@inproceedings{32, author = {Niels van Tuijl and Chia-Pei Wang and Tom Oomen and Kaan Erkorkmaz}, title = {A new method of rapid rigid-body parameter identification of MIMO systems}, abstract = {
The increasing need for manufacturing speed and accuracy leads to the desire of more accurate
dynamic models of machine tools. Usually, parameter identification of multi-body systems is
limited to the least-squares solution of over-determined linear equations. To enhance the
modeling and identification accuracy, a new identification method is proposed by using a non-
linear optimization method with a normalized weight objective function to estimate the rigid-
body parameters of a MIMO system, which is coupled and nonlinear by nature. This method
normalizes the prediction sensitivity of each axis. The proposed method is applied to a three-axis
feed drive system, which contains one linear drive and two rotary drives, stacked in a series
configuration. The results show that the total relative prediction error decreases significantly
compared to the conventional least square methods. Moreover, the identified dynamic model can
be used as a virtual machine to predict the tracking error more accurately compared to using
separate SISO models.