The performance validation of disturbance observer based on comparison between motion control frequency and current control frequency

Recently, a lot of robots and industrial machines with disturbance observer (DOB) have been put to practical use all over the world. By using DOB, acceleration control is achieved. As a result, DOB is contributed to robust position and force control. In other front, DOB is utilized as the reaction force observer (RFOB) for estimation of the external force. As a result, DOB is a key technology for motion control. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the performance of DOB to realize high advanced motion control system. The performance of DOB depends on motion control frequency, current control frequency of motor driver and the resolution of encoder. This paper focuses on motion control frequency and current control frequency. The purpose of this paper is realization of high-performance DOB based on fast motion control frequency and fast current control frequency.