Dragline swing automation

Draglines are very large machines that are used to remove overburden in open-cut coal mines. This paper outlines the design of a computer control system to implement an automated swing cycle on a production dragline. Subsystems and sensors have been developed to satisfy the constraints imposed by the task, the harsh operating environment and the mine's production requirements.

Energy-based guidance of an underactuated unmanned underwater vehicle on a helical trajectory

This paper presents a motion control system for guidance of an underactuated Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) on a helical trajectory. The control strategy is developed using Port-Hamiltonian theory and interconnection and damping assignment passivity-based control. Using energy routing, the trajectory of a virtual fully actuated plant is guided onto a vector field. A tracking controller is then used that commands the underactuated plant to follow the velocity of the virtual plant. An integral control is inserted between the two control layers, which adds robustness and disturbance rejection to the design.

The BDFM as a generator in wind turbines

The Brushless Doubly-Fed Machine (BDFM) is attractive for use in wind turbines, especially offshore, as it offers high reliability by virtue of the absence of brushgear. Critical issues in the use of the BDFM in this role at a system level include the appropriate mode of operation, the sizing of associated converter and the control of the machine. At a machine level, the design of the machine and the determination of its ratings are important. Both system and machine issues are reviewed in the light of recent advances in the study of the BDFM, and preliminary comparisons are made with the well-established doubly fed wound rotor induction generator. © 2006 IEEE.

Towards a fast electro-thermo-mechanical IGBT/Diode simulation framework for design of reliable power electronic converters

This paper describes a methodology that enables fast and reasonably accurate prediction of the reliability of power electronic modules featuring IGBTs and p-i-n diodes, by taking into account thermo-mechanical failure mechanisms of the devices and their associated packaging. In brief, the proposed simulation framework performs two main tasks which are tightly linked together: (i) the generation of the power devices' transient thermal response for realistic long load cycles and (ii) the prediction of the power modules' lifetime based on the obtained temperature profiles. In doing so the first task employs compact, physics-based device models, power losses lookup tables and polynomials and combined material-failure and thermal modelling, while the second task uses advanced reliability tests for failure mode and time-to-failure estimation. The proposed technique is intended to be utilised as a design/optimisation tool for reliable power electronic converters, since it allows easy and fast investigation of the effects that changes in circuit topology or devices' characteristics and packaging have on the reliability of the employed power electronic modules. © 2012 IEEE.

洁净机器人手臂的转动惯量分析及运动控制

针对洁净机器人手臂的转动惯量对系统动态性能的影响,在利用动能公式分析得到其转动惯量与位置关系的基础上,提出了一种位置PI闭环加前馈参数整定的控制方法。该控制方法是由位置值实时得到转动惯量,再由转动惯量来实时整定PI参数。仿真结果表明了该控制方法能有效抑制转动惯量的变化对系统动态性能的影响,且简单可行。

洁净机器人的最优运动控制方法研究及实现

论文以国家科技部超大规模集成电路制造装备重大专项课题“12英寸硅片智能机械手关键技术与样机研制”为背景，进行了洁净机器人控制系统下层的性能最优控制方法的研究和上层的时间最优轨迹规划方法的研究。 论文从洁净机器人的结构出发，在利用动能公式分析得到大气手（洁净机器人的手臂）转动惯量计算公式的基础上，通过仿真表明了运动中大气手转动惯量随位置变化的幅度较大、对控制系统性能的影响不能忽视；然后从辨识得到的交流永磁同步伺服电机的数学模型出发，提出了一种PI加前馈参数整定的控制方法，并仿真和实验验证了这种控制方法对消除转动惯量变化的影响、提高控制系统动态性能的有效性和简单可行性。针对洁净机器人快速、高效的运动要求，在分析大气手运动约束条件的基础上，提出了变加速度的时间最优轨迹规划方法，并采用实验的方法验证了这种规划方法相对梯形速度曲线规划在时间上的优越性。 论文理论与实际相结合，提出了消除转动惯量变化的控制方法和时间最优轨迹规划方法，为开发出性能优越的洁净机器人作出了一定的贡献。另外，论文还编写了系统辨识程序和上位机测试软件，方便了其它控制算法的研究应用。

除草机器人机械臂的逆向求解与控制

设计了一种基于机器视觉导航和杂草识别的除草机器人模型,该机器人能沿作物行间自主行走并能准确地识别和"清除"杂草。设计了除草机器人的机械臂除草执行系统,求取了机械臂运动学逆解,用VC++开发了控制程序。试验显示,图像处理算法所需时间少,能够适应户外自然光线在一定范围的变化,机械臂能够平稳动作并精确定位杂草目标。

轮式移动仿人机器人的动力学建模与分析

利用高效迭代牛顿-欧拉方法对一个21自由度的轮式移动仿人机器人进行了整体动力学建模,该模型虽然维数较高,但消除了分块建模中需要对模块之间相互作用力进行建模的难点问题,并且由于机器人双臂的对称结构,当合理规划双臂运动时,动力学模型将得到部分简化。本文还对某关节运动时在各个关节所产生的力或力矩进行了仿真分析。解析及仿真结果表明,合理规划上臂各关节的协调运动,将极大地削弱车体及腰部各关节所受的力或力矩扰动,为基于动力学的机器人运动控制以及稳定性分析提供理论依据。

轮-腿-履带复合移动机器人的研究

中国科学院沈阳自动化研究所自行研制的灵豹复合移动机器人,采用轮-腿-履带复合移动机构,构建了嵌入式控制系统,设计了模糊控制器控制机器人行走,实现了机械臂的自主联动控制。机器人运动控制更加简便,系统具备良好的适应性和运动稳定性。