A Position Synchronization Controller for Co-ordinated Links(COOL)Dual Robot Arm Based on Integral Sliding Mode:Design and Experimental Validation

In this study,a simple position synchronization control algorithm based on an integral sliding mode is developed for dualarm robotic manipulator systems.A first-order sliding surface is designed using cross-coupling error in order to ensure position synchronization of dual-arm manipulators.The design objective of the proposed controller is to ensure stability as well as to synchronize the movement of both arms while maintaining the trajectory as desired.The integral sliding mode eliminates the reaching phase and guarantees robustness throughout the whole operating period.Additionally,a low pass filter is used to smoothen the discontinuous element and minimize unwanted chattering.Lyapunov stability theory is utilized to prove the asymptotic stability of the controlled system.Simulation studies are performed to validate the proposed controller′s effectiveness.Also,to investigate the possibility of realizing the proposed dynamic control method in practical applications,experiments are conducted on a 14DoF coordinated links(COOL)dual-arm robotic manipulator system.Experimental evidence indicates adequate efficiency in trajectory tracking and guarantees robustness in the presence of parametric uncertainty and external disturbance.

Double Position Servo Synchronous Drive System Based on Cross-Coupling Integrated Feedforward Control for Broacher

Synchronization errors directly deteriorate the machining accuracy of metal parts and the existed method cannot keep high synchronization precision because of external disturbances. A new double position servo synchronous driving scheme based on semi-closed-loop cross- coupling integrated feedforward control is proposed. The scheme comprises a position error cross-coupling feedfor-ward control and a load torque identification with feed- forward control. A digital integrated simulation system for the dual servo synchronous drive system is established. Using a 20 t servo broacher, performance analysis of the scheme is conducted based on this simulation system and the simulation results show that systems with traditional parallel or single control have problems when the work- table works with an unbalanced load. However, the system with proposed scheme shows good synchronous perfor- mance and positional accuracy. Broaching tests are performed and the experimental results show that the maximum dual axis synchronization error of the system is only 8μm during acceleration and deceleration processes and the error between the actual running position and the given position is almost zero. A double position servo synchronous driving scheme is presented based on crosscoupled integrated feedforward compensation control, which can improve the synchronization precision.

Analysis and implementation of cross sync period underwater acoustical positioning techniques for underwater targets

The sampling rate of an underwater acoustical synchronous positioning system for the track of an underwater target will be decreasing during the process of positioning while the target moves away, resulting in the reduction of raw data and insufficient use of the processing ability of the positioning system. For a long time, this problem has remained unsolved, and it is even pushed forward recently because of the rapid development of modern electronic tech- niques. Based on the thorough study and investigation of the problem, we developed a new synchronous positioning technique called 'Cross Sync Period' underwater acoustical positioning. It can increase the sampling rate of an underwater acoustical positioning system for the track of an underwater target at long range significantly Besides, a new algorithm specially designed for the detection of the propagation time delay of the positioning signals called 'Mod-ulo Algorithm' was also developed, which makes the implementation of the 'cross sync period'underwater acoustical positioning technique easier and more efficient. These techniques have been successfully applied in a real positioning system. The system can position 5 underwater targets at the maximum range of 6 km simultaneously without any ambiguity of target distances with the working period of 0.4 s. The 'cross sync period' underwater acoustical positioning technique applied in the system was performed in lake and searun tests, and satisfactory re-sults were obtained.