Safe and intuitive manual guidance of a robot manipulator using adaptive admittance control towards robot agility

Key areas of robot agility include methods that increase capability and flexibility of industrial robots and facilitate robot re-tasking. Manual guidance can achieve robot agility effectively, provided that a safe and smooth interaction is guaranteed when the user exerts an external force on the end effector. We approach this by designing an adaptive admittance law that can adjust its parameters to modify the robot compliance in critical areas of the workspace, such as near and on configuration singularities, joint limits, and workspace limits, for a smooth and safe operation. Experimental validation was done with two tests: a constraint activation test and a 3D shape tracing task. In the first one, we validate the proper response to constraints and in the second one, we compare the proposed approach with different admittance parameter tuning strategies using a drawing task where the user is asked to guide the robot to trace a 3D profile with an accuracy or speed directive and evaluate performance considering path length error and execution time as metrics, and a questionnaire for user perception. Results show that appropriate response to individual and simultaneous activation of the aforementioned constraints for a safe and intuitive manual guidance interaction is achieved and that the proposed parameter tuning strategy has better performance in terms of accuracy, execution time, and subjective evaluation of users.     

Some investigations on fuzzy P + fuzzy I + fuzzy D controller for non-stationary process

The paper addresses the adaptive behaviour of parallel fuzzy proportional plus fuzzy integral plus fuzzy derivative (FP+FI+FD) controller. The parallel FP+FI+FD controller is actually a non-linear adaptive controller whose gain changes continuously with output of the process under control. Two non-stationary processes, whose characteristics change with time, are considered for simulation study. Simulation is performed using software LabVIEW TM . The set-point tracking response of parallel FP+FI+FD is compared with conventional parallel proportional plus integral plus derivative (PID) controller, tuned with the Ziegler-Nichols (Z-N) tuning technique. Simulation results show that conventional PID controller fails to track the set-point and becomes unstable as the process changes its characteristic with time. But the parallel FP+FI+FD controller shows considerably much better set-point tracking response and does not deviate from steady state. Also, a huge spike is observed in the output of PID controller as the reference set-point and process parameters are changed, while the FP+FI+FD controller gives spike free control signal.     

Intelligent control of doubly‐fed induction generator systems using PIDNNs

An intelligent control for a stand‐alone doubly‐fed induction generator (DFIG) system using a proportional‐integral‐derivative neural network (PIDNN) is proposed in this study. This system can be applied as a stand‐alone power supply system or as the emergency power system when the electricity grid fails for all sub‐synchronous, synchronous, and super‐synchronous conditions. The rotor side converter is controlled using field‐oriented control to produce 3‐phase stator voltages with constant magnitude and frequency at different rotor speeds. Moreover, the grid side converter, which is also controlled using field‐oriented control, is primarily implemented to maintain the magnitude of the DC‐link voltage. Furthermore, the intelligent PIDNN controller is proposed for both the rotor and grid side converters to improve the transient and steady‐state responses of the DFIG system for different operating conditions. Both the network structure and online learning algorithm are introduced in detail. Finally, the feasibility of the proposed control scheme is verified through experimentation. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

基于PR控制器的直接转矩控制策略研究

针对传统直接转矩控制中采用开关表控制造成转矩和电流脉动,以及传统调节器不能实现对交流输入信号的无静差控制等问题,基于电机空间电压矢量的转矩和磁链2个分量解耦的控制方式和PR控制器能够在静止坐标系下实现对交流输入信号的无静差控制,将PR控制器用于永磁同步电机的直接转矩控制中,并由此设计出磁链和转矩的双PR控制器。同时,在定子磁链的观测中,采用基于转子位置和定子电流的新型定子磁链估计方法。试验结果证明,将PR控制器对交流输入信号的无静差跟踪特性应用于基于空间电压矢量调制的直接转矩控制中,系统能获得优良的动态和静态响应,取得了显著的应用成效,由此验证了所提方法的正确性和可行性。     

Heuristic collision-free path planning for an autonomous platform

In this paper, a heuristic and learning, algorithmic scheme for collision-free navigation is presented. This scheme determines an optimum collision-free navigation path of an autonomous platform by using a trial and error process, past navigation knowledge and current information extracted from the generated surrounding environment.     

一种车道导航的方法

本文发明了一种车道信息导航的方法。该方法首先从导航路线的引导信息中提取车道信息,然后根据目标引导点和关联引导点之间的位置关系,向用户推荐最合适的车道。     

“项目式教学”在高职《C语言》课程中的应用

本文针对高职C语言课程教学中存在的内容安排不合理、教学方法与手段陈旧、学生厌学等问题,提出基于以以就业为导向、以学生为中心,以项目为载体,以工作任务为驱动,将理论与实践有机结合,使学生在完成任务的过程中掌握知识和技能。同时重视职业素养的养成,充分体现职教课程的特色。     

基于INS定位和WIFI指纹定位技术的无人机室内定位方法研究

针对无人机室内定位问题,提出了一种基于惯性导航系统（INS）和WIFI指纹定位技术的四旋翼无人机的室内定位方法。该方法首先利用WIFI模块测量的信号接收强度信息,根据WIFI指纹定位原理求出该定位时刻下的无人机位置;同时,利用惯性传感器信息计算出INS定位下的无人机位置,结合两种定位结果得出更为精确的位置。最后,通过实验验证了INS定位和WIFI指纹定位相结合的无人机室内定位方法的有效性,且该方法较两种单独定位方法的定位精度更高。     

一种基于VINS/FINS组合导航方法

针对视觉惯性组合导航系统中微惯性器件精度偏低,以及足部惯性导航系统航向角误差可观测性差的问题,研究了一种基于上述两种系统的信息双向融合的导航定位方案. 该方法的系统结构由安装于双足步行机器人躯干部分的惯性导航系统和安装于其足部惯性导航系统两部分组成. 惯性导航系统通过视觉同时定位与地图构建数据融合方法可以获得相对准确的航向角,足部惯性导航系统利用零速修正后的位置信息实时修正惯性导航系统中的低精度惯性器件误差,从而构建视觉与惯性信息双向融合的组合导航系统结构. 实验结果表明,该组合导航方案可以有效提高双足步行机器人的航向精度和定位精度.     

电液比例技术在脱硫搅拌速度控制系统中的应用

本文介绍了利用电液比例技术实现对脱硫搅拌系统进行控制的新方法，用可编程控制器控制比例压力阀，实现对搅拌器转速的控制，该方案为进口脱硫设备的标准化，国产化提供了改造思路。