A neuron-based adaptive controller is proposed for the positioning servo co
ntrol of CNC machine tools due to neuron self-learning. The algorithm has t
he benefit that the identification of system models is no longer necessary.
Moreover, the simplicity of calculation makes the algorithm very suitable
for practical engineering applications. A simulation example is given. The
algorithm is applied to real-time control of positioning a servo system of
a CNC machine tool, and excellent experimental results illustrate the effec
tiveness of this approach.