scholarly journals Mechanical Design and Control Strategy for Hip Joint Power Assisting

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Wenyuan Liang

The basic requirements for mechanical design and control strategy are adapting to human joint movements and building an interaction model between human and robot. In this paper, a 3-UPS parallel mechanism is adopted to realize that the instantaneous rotation center of the assistive system coincides with human joint movement center, and a force sensory system is used to detect human movement intention and build the modeling of control strategy based on the interactive force. Then, based on the constructed experimental platform, the feasibility of movement intention detection and power assisting are verified through the experimental results.

2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael R. Torrealba ◽  
Edgar D. Fonseca-Rojas

This paper presents a thorough review of the initiatives carried out in the last 10 years toward the development of active knee prostheses (AKP) for transfemoral amputees. Three selection criteria were employed to filter the works to be considered in the review: (1) a prototype of the prosthesis is available; (2) the mechanical design, instrumentation, and control strategy of such a prototype have been presented in a scientific disclosure media; and (3) the prototype has been subjected to clinical assessment at least in a preliminary way. After applying such criteria, 16 projects were selected and further reviewed through a total of 31 scientific papers, considering the following six aspects: (1) actuators, (2) instrumentation, (3) control, (4) testing trials, (5) performance metrics, and (6) limitations. Then, in addition, the chronological appearance of the aforesaid papers is also shown and quantified regarding each of the previously mentioned issues, to initiate discussion on the related topics. Thus, the present review results in a specialized summary of all these developments in a structured format, offering additional understanding of the recent advances achieved in this field.


Electronics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 441
Author(s):  
Daniel Feliu-Talegon ◽  
Andres San-Millan ◽  
Vicente Feliu-Batlle

This work is concerned with the mechanical design and the description of the different components of a new mobile base for a lightweight mobile manipulator. These kinds of mobile manipulators are normally composed of multiple lightweight links mounted on a mobile platform. This work is focused on the description of the mobile platform, the development of a new kinematic model and the design of a control strategy for the system. The proposed kinematic model and control strategy are validated by means of experimentation using the real prototype. The workspace of the system is also defined.


Author(s):  
Atefeh Salmasi ◽  
Aghil Yousefi-Koma ◽  
Mohammad Hossein Soorgee

Optimal revenue of oil and gas fields is of interest due to high price and limited amount of these sources of energy. In this way, smart well technology provides a numerous range of benefits and for these great advantageous is widely used in oil/gas industry. This technology involves down-hole measurement and control of well bore and reservoir flow. One of the most important down-hole control subsystems in a smart well is pressure and temperature sensing system which can help the reservoir being modeled accurately. The purpose of this paper is to design and analysis a new sensory package for a desired oil well. A brief review of the advantages of fiber optic sensing technology in smart well control system is performed. Having studied several possibilities of installation systems for sensors, a new arrangement and casing for temperature/pressure sensor is developed here. Effect of pressure and temperature on stress distribution in the casing has been investigated and a suitable casing is obtained.


TAPPI Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (05) ◽  
pp. 295-305
Author(s):  
Wesley Gilbert ◽  
Ivan Trush ◽  
Bruce Allison ◽  
Randy Reimer ◽  
Howard Mason

Normal practice in continuous digester operation is to set the production rate through the chip meter speed. This speed is seldom, if ever, adjusted except to change production, and most of the other digester inputs are ratioed to it. The inherent assumption is that constant chip meter speed equates to constant dry mass flow of chips. This is seldom, if ever, true. As a result, the actual production rate, effective alkali (EA)-to-wood and liquor-to-wood ratios may vary substantially from assumed values. This increases process variability and decreases profits. In this report, a new continuous digester production rate control strategy is developed that addresses this shortcoming. A new noncontacting near infrared–based chip moisture sensor is combined with the existing weightometer signal to estimate the actual dry chip mass feedrate entering the digester. The estimated feedrate is then used to implement a novel feedback control strategy that adjusts the chip meter speed to maintain the dry chip feedrate at the target value. The report details the results of applying the new measurements and control strategy to a dual vessel continuous digester.


2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Pinnarelli ◽  
Giuseppe Barone ◽  
Giovanni Brusco ◽  
Alessandro Burgio ◽  
Daniele Menniti ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Ahmed S. Khusheef

 A quadrotor is a four-rotor aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing, hovering, forward flight, and having great maneuverability. Its platform can be made in a small size make it convenient for indoor applications as well as for outdoor uses. In model there are four input forces that are essentially the thrust provided by each propeller attached to each motor with a fixed angle. The quadrotor is basically considered an unstable system because of the aerodynamic effects; consequently, a close-loop control system is required to achieve stability and autonomy. Such system must enable the quadrotor to reach the desired attitude as fast as possible without any steady state error. In this paper, an optimal controller is designed based on a Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) control method to obtain stability in flying the quadrotor. The dynamic model of this vehicle will be also explained by using Euler-Newton method. The mechanical design was performed along with the design of the controlling algorithm. Matlab Simulink was used to test and analyze the performance of the proposed control strategy. The experimental results on the quadrotor demonstrated the effectiveness of the methodology used.


2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 879-883
Author(s):  
Jing Jing Yu

In various forms of movement of finger rehabilitation training, Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) of single degree of freedom (1 DOF) has outstanding application value. Taking classic flexion and extension movement for instance, this study collected the joint angle data of finger flexion and extension motion by experiments and confirmed that the joint motion of finger are not independent of each other but there is certain rule. This paper studies the finger joint movement rule from qualitative and quantitative aspects, and the conclusion can guide the design of the mechanism and control method of finger rehabilitation training robot.


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