Vibration Control of a Space Flexible Robot Manipulator Using PZT Actuators

2011 ◽  
Vol 66-68 ◽  
pp. 1142-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Qiang Lou ◽  
Yan Ding Wei

The dynamic analysis and control of flexible robot manipulators have been the main concerns of many recent studies in aeronautics and robotics. Moreover, the complexity of this problem increases when a flexible manipulator carries a payload. In this paper, we proposed a space two-link flexible manipulator with tip payload featuring surface-bonded piezoelectric torsional actuator and shear actuator. The equations of motion for the system are obtained using Hamilton’s principle. A Lyapunov-based controller is proposed to suppress the vibration of the system. Stability of the system is also investigated. The simulation results demonstrate the proposed control strategy is well suited for active control of vibration suppression on flexible manipulators.

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco A. Arteaga

Control design of flexible robot manipulators can take advantage of the structural properties of the model used to describe the robot dynamics. Many of these properties are physical characteristics of mechanical systems whereas others arise from the method employed to model the flexible manipulator. In this paper, the modeling of flexible-link robot manipulators on the basis of the Lagrange’s equations of motion combined with the assumed modes method is briefly discussed. Several notable properties of the dynamic model are presented and their impact on control design is underlined.


Author(s):  
Ahmad A. Smaili ◽  
Muhammad Sannah

Abstract A major hindrance to dynamics and control of flexible robot manipulators is the deficiency of its inherent damping. Damping enhancement, therefore, should result in lower vibration amplitudes, shorter settling times, and improvement of system stability. Since the bulk of robot vibrations is attributed to joint compliance, it is a prudent strategy to design joints with sufficient inherent damping. In this article, a method is proposed to estimate critical damping at each joint and identify the joint that should be targeted for design with sufficient built-in damping. The target joint identification process requires that a n-joint robot system is divided into n-subsystems. Subsystem i includes the compliance of joint i and the inertia of the succeeding links, joint mechanisms, and payload. An equivalent single degree of freedom torsional model is devised and the natural frequency and critical damping is evaluated for each subsystem. The estimated critical damping at the joints are used to determine the elastodynamic response of the entire robot system from a model that includes joint compliance, shear deformation, rotary inertia, and geometric stiffness. The response revealed the following conclusion: The joint of the manipulator that would result in lower amplitudes of vibrations and shorter settling times when designed with sufficient built-in damping is the one that renders a subsystem whose natural frequency is the lowest of all subsystems comprising the robot.


Author(s):  
Jikai Liu ◽  
Biao Ma ◽  
Heyan Li ◽  
Man Chen ◽  
Jianwen Chen

The cooperation mode between the engagement and disengagement clutches for vehicles equipped with Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) is of vital importance to achieve a smooth gearshift, in particular for the downshift process as its unavoidable power interruption during the inertia phase. Hence, to elevate the performance of DCT downshifting process, an analytical model and experimental validation for the analysis, simulation and control strategy are presented. Optimized pressure profiles applied on two clutches are obtained based on the detailed analysis of downshifting process. Then, according to the analysis results, a novel control strategy that can achieve downshift task with only one clutch slippage is proposed. The system model is established on Matlab/Simulink platform and used to study the variation of output torque and speed in response to different charging pressure profiles and various external loads during downshifting process. Simulation results show that, compared with conventional control strategies, the proposed one can not only avoid the torque hole and power circulation, but shorten the shift time and reduce the friction work. Furthermore, to validate the effectiveness of the control strategy, the bench test equipped with DCT is conducted and the experiment results show a good agreement with the simulation results.


2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deniz Kerimoğlu ◽  
Ömer Morgül ◽  
Uluç Saranli

Passive dynamic walking models are capable of capturing basic properties of walking behaviours and can generate stable human-like walking without any actuation on inclined surfaces. The passive compass gait model is among the simplest of such models, consisting of a planar point mass and two stick legs. A number of different actuation methods have been proposed both for this model and its more complex extensions to eliminate the need for a sloped ground, balancing collision losses using gravitational potential energy. In this study, we introduce and investigate an extended model with series-elastic actuation at the ankle towards a similar goal, realizing stable walking on level ground. Our model seeks to capture the basic structure of how humans utilize toe push-off prior to leg liftoff, and is intended to eventually be used for controlling the ankle joint in a lower-body robotic orthosis. We derive hybrid equations of motion for this model, and show numerically through Poincaré analysis that it can achieve asymptotically stable walking on level ground for certain choices of system parameters. We then study the bifurcation regimes of period doubling with this model, leading up to chaotic walking patterns. Finally, we show that feedback control on the initial extension of the series ankle spring can be used to improve and extend system stability.


2012 ◽  
Vol 490-495 ◽  
pp. 1759-1762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Hua Wang ◽  
Hao Xu ◽  
Fei Xie

This paper proposed a new design scheme for automatic clutch of AMT which is based on electrorheological (ER) fluid. Through analyzing the working principle and its transfer characteristics of ER fluid, it discussed the start process of vehicle and control strategy of ER Clutch. By changing the control voltage, ER clutch satisfied the requirements of evaluation indexes such as start time and impact degree. The simulation results showed that the control strategy can realize starting rapidly and steadily which would meet the start requirements of economical automobiles


1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 330-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bisiacco ◽  
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R. Caracciolo ◽  
M. Giovagnoni ◽  
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...  

The mathematical model of a single-link flexible manipulator is obtained by measuring transverse deflections in a rotating reference frame which is floating with respect to the link. The use of this particular frame, the rigidbody mode frame, enables one to obtain weakly coupled equations of motion. The size of the inertia coupling terms can be easily evaluated: these terms can be shown to be negligible thus leading to an essentially linear model. An example of optimal control of manipulator's tip position is numerically reproduced. The same controller is first applied to the mechanical model of the arm accounting for non-linear coupling and then to the linear model: the two responses are found to be very close to each other.


2013 ◽  
Vol 397-400 ◽  
pp. 1169-1173
Author(s):  
Hong Wei Tang ◽  
Xi Kun Chen ◽  
Yan Xia Gao

To adapt to the requirements of the charging and discharging of the lithium battery, the paper presents a three-level based bidirectional energy storage converter topology.It has strong adaptability and can manage the charge and discharge of multi-series and parallel battery module. The mathematical model of the converter is analyzed, and the two operation modes of the converter control strategy are studied; Analysis the feed-forward decoupling control of three-level rectifier, and the variable scale factor is used to control midpoint potential. The simulation results demonstrate the feasibility of the design.


2011 ◽  
Vol 345 ◽  
pp. 46-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Qiang Lou ◽  
Yan Ding Wei

This paper concerns the dynamic modeling and vibration control of a space two-link flexible manipulator. Two types of PZT actuators, PZT shear actuator and torsional actuator, are used to suppress the bending-torsional-coupled vibration of the space manipulator. Using extended Hamilton’s principle and the finite element method, equations of motion of the space flexible manipulator with PZT actuators and tip mass are obtained. Based on modal analyze theory, the state space model of the system is then used to design the control system. A linear quadratic regulator (LQR) controller is designed to achieve vibration suppression of the space manipulator system. From the numerical results, we can get that the proposed controller has a suitable and efficient performance suppressing the bending-torsional-coupled vibration of the space two-link flexible manipulator.


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