Static Force Analysis of Foot of Electrically Driven Heavy-Duty Six-Legged Robot under Tripod Gait

The electrically driven six-legged robot with high carrying capacity is an indispensable equipment for planetary exploration, but it hinders its practicability because of its low efficiency of carrying energy. Meanwhile, its load capacity also affects its application range. To reduce the power consumption, increase the load to mass ratio, and improve the stability of robot, the relationship between the walking modes and the forces of feet under the tripod gait are researched for an electrically driven heavy-duty six-legged robot. Based on the configuration characteristics of electrically driven heavy-duty six-legged, the typical walking modes of robot are analyzed. The mathematical models of the normal forces of feet are respectively established under the tripod gait of typical walking modes. According to the MATLAB software, the variable tendency charts are respectively gained for the normal forces of feet. The walking experiments under the typical tripod gaits are implemented for the prototype of electrically driven heavy-duty six-legged robot. The variable tendencies of maximum normal forces of feet are acquired. The comparison results show that the theoretical and experimental data are in the same trend. The walking modes which are most available to realize the average force of distribution of each foot are confirmed. The proposed method of analyzing the relationship between the walking modes and the forces of feet can quickly determine the optimal walking mode and gait parameters under the average distribution of foot force, which is propitious to develop the excellent heavy-duty multi-legged robots with the lower power consumption, larger load to mass ratio, and higher stability.

Power Consumption Characteristics Research on Mobile System of Electrically Driven Large-Load-Ratio Six-Legged Robot

The electrically driven large-load-ratio six-legged robot with engineering capability can be widely used in outdoor and planetary exploration.However,due to the particularity of its parallel structure,the effective utilization rate of energy is not high,which has become an important obstacle to its practical application.To research the power consumption characteristics of robot mobile system is beneficial to speed up it toward practicability.Based on the configuration and walking modes of robot,the mathematical model of the power consumption of mobile system is set up.In view of the tripod gait is often selected for the six-legged robots,the simplified power consumption model of mobile system under the tripod gait is established by means of reducing the dimension of the robot’s statically indeterminate problem and constructing the equal force distribution.Then,the power consumption of robot mobile system is solved under different working conditions.The variable tendencies of the power consumption of robot mobile system are respectively obtained with changes in the rotational angles of hip joint and knee joint,body height,and span.The articulated rotational zones and the ranges of body height and span are determined under the lowest power consumption.According to the walking experiments of prototype,the variable tendencies of the average power consumption of robot mobile system are respectively acquired with changes in duty ratio,body height,and span.Then,the feasibility and correctness of theory analysis are verified in the power consumption of robot mobile system.The proposed analysis method in this paper can provide a reference on the lower power research of the large-load-ratio multi-legged robots.

Simulation of electrically driven jet using Chebyshev collocation method

The model of electrically driven jet is governed by a series of quasi 1D dimensionless partial differential equations(PDEs).Following the method of lines,the Chebyshev collocation method is employed to discretize the PDEs and obtain a system of differential-algebraic equations(DAEs).By differentiating constrains in DAEs twice,the system is transformed into a set of ordinary differential equations(ODEs) with invariants.Then the implicit differential equations solver 'ddaskr' is used to solve the ODEs and post-stabilization is executed at the end of each step.Results show the distributions of radius,linear charge density,stretching ratio and also the horizontal velocity at a time point.Meanwhile,the spiral and expanding projections to X-Y plane of the jet centerline suggest the occurring of bending instability.

Fuzzy adaptive sliding mode controller for electrically driven wheeled mobile robot for trajectory tracking task

This paper presents a fuzzy adaptive sliding mode controller(FASMC)for electrically driven wheeled mobile robot for trajectory tracking task in the presence of uncertainties and disturbances.First,a finite-time kinematic controller is developed to compute the auxiliary velocity vector.Second,the FASMC,based on the nonlinear dynamic model of the robot and its actuators,is used to guarantee the stability and the convergence of the closed-loop system.Moreover,by employing the advantages of the fuzzy logic systems,the developed controller ensures the robustness of the system against dynamic disturbances and uncertainties,the smoothness of the computing voltage against the chattering phenomenon,and the optimal convergence of the velocity and posture errors.The Lyapunov theory is used to analyse the stability of this algorithm.In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed method,numerical simulations are done in the Mahlab/Simulink environment.

Modeling and Robust Discrete LQ Repetitive Control of Electrically Driven Robots

Discrete linear quadratic control has been efciently applied to linear systems as an optimal control.However,a robotic system is highly nonlinear,heavily coupled and uncertain.To overcome the problem,the robotic system can be modeled as a linear discrete-time time-varying system in performing repetitive tasks.This modeling motivates us to develop an optimal repetitive control.The contribution of this paper is twofold.For the frst time,it presents discrete linear quadratic repetitive control for electrically driven robots using the mentioned model.The proposed control approach is based on the voltage control strategy.Second,uncertainty is efectively compensated by employing a robust time-delay controller.The uncertainty can include parametric uncertainty,unmodeled dynamics and external disturbances.To highlight its ability in overcoming the uncertainty,the dynamic equation of an articulated robot is introduced and used for the simulation,modeling and control purposes.Stability analysis verifes the proposed control approach and simulation results show its efectiveness.

A Robust Tracking Controller for Electrically Driven Robot Manipulators: Stability Analysis and Experiment

In this paper, a robust controller for electrically driven robotic systems is developed. The controller is designed in a backstepping manner. The main features of the controller are: 1) Control strategy is developed at the voltage level and can deal with both mechanical and electrical uncertainties. 2) The proposed control law removes the restriction of previous robust methods on the upper bound of system uncertainties. 3) It also benefits from global asymptotic stability in the Lyapunov sense. It is worth to mention that the proposed controller can be utilized for constrained and nonconstrained robotic systems. The effectiveness of the proposed controller is verified by simulations for a two link robot manipulator and a four-bar linkage. In addition to simulation results,experimental results on a two link serial manipulator are included to demonstrate the performance of the proposed controller in tracking a given trajectory.

Decentralized Dynamic Event-Triggered Communication and Active Suspension Control of In-Wheel Motor Driven Electric Vehicles with Dynamic Damping

This paper addresses the co-design problem of decentralized dynamic event-triggered communication and active suspension control for an in-wheel motor driven electric vehicle equipped with a dynamic damper. The main objective is to simultaneously improve the desired suspension performance caused by various road disturbances and alleviate the network resource utilization for the concerned in-vehicle networked suspension system. First, a T-S fuzzy active suspension model of an electric vehicle under dynamic damping is established. Second,a novel decentralized dynamic event-triggered communication mechanism is developed to regulate each sensor's data transmissions such that sampled data packets on each sensor are scheduled in an independent manner. In contrast to the traditional static triggering mechanisms, a key feature of the proposed mechanism is that the threshold parameter in the event trigger is adjusted adaptively over time to reduce the network resources occupancy. Third, co-design criteria for the desired event-triggered fuzzy controller and dynamic triggering mechanisms are derived. Finally, comprehensive comparative simulation studies of a 3-degrees-of-freedom quarter suspension model are provided under both bump road disturbance and ISO-2631 classified random road disturbance to validate the effectiveness of the proposed co-design approach. It is shown that ride comfort can be greatly improved in either road disturbance case and the suspension deflection, dynamic tyre load and actuator control input are all kept below the prescribed maximum allowable limits, while simultaneously maintaining desirable communication efficiency.

MPC-based Torque Distribution for Planar Motion of Four-wheel Independently Driven Electric Vehicles:Considering Motor Models and Iron Losses

The most critical obstacle for four-wheel independently driven electric vehicles(4WID-EVs)is the driving range.Being the actuators of 4WID-EVs,motors account for its major power consumption.In this sense,by properly distributing torques to minimize the power consumption,the driving range of 4WID-EV can be effectively improved.This paper proposes a model predictive control(MPC)-based torque distribution scheme,which minimizes the power consumption of 4WID-EVs while guaranteeing its tracking performance of planar motions.By incorporating the motor model considering iron losses,the optimal torque distribution can be achieved without an additional torque controller.Also,for this reason,the proposed control scheme is computationally efficient,since the power consumption term to be optimized,which is expressed as the product of the motor voltages and currents,is much simpler than that derived from the efficiency map.With reasonable simplification and linearization,the MPC problem is converted to a quadratic programming problem,which can be solved efficiently.The simulation results in MATLAB and CarSim co-simulation environments demonstrate that the proposed scheme effectively reduces power consumption with guaranteed tracking performance.

An Integrated Control Framework for Torque Vectoring and Active Suspension System

Four-wheel independently driven electric vehicles(FWID-EV)endow a flexible and scalable control framework to improve vehicle performance.This paper integrates the torque vectoring and active suspension system(ASS)to enhance the vehicle’s longitudinal and vertical motion control performance.While the nonlinear characteristic of the tire model leads to a relatively heavier computational burden.To facilitate the controller design and ease the load,a half-vehicle dynamics system is built and simplified to the linear-time-varying(LTV)model.Then a model predictive controller is developed by formulating the objective function by comprehensively considering the safety,energy-saving and comfort requirements.The in-wheel motor efficiency and the power loss of tire slip are treated as optimization indices in this work to reduce energy consumption.Finally,the effectiveness of the proposed controller is verified through the rapid-control-prototype(RCP)test.The results demonstrate the enhancement of the energy-saving as well as comfort on the basis of vehicle stability.

A driven three-dimensional electric lattice for polar molecules

Three-dimensional(3D)driven optical lattices have attained great attention for their wide applications in the quest to engineer new and exotic quantum phases.Here we propose a 3D driven electric lattice(3D-DEL)for cold polar molecules as a natural extension.Our 3D electric lattice is composed of a series of thin metal plates in which two-dimensional square hole arrays are distributed.When suitable modulated voltages are applied to these metal plates,a 3D potential well array for polar molecules can be generated and can move smoothly back and forth in the lattice.Thus,it can drive cold polar molecules confined in the 3D electric lattice.Theoretical analyses and trajectory calculations using two types of molecules,ND3 and PbF,are performed to justify the possibility of our scheme.The 3D-DEL offers a platform for investigating cold molecules in periodic driven potentials,such as quantum computing science,quantum information processing,and some other possible applications amenable to the driven optical lattices.

Robust Control of Robotic Manipulators in the Task-Space Using an Adaptive Observer Based on Chebyshev Polynomials

In this paper,an adaptive observer for robust control of robotic manipulators is proposed.The lumped uncertainty is estimated using Chebyshev polynomials.Usually,the uncertainty upper bound is required in designing observer-controller structures.However,obtaining this bound is a challenging task.To solve this problem,many uncertainty estimation techniques have been proposed in the literature based on neuro-fuzzy systems.As an alternative,in this paper,Chebyshev polynomials have been applied to uncertainty estimation due to their simpler structure and less computational load.Based on strictly-positive-rea Lyapunov theory,the stability of the closed-loop system can be verified.The Chebyshev coefficients are tuned based on the adaptation rules obtained in the stability analysis.Also,to compensate the truncation error of the Chebyshev polynomials,a continuous robust control term is designed while in previous related works,usually a discontinuous term is used.An SCARA manipulator actuated by permanent magnet DC motors is used for computer simulations.Simulation results reveal the superiority of the designed method.

Spintronic terahertz emitter with integrated electromagnetic control

Spintronic thin films are considered as one of the promising terahertz(THz)source candidates,owing to their high performance and low cost.Much effort has been made to achieve spintronic THz sources with broadband and high conversion efficiency.However,the development of spintronic THz emitters with good compatibility,low cost,and miniaturized technology still faces many challenges.Therefore,it is urgent to extend commercial and portable spintronic THz emitters to satisfy many practical applications.Herein,we design a new generation of spintronic THz emitters composed of an alter-nating electromagnet and a miniaturized electronic controller.Not only can this new type of spintronic THz emitter largely simplify the ancillary equipment for spintronic sources,it also has a twice larger THz signal compared to the traditional THz time-domain spectroscopy systems with a mechanical chopper.Experimental results and theoretical calculations for electromagnetic coils show that our design can stably generate THz signals that are independent of the frequency and magnetic field of alternating signals.As the spin thin film is optimized,a magnetic field as low as 75 G satisfies the require-ment for high performance THz emission.Hence,not only is the efficiency of the pump power enhanced,but also the driving current in the electromagnet is decreased.We believe that it has a wide range of applications and profound implications in THz technology based on spintronic emitters in the future.

Experimental study on ceramic membrane technology for onboard oxygen generation

The ceramic membrane oxygen generation technology has advantages of high concentration of produced oxygen and potential nuclear and biochemical protection capability. The present paper studies the ceramic membrane technology for onboard oxygen generation. Comparisons are made to have knowledge of the effects of two kinds of ceramic membrane separation technologies on oxygen generation, namely electricity driven ceramic membrane separation oxygen generation technology (EDCMSOGT) and pressure driven ceramic membrane separation oxygen generation technology (PDCMSOGT). Experiments were conducted under different temperatures, pressures of feed air and produced oxygen flow rates. On the basis of these experiments, the flow rate of feed air, electric power provided, oxygen recovery rate and concentration of produced oxygen are compared under each working condition. It is concluded that the EDCMSOGT is the oxygen generation means more suitable for onboard conditions. (C) 2016 Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Production and hosting by Elsevier Ltd.