Dynamics and Control of Autonomous Space Vehicles and Robotics R. Vepa Cambridge University Press, University Printing House, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8BS, UK. 2019. xviii; 352 pp. Illustrated. £105. ISBN 978-1-108-42284-0.

The Spherical Wheeled Robot (Ball-Bot) is a family of robots that can maintain balance standing on a ball and use it as its wheel to move around. In recent years, there have been several successful Ball-Bot designs. We attempt to develop a new spherical wheeled robot product named "Q-Baller" to study its dynamics and control system. The Q-Baller has been designed to ahieve the economic and effective prototyping. A detailed dynamic model of the mechatronic system has been established and analyzed. Control studies have been conducted based on the dynamic models, and new control methods has been proposed to realize continuous gain scheduling. Exclusive simulations have been performed to test the performance of the controllers and reference planning. The Q-Baller hardware has been prototyped and functional. Robotic circuit board, human machine interface and embedded control system have also been developed to make up the full robotic system. The Q-Baller prototype will be tested after the system is fully adjusted, and further researches in control and robotics will be conducted in the future.

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Nonlinear dynamics and control of space vehicles with multiple fuel slosh modes

Control Engineering Practice ◽

10.1016/j.conengprac.2012.05.011 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 20 (9) ◽

pp. 912-918 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

Mahmut Reyhanoglu ◽

Jaime Rubio Hervas

Keyword(s):

Nonlinear Dynamics ◽

Space Vehicles ◽

Dynamics And Control ◽

Fuel Slosh ◽

And Control ◽

Nonlinear Dynamics And Control

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Model of Dynamics and Control of Tracking-Searching Head, Placed on a Moving Object

Journal of Automation and Information Sciences ◽

10.1615/jautomatinfscien.v44.i5.40 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 44 (5) ◽

pp. 38-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

I. Krzysztofik ◽

Z. Koruba

Keyword(s):

Moving Object ◽

Dynamics And Control ◽

And Control

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PROJECT ON ELECTRONIC STEERING SYSYTEM

SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJOSCIENCE ◽

10.24113/ijoscience.v4i5.140 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (5) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Shivam Dwivedi ◽

Prof. Vikas Gupta

Keyword(s):

Steering System ◽

Essential Elements ◽

Variable Pressure ◽

Passenger Cars ◽

Control Techniques ◽

Steering Mechanism ◽

Dynamics And Control ◽

Active Research ◽

Electronic Steering ◽

And Control

As the four-wheel steering (4WS) system has great potentials, many researchers' attention was attracted to this technique and active research was made. As a result, passenger cars equipped with 4WS systems were put on the market a few years ago. This report tries to identify the essential elements of the 4WS technology in terms of vehicle dynamics and control techniques. Based on the findings of this investigation, the report gives a mechanism of electronically controlling the steering system depending on the variable pressure applied on it. This enhances the controlling and smoothens the operation of steering mechanism.

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