, J.; Zheng, Y.; Yang, Y.; Lin, C.; Guang, C. Evaluation of an Active Disturbance Rejection Controller for Ophthalmic Robots with Piezo-Driven Injector. Micromachines 2024, 15, 833.
Tao, Q.; Liu, J.; Zheng, Y.; Yang, Y.; Lin, C.; Guang, C. Evaluation of an Active Disturbance Rejection Controller for Ophthalmic Robots with Piezo-Driven Injector. Micromachines2024, 15, 833.
Tao, Q.; Liu, J.; Zheng, Y.; Yang, Y.; Lin, C.; Guang, C. Evaluation of an Active Disturbance Rejection Controller for Ophthalmic Robots with Piezo-Driven Injector. Micromachines 2024, 15, 833.
Abstract
Retinal vein cannulation involves puncturing an occluded vessel on the micron scale. Even single millinewton force can cause permanent damage. An ophthalmic robot with a piezo-driven injector is precious enough to perform this delicate procedure, but the uncertain viscoelastic characteristics of the vessel makes it difficult to achieve the desired contact force without harming the retina. The paper utilizes a viscoelastic contact model to explain the mechanical characteristics of retinal blood vessels in order to tackle this issue. The uncertainty in the viscoelastic properties is considered an internal disturbance of the contact model, and an active disturbance rejection controller is then proposed to precisely control the contact force. The experimental results show that this method can precisely adjust the contact force at the millinewton level even when the viscoelastic parameters vary significantly (up to 403.8%). The root mean square (RMS) and maximum value of steady-state error are 0.32 mN and 0.41 mN. The response time below 2.51 s with no obvious overshoot.
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