“…Traditional model-based strategies are often applied dealing with imprecise model identification or measurement of inertial and friction parameters [1], [2], [3], [4]. But, the identification or measurement of parameters is a demanding task, with difficulties on excitation functions, validation of results [5], [6], [7], [8] and possible unexpected performance of the plant [5]. Due to the increasing complexity of robot arm applications like lifting or lowering objects, picking up objects from shelves or helping people with personal care activities, careful evaluation of control performance in novel approaches becomes an issue of interest, considering the analysis of the ability to handle payloads in common daily situations due to sudden changes or unstructured environments [9], [10], [11].…”