The Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Coordinated Control Method Based on Human Electromechanical Coupling

2012 ◽  
Vol 220-223 ◽  
pp. 1012-1017
Author(s):  
Qing Guo ◽  
Dan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Position Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Angular Displacement ◽  
Stability Margin ◽  
Hydraulic Cylinder ◽  
Load Force ◽  
Hydraulic Cylinders ◽  
Coupling Characteristics

This paper has introduced electromechanical coupling characteristics in the lower extremity exoskeleton systems, considered model ,according to legs supporting gait when people walking, established the load torque compensation model , and a mathematical model of knee position control system which is made of the servo valve, hydraulic cylinders and other hydraulic components, designed hydraulic cylinder position control loop in case of existing load force interference compensation, and used the method of combining the PID and lead correction network for frequency domain design ,ensured system to meet a certain stability margin. The simulation results show that this position control method can servo on the knee angular displacement of normal human walking, reached a certain exoskeleton boost effect, at the same time, met the needs of human-machine coordinated motion.

Coordinated Control Method of the Portable Facility for Bearing Load Based on Human Electromechanical Coupling

2012 ◽  
Vol 224 ◽  
pp. 429-434
Author(s):  
Qing Guo ◽  
Dan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Position Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Angular Displacement ◽  
Stability Margin ◽  
Hydraulic Cylinder ◽  
Load Force ◽  
Bearing Load ◽  
Hydraulic Cylinders ◽  
Coupling Characteristics

This paper has introduced electromechanical coupling characteristics in portable facility for bearing load, considered model ,according to legs supporting gait when people walking, established the load torque compensation model , and a mathematical model of knee position control system which is made of the servo valve, hydraulic cylinders and other hydraulic components, designed hydraulic cylinder position control loop in case of existing load force interference compensation, and used the method of combining the PID and lead correction network for frequency domain design ,ensured system to meet a certain stability margin. The simulation results show that this position control method can servo on the knee angular displacement of normal human walking, reached a certain portable facility bearing load and assistant power effect, at the same time, met the needs of human-machine coordinated motion.

Simulation and Analysis on Main Synchronized Hydraulic Cylinder of Huge Hydraulic Press

2012 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 150-153
Author(s):  
Jin Yu ◽  
Ming Zhen Fan ◽  
Guo Qin Huang ◽  
Min Yu
Keyword(s):  
Closed Loop ◽  
Position Control ◽  
Response Speed ◽  
Hydraulic Cylinder ◽  
Hydraulic Press ◽  
Loop Control ◽  
Piston Cylinder ◽  
The Press ◽  
Hydraulic Cylinders ◽  
Position Control System

Nowadays, huge hydraulic press plays an important role in the heavy industry. The synchronized hydraulic cylinder is the key component, which will affect the performance of the press. Thus, a thorough investigation to the main cylinder is required. In this paper, a mathematical model was built for the position closed-loop control of active synchronous hydraulic cylinders, and transfer function of the corresponding single cylinder was deduced. Simulation and calibration of the working cylinder servo position control system was accomplished with MATLAB, so as to improve the response speed and stability of the single working cylinder system. The results showed that a single hydraulic piston cylinder had a better position control features, which offered a theory basis for the design of the main drivers of forging hydraulic machine synchronization system.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Throttle Speed Control Efficiency in Volumetric Hydraulic Drives

2019 ◽  
pp. 13-33
Author(s):  
K. D. Efremova ◽  
V. N. Pilgunov
Keyword(s):  
Control Method ◽  
Hydraulic Drive ◽  
Hydraulic Cylinder ◽  
Movement Speed ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Total Efficiency ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Output Link ◽  
Hydraulic Cylinders ◽  
Load Characteristics

To control a movement speed of the output link of an executive hydraulic engine (hydraulic cylinder or hydraulic motor), volumetric hydraulic drives traditionally use volumetric and throttle control methods. Under volumetric control, a supply unit employs a pressure-regulated positive displacement pump, as a result of which it is impossible or difficult to separate and independently control the movement speed of the output links of the hydraulic cylinders. In case of throttle control, there is a significant dependence of the speed of the output link on the load it overcomes, a low efficiency of the hydraulic drive and hereto related active heating of the working fluid, as well as large energy losses. However, in embodiment, due to lack of an expensive variable pump, this method of control is much cheaper and can be used in a multi-channel hydraulic drive with a centralized supply unit.Depending on the throttling device localization in the hydraulic drive circuit, there are series (primary or secondary control) and parallel (working fluid bypass adjustment) throttle connection schemes. The secondary control scheme, which generates a pressure in the outlet of the executive hydraulic engine, is preferable due to the fact that it provides an increased pressure in both cavities of the executive hydraulic engine and, accordingly, a lack of combined air bubbles in the working fluid. Heat released in the throttle is discharged directly into the tank, and the pressure in the outlet reduces the danger level of the emergency situation consequences in the event of an unauthorized change in the sign of the load to be overcome. The quality of control is, mainly, assessed by the type of load characteristics, i.e. dependences of the output link speed and its developed power on the load to be overcome, as well as by the control efficiency (the total efficiency value of the regulating and executive subsystems of the hydraulic drive). The dependence of the dynamics and kinematics of the hydraulic drive on the control methods are of particular interest.The proposed paper, based on the developed mathematical models and their testing for specific sizes of hydraulic cylinders presents the numerical values of the load characteristics and dependences of the total efficiency on the load value to be overcome. Shows that the speed load characteristic steepness of an executive hydraulic cylinder and the sign of its derivative are determined by the throttle control method. The greatest power developed by the output link of the hydraulic engine is shifted to the loads that are 50 ... 70% of their maximum value.As a result of theoretical studies using numerical calculation methods, a technique has been developed for selecting a throttle control method with an assessment of its quality and efficiency. The results of the conducted studies expand the capabilities to forecast the dynamics and kinematics of the output link of the hydraulic drive at the stage of its engineering design.

Configuration and Optimal Control of Hydraulic/Pneumatic Hybrid Actuator with 2-DOF

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-244
Author(s):  
Atsushi Ohtomo ◽  
◽  
Yasuharu Sasaki
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Control ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Position Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Hydraulic Cylinder ◽  
Pneumatic Cylinder ◽  
Large Power ◽  
Optimal Control Method ◽  
Hybrid Actuator ◽  
Stable Control

A pneumatic actuator outputs large power in proportion to weight and can be installed in an inexpensive, light and compact configuration. From the standpoint of controllability, however, it is weak due to nonlinearity by compression and delayed transfer of air, it has a problem of poor accuracy in position control. To solve such problem, we propose a hydraulic/pneumatic hybrid actuator that has a pneumatic cylinder and hydraulic cylinder in parallel and uses the hydraulic cylinder as damper. We demonstrate that it can be used in practice and structurally applying it to a manipulator with 2-DOF. It also demonstrates that high-speed and stable control can be achieved by applying optimal control method.

Hydraulic Pressure Control System Simulation and Performance Test of Lower Extremity Exoskeleton

2012 ◽  
Vol 472-475 ◽  
pp. 2548-2553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing Xing Li ◽  
Qing Guo ◽  
Lu Lu Zhang ◽  
Hong Zhou ◽  
Xiang Gang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Position Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Frequency Domain Method ◽  
Hydraulic Pressure ◽  
Pressure Control System ◽  
And Performance

On basis of the introduction for the composition of carried-load assistance system and the control mechanism of hydraulic pressure valve for lower extremity exoskeleton, the position control loop is built. The control system is designed by frequency domain method using the PID parameters combined with lead correction network. Simulation results show that the control method can servo the angle of knee joint as human’s natural walk as well as the harmonious of man-machine moment. According to performance test of hydraulic pressure control system, the flow and pressure in piston is analyzed considering different load, the pressure of oil box and movable mode. Test results show that hydraulic pressure valve control system can realize efficiently slow walk carried 30 kilogram load, up and down stairs.

A novel pump-valve coordinated controlled hydraulic system for the lower extremity exoskeleton

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (15) ◽  
pp. 2872-2884
Author(s):  
Jinlin Jiang ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Heng Cao ◽  
Jun Zhu ◽  
Xinbin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Hydraulic System ◽  
Hydraulic Cylinder ◽  
Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Hydraulic Cylinders ◽  
Pump Valve ◽  
High Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
The Moment

In order to reduce the weight and improve the energy efficiency of the lower extremity exoskeleton, a novel pump-valve coordinated controlled (PVCC) hydraulic system is presented. This hydraulic system only uses one electro-hydrostatic unit (EHU) and two valves to drive two hydraulic cylinders at the hip and knee of the lower extremity exoskeleton. The PVCC hydraulic system has the advantage of high energy conversion efficiency of the electro-hydrostatic actuator (EHA), which consists of one EHU and one hydraulic cylinder. To meet the requirements of the moment and speed of each joint of the exoskeleton, the proportional valve and on-off valve are added to adjust the flow into two hydraulic cylinders. The performance of EHU is tested by some hydraulic experiments, and the performance of the PVCC hydraulic system is analyzed by AMESim. The results show that the novel hydraulic system can only use one EHU to drive two hydraulic cylinders simultaneously under the premise of meeting the functional requirements of the exoskeleton.

scholarly journals Backstepping Sliding-Mode Control of Piezoelectric Single-Piston Pump-Controlled Actuator

Actuators ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Bin Wang ◽  
Pengda Ren ◽  
Xinhao Huang
Keyword(s):  
Sliding Mode Control ◽  
Position Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Piezoelectric Pump ◽  
Mode Control ◽  
Control Precision ◽  
Backstepping Sliding Mode Control ◽  
Actuator System ◽  
The Mathematical Model

A piston piezoelectric (PZT) pump has many advantages for the use of light actuators. How to deal with the contradiction between the intermittent oil supplying and position control precision is essential when designing the controller. In order to accurately control the output of the actuator, a backstepping sliding-mode control method based on the Lyapunov function is introduced, and the controller is designed on the basis of establishing the mathematical model of the system. The simulation results show that, compared with fuzzy PID and ordinary sliding-mode control, backstepping sliding-mode control has a stronger anti-jamming ability and tracking performance, and improves the control accuracy and stability of the piezoelectric pump-controlled actuator system.

Register control of roll-to-roll gravure-offset printing equipment considering time difference between measurement and actuation

2012 ◽  
Vol 226 (11) ◽  
pp. 2726-2738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung Hwan Kim ◽  
Ha-Il You ◽  
Seung-Hyun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Measurement System ◽  
Position Control ◽  
Printed Electronics ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Axial Direction ◽  
Time Difference ◽  
Offset Printing ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
The Web

The manufacture of printed electronics by roll-to-roll printing machine requires more accurate register performance than conventional media printing technology. Moreover, high drying temperature and long drying time to sinter the inks can induce the substantial changes in the length of the substrate and consequently register errors. Among the roll-to-roll printing methods, the gravure one, despite its relatively fast productivity and fine-line printing capacity, has difficulty in achieving the required register specifications for printed electronics because of the dependence of the register control on web dynamics. This study proposes a roll-to-roll gravure-offset printing equipment, including the register measurement system designed to enhance register performance and the related register control method for the application of printed electronics. Each cylinder constituting the printing unit is driven independently by an individual servomotor. Moreover, the printing patterns of the plate cylinder can move in the axial direction by position control, as well as in the web transport direction by a phase shift of the plate cylinder, without affecting the dynamics of the web. The time difference between the measurement and the actual control action is considered and modeled. The register measurement system, including selections of sensors and marks is also proposed to consider the effect of the time difference. The simulation results and the experiments of the register control are shown to verify the effect of the time difference on the control performances. It is found that a proper estimation of time difference should be obtained in order to guarantee more accurate and stable control performances.

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