In this paper, a robust nonlinear tracking control design for a bio-inspired robot arm with human-like motion mechanism is investigated, and the bio-inspired operator controller based on human multi-joint viscoelastic properties is designed by using operator-based robust right coprime factorization approach. The motion mechanism of human multi-joint arm is used, and the measurement uncertainties of human multi-joint arm viscoelasticity are considered in designing bio-inspired operator controller. Based on the proposed design scheme, the sufficient conditions for the robust stability are derived in considering the coupling effects and measurement uncertainties, and the output tracking performance is realized. The effectiveness of the proposed design scheme was confirmed by the simulation results based on experimental data, and the time-varying estimated experimental data of human multi-joint arm viscoelasticity is used in simulation.

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