Automation technology has been extensively recognized as an emerging field in various industrial applications. Recent breakthrough in flexible automation is primarily due to deployment of robotic arms or manipulators. Autonomy in these manipulators is essentially linked with the advancements in non-linear control systems. The objective of this research is to propose a robust control algorithm for a five degree of freedom (DOF) robotic arm to achieve superior performance and reliability in the presence of friction. A friction compensation-based non-linear control has been proposed and realized for the robotic manipulator. The dynamic model of the robot has been derived by considering the dynamic friction model. The proposed three-state model...