Design, Modeling and Control of an Omni-Directional Mobile Robot

2010 ◽  
Vol 166-167 ◽  
pp. 173-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioan Doroftei ◽  
Bogdan Stirbu
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Robot ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Modeling And Control ◽  
Drive Mechanism ◽  
Technical University ◽  
And Control

One of the main issues of a mobile robot is to move in tight areas, to avoid obstacles, finding its way to the next location. These capabilities mainly depend on the wheels design. An omni-directional drive mechanism is very attractive because it guarantees a very good mobility in such cases. This paper provides some information about the mechanical design of an omni-directional robot, as well as about its control. This report is the result of the cooperation between researchers from Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Faculties, at “Gh. Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania.

An Efficient Approach for Modeling and Control of a Quadrotor

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Ahmed S. Khusheef
Keyword(s):  
Pid Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Loop Control ◽  
Modeling And Control ◽  
Loop Control System ◽  
And Control ◽  
Close Loop Control ◽  
Close Loop Control System ◽  
Made In

 A quadrotor is a four-rotor aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing, hovering, forward flight, and having great maneuverability. Its platform can be made in a small size make it convenient for indoor applications as well as for outdoor uses. In model there are four input forces that are essentially the thrust provided by each propeller attached to each motor with a fixed angle. The quadrotor is basically considered an unstable system because of the aerodynamic effects; consequently, a close-loop control system is required to achieve stability and autonomy. Such system must enable the quadrotor to reach the desired attitude as fast as possible without any steady state error. In this paper, an optimal controller is designed based on a Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) control method to obtain stability in flying the quadrotor. The dynamic model of this vehicle will be also explained by using Euler-Newton method. The mechanical design was performed along with the design of the controlling algorithm. Matlab Simulink was used to test and analyze the performance of the proposed control strategy. The experimental results on the quadrotor demonstrated the effectiveness of the methodology used.

Lagrangian D’Alembert Modeled Maneuverable Autonomous Non-Holonomic Mobile Robot Using a Closed Loop PD Controller

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Georgiou ◽  
J. Dai
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Robot ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Pd Controller ◽  
Modeling And Control ◽  
Holonomic Constraints ◽  
And Control ◽  
Holonomic Mobile Robot ◽  
Initial Results

The motivation for this work is to develop a platform for a self-localization device. Such a platform has many applications for the autonomous maneuverable non-holonomic mobile robot classification, which can be used for search and rescue or for inspection devices where the robot has a desired path to follow but because of an unknown terrain, the device requires the ability to make ad-hoc corrections to its movement to reach its desire path. The mobile robot is modeled using Lagrangian d’Alembert’s principle considering all the possible inertias and forces generated, and are controlled by restraining movement based on the holonomic and non-holonomic constraints of the modeled vehicle. The device is controlled by a PD controller based on the vehicle’s holonomic and non-holonomic constraints. An experiment was setup to verify the modeling and control structure’s functionality and the initial results are promising.

Modeling and Control of a Two-wheel Mobile Robot With Auxiliary Arms

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhensheng Xie ◽  
Haitao Zhou ◽  
Haibo Feng ◽  
Songyuan Zhang ◽  
Xu Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Robot ◽  
Modeling And Control ◽  
And Control

Modeling and Control Design for a Mobile Robot

1995 ◽  
Vol 28 (14) ◽  
pp. 367-371
Author(s):  
S. Narayanan ◽  
W.P. Dayawansa
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Robot ◽  
Control Design ◽  
Modeling And Control ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Multi-terrain Quadrupedal-wheeled Robot Mechanism: Design, Modeling, and Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 24-33
Author(s):  
Eric Gratton ◽  
Mbadiwe Benyeogor ◽  
Kosisochukwu Nnoli ◽  
Oladayo Olakanmi ◽  
Liam Wolf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Active Suspensions ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Drive Mechanism ◽  
Wheel Drive ◽  
Wheeled Robot ◽  
Mathematical Equations ◽  
And Control

For a robot to navigate in terrains of rough and uneven topographies, its drives and controllers must generate and control large mechanical power with great precision. This paper is aimed at developing an autonomous robot with active-suspensions in form of a hybrid quadrupedal-wheel drive mechanism. This involves a computational approach to optimizing the development cost without compromising the system’s performance. Using the Solidworks CAD tool, auxiliary components were designed and integrated with the bed structure to form an actively suspended robot drive mechanism. Also, using the S-Math Computing tool, the robot’s suspension system was optimized, employing a four-bar mechanism. To enhance the compatibility of this design with the intended controller, some mathematical equations and numerical validations were formulated and solved. These included the modeling of tip-over stability and skid steering, the trendline equations for computing the angular positions of the suspension servomotors, and the computation of R2– values for determining the accuracy of these trendline equations. Using finite element analysis (FEA), we simulated the structural integrity of key sub-components of the final structure. The results show that our mechanical design is appropriate for developing an actively suspended robot that can efficiently navigate in different terrestrial sites and topographies.

scholarly journals Mechanical Design and Kinematic Modeling of a Cable-Driven Arm Exoskeleton Incorporating Inaccurate Human Limb Anthropomorphic Parameters

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (20) ◽  
pp. 4461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weihai Chen ◽  
Zhongyi Li ◽  
Xiang Cui ◽  
Jianbin Zhang ◽  
Shaoping Bai
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Kinematic Model ◽  
Light Weight ◽  
Skeletal System ◽  
Kinematic Modeling ◽  
Modeling And Control ◽  
Arm Rehabilitation ◽  
Human Arm ◽  
Human Limb ◽  
And Control

Compared with conventional exoskeletons with rigid links, cable-driven upper-limb exoskeletons are light weight and have simple structures. However, cable-driven exoskeletons rely heavily on the human skeletal system for support. Kinematic modeling and control thus becomes very challenging due to inaccurate anthropomorphic parameters and flexible attachments. In this paper, the mechanical design of a cable-driven arm rehabilitation exoskeleton is proposed to accommodate human limbs of different sizes and shapes. A novel arm cuff able to adapt to the contours of human upper limbs is designed. This has given rise to an exoskeleton which reduces the uncertainties caused by instabilities between the exoskeleton and the human arm. A kinematic model of the exoskeleton is further developed by considering the inaccuracies of human-arm skeleton kinematics and attachment errors of the exoskeleton. A parameter identification method is used to improve the accuracy of the kinematic model. The developed kinematic model is finally tested with a primary experiment with an exoskeleton prototype.

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