“…In this respect, the concept of fractional-order (FO) control is investigated, which extends a general linear proportional derivative (PD) controller with an additional coefficient to account for robustness and a fast transient similarly, as assessed by Deutschmann et al 18 Since relevant works by pioneers such asOustaloup, 19 Oustaloup et al, 20 and Podlubny, 21 FO calculus has attracted research community as well as industrial community and its application in science and engineering is increasing, [22][23][24] Regarding control systems, it is observed that FO controllers perform better than their corresponding integer-order controllers. 22,23,25 Another advantage is that the FO controller provides more number of tuning parameters, making it possible to incorporate additional design specifications in the controller design. 22,26 The main contribution of this work is to extend the FO controller presented by Deutschmann et al 18 to the MIMO case by the transformation suggested by Deutschmann et al 27 The controller proposed here is a generalized FO Proportional Derivative (FOPD) controller since, as will be Tendon-driven continuum mechanism applied as a neck in DAVID.…”