@ARTICLE{5762640, author={P. Falco and C. Natale}, journal={IEEE Transactions on Robotics}, title={On the Stability of Closed-Loop Inverse Kinematics Algorithms for Redundant Robots}, year={2011}, volume={27}, number={4}, pages={780-784}, keywords={closed loop systems;convergence;discrete time systems;estimation theory;Lyapunov methods;redundant manipulators;robot kinematics;stability;time-domain analysis;stability;closed-loop inverse kinematics algorithms;redundant robots;convergence analysis;classical inverse kinematics algorithms;continuous-time domain;neglecting limits;discrete-time domain;region of attraction estimation;Lyapunov arguments;task space error;degree-of-freedom manipulator;Kinematics;Robot kinematics;Jacobian matrices;Convergence;Stability analysis;Heuristic algorithms;Inverse kinematics (IK);redundant robots;stability proof}, doi={10.1109/TRO.2011.2135210}, ISSN={1552-3098}, month={Aug},}