The purpose of this paper is to realize a stable and natural walking pattern for quadruped giant puppets. The entertainment industry has proven to be an extensive market for quadruped animals. A life-size dinosaur tha...
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(纸本)9781457721366
The purpose of this paper is to realize a stable and natural walking pattern for quadruped giant puppets. The entertainment industry has proven to be an extensive market for quadruped animals. A life-size dinosaur that was manufactured for a show has been the subject of this paper. 3D graphic animation capture method has been introduced for data acquisition and was exercised for lifelike motion through control algorithm and dynamic simulation. The data will play a major role in enabling natural motion. Puppets will be an aggressive application in the robot technology.
In this paper we present a Hardware-In-the-Loop setup for the simulation of complex mechatronic systems. The setup consists of two coupled brushless motors. One of them is the motor under test, which is used to design...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467379304
In this paper we present a Hardware-In-the-Loop setup for the simulation of complex mechatronic systems. The setup consists of two coupled brushless motors. One of them is the motor under test, which is used to design the control algorithm and to test the control software, while the other one simulates the device to be controlled. Libraries of mechanical and hydraulic components have been implemented in an IEC61131-3 language so that a complex system can be simulated in a relatively easy way and this allows for a rapid control prototyping. Practical issues are discussed and an illustrative example is shown to confirm the effectiveness of the setup.
This paper proposes an efficient current control algorithm and a suitable power conversion system of a multiple-module transverse flux permanent magnet generator (MM-TFPMG) for large-scale direct-drive wind turbines. ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781457705427;9781457705410
This paper proposes an efficient current control algorithm and a suitable power conversion system of a multiple-module transverse flux permanent magnet generator (MM-TFPMG) for large-scale direct-drive wind turbines. The MM-TFPMG is composed of multiple-module structures based on an independent three-phase configuration. In this paper, the single-phase current control applying the d-q transformation and the independent three-phase dqn-axes current control are proposed for the generator-side control of the MM-TFPMG. The control performance and characteristics of the single-phase dq-axes current control with a variable cutoff frequency and the independent three-phase dqn-axes current control using a concept of vector control are analyzed. As a result, the independent three-phase dqn-axes current control by using the vector control is an appropriate method to efficiently control the generator-side of the MM-TFPMG. The proposed algorithm is easily implemented and has less computation resource. Moreover, the control performance is better than the independent single-phase dq-axes current control despite the change of wind speed. The validity and usefulness of the proposed independent three-phase dqn-axes current control algorithm are verified and compared through several experimental results.
Traditionally, the frequency spectrum is licensed to users in a rigid manner where the licensee has the exclusive right to access the allocated band. However, an unlicensed (cognitive) user may share a frequency band ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781457720529
Traditionally, the frequency spectrum is licensed to users in a rigid manner where the licensee has the exclusive right to access the allocated band. However, an unlicensed (cognitive) user may share a frequency band with a licensed (primary) owner as long as the interference is below a certain threshold. This makes power control a critical important issue in these networks. In this paper, we consider a decentralized power control algorithm that satisfies the most two significant metrics in cognitive radio network, capacity of cognitive network and total interference to primary users. The problem might be formulated as a power optimization problem, where rate allocation and power control are modeled through the objective function in which each user utility depends not only on its variables but also on the variables of other user utilities. Geometric Programming (GP) Problem is used to convert nonconvex optimization problem to convex optimization problem by introducing auxiliary variables and adding extra equality constraints, thus transferring the coupling in the objective to coupling in the constraints, which can be decoupled by primal-dual decomposition method, then can be efficiently solved even with a large number of users. The benefits of the method are illustrated through numerical results.
This paper is concerned with understanding the connection between the existing Internet congestion control algorithms and the optimal control theory. The available resource allocation controllers are mainly devised to...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781424458363
This paper is concerned with understanding the connection between the existing Internet congestion control algorithms and the optimal control theory. The available resource allocation controllers are mainly devised to derive the state of the system to a desired equilibrium point and, therefore, they are oblivious to the transient behavior of the closed-loop system. To take into account the real-time performance of the system, rather than merely its steady-state performance, the congestion control problem should be solved by maximizing a proper utility functional as opposed to a utility function. For this reason, this work aims to investigate what utility functionals the existing congestion control algorithms maximize. In particular, it is shown that there exist meaningful utility functionals whose maximization leads to the celebrated primal, dual and primal/dual algorithms. An implication of this result is that a real network problem may be solved by regarding it as an optimal control problem on which some practical constraints, such as a real-time link capacity constraint, are imposed.
We present a model predictive controller for closed loop control of an active front-end rectifier. Our method operates in discrete-time and does not require additional modulators or external control loops. The key nov...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781424456956
We present a model predictive controller for closed loop control of an active front-end rectifier. Our method operates in discrete-time and does not require additional modulators or external control loops. The key novelty of the control algorithm presented lies in the way dynamic references are handled. Simulation studies illustrate that fast and accurate tracking of dynamic dc-voltage and reactive power references can be achieved, while respecting restrictions on maximum power levels of the rectifier.
In this work, we design and implement a control and sensing system for a three-finger robot hand. The system effectively controls the joint angles and forces of the hand. Then, the grasping capability of the hand is d...
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(纸本)9781457721366
In this work, we design and implement a control and sensing system for a three-finger robot hand. The system effectively controls the joint angles and forces of the hand. Then, the grasping capability of the hand is demonstrated using the system. The MSP430 is employed as the microcontroller for the position and force feedback control circuit. For the position control, the adaptive PD controller is employed, while the traditional PID controller is used for the force control. In addition, using the force/position hybrid control method, the aforementioned two controllers are integrated. We adapt the commercially-available pressure sensor elements to build a multi-axis sensing system. The required platform for the demonstration of the control and sensing system are also developed. We use an x-y table to emulate the arm of a robot hand. The developed control/driving/sensing circuit boards are attached on the x-y table. Labview is employed as the software platform for the high-level control commands. Furthermore, the codes developed in Labview are connected with Matlab for computing with other control algorithms, such as the force closure. Moreover, with the measured force data collected by sensing system, it is demonstrated that the hand can be real-time controlled to steadily grasping an object.
The recent penetration of distributed green energy, distribution intelligence, and plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) calls for a better information organization in an Energy Internet. Such an information system usually ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781538614280
The recent penetration of distributed green energy, distribution intelligence, and plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) calls for a better information organization in an Energy Internet. Such an information system usually considers mostly the static grids. In this paper, we propose a test-bed not only for the static grid but also for the dynamic devices such as electric vehicles. To reduce the physical size of such a test-bed, we design the robot to have two wheels. To avoid human interruption to the test, we replace the manual charging procedure with wireless charging. To enable the EV robot for self-balancing with its two wheels, we implanted the EV robot with a control algorithm based on a neural network. To provide the EV robots with charging instructions, a joint optimization is carried out by considering both the economic factor on the customer side and the grid security constraint on the utility side. Numerical results demonstrate the testbed's capability of handling many EV robots.
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