Research Article

Tracking Control of a Galfenol-Actuated Nanopositioning Stage Using Feedforward Control with a Disturbance Observer

Table 2

Maximum absolute control errors of the proposed control methods.

Tracking targetMaximum absolute control errors (μm)
HOBHOB + DOB

1 Hz0.0820.049
100 Hz0.1250.056
Nonperiodic0.1310.052
Nonperiodic + disturbance0.2590.059