This paper proposes two novel master-slave configurations that provide improvements in both control and communication aspects of teleoperation systems to achieve an overall improved performance in position control. The proposed novel master-slave configurations integrate modular control and communication approaches, consisting of a delay regulator to address problems related to variable network delay common to such systems, and a model tracking control that runs on the slave side for the compensation of uncertainties and model mismatch on the slave side. One of the configurations uses a sliding mode observer and the other one uses a modified Smith predictor scheme on the master side to ensure position transparency between the master and slave, while reference tracking of the slave is ensured by a proportional-differentiator type controller in both configurations. Experiments conducted for the networked position control of a single-link arm under system uncertainties and randomly varying network delays demonstrate significant performance improvements with both configurations over the past literature.

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This work focuses on the design of driver for PiezoLegs actuator used for high precision positioning purposes. Motor is driven with the set of periodical voltages with known frequency, amplitude and phase shift between the phases. Motor's operation has been investigated in detail and clear relationships between the amplitude and phase shifts between the driving voltages and motor step size have been established. According to the motor analysis, set of design requirements for the design of driver is given. Particular solution meeting these requirements and satisfying the given design constraints is presented. Driver is experimentally evaluated for power consumption and analyzed in frequency domain, it's performance is compared to the performance of a commercially available driver for the same motor. Designed driver shows improved performance.