Limited flight distance and time is a common problem for multicopters. We propose a method for finding the optimal speed and sideslip angle of a multicopter flying a given path to achieve either the longest flight dis...
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This paper develops and demonstrates cooperative collision avoidance control on two robotic fish propelled by a servo motor and an ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC)-driven fish tail. First, experiments conducted on...
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Distributed systems, such as cooperative unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), typically depend on wireless communication networks to implement system control. The reliance on wireless co...
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Distributed systems, such as cooperative unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), typically depend on wireless communication networks to implement system control. The reliance on wireless communications within a networked control system (NCS) subjects their performance not only to system dynamic characteristics and feedback laws, but also the performance characteristics of the communications links. Fluctuations in communication system performance are reflected by corresponding changes in the control system performance. For instance, network protocols incorporate strategies that manage or limit the message traffic within the network to maintain stable operation of the network. However, these protocols are typically designed using the layered architecture approach, in which the network protocols are designed independently of the applications. In this paper, we present some initial steps toward designing cross-layer protocols to support networked control applications in wireless networks. We consider one portion of networked control in which the feedback of sensing information from a set of distributed agents is made to a control center over the network. We consider a multiple-access scenario in which the location updates must share the network resources with external traffic sources. When the network traffic is heavy, sending every location update over the network can result in increased congestion and decreased performance for both the control and regular network traffic. We propose schemes that use the innovations of a Kalman filter-based tracking system to limit which location updates are scheduled for transmission and thus improve the system performance.
Cooperative systems, like those found in networks of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), are typically distributed over large geographical areas. This geographic dispersion forces reli...
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Cooperative systems, like those found in networks of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), are typically distributed over large geographical areas. This geographic dispersion forces reli...
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Cooperative systems, like those found in networks of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), are typically distributed over large geographical areas. This geographic dispersion forces reliance on wireless communications to implement the control systems for these networks. As the number of nodes within the system grows, the bandwidth required to continuously update all nodes exceeds available bandwidth. This forces the system engineers to implement a prioritization scheme to determine which nodes will be updated during each frame. In this paper, we consider the design of protocols to prioritize the communications of sensing and control data. We consider a control system that uses a Kalman filter to supply optimal estimates of the positions for a group of maneuvering targets in the presence of measurement noise and lost data. The filter innovations provide estimates of the magnitude of statistical deviations from the state estimates, as well as deviations from planned profiles. Thus, we propose protocols that use the filter innovations to prioritize the sensing and control traffic. We compare the performance of this approach to a round-robin protocol and to the performance of a Kalman filter with no bandwidth constraints. We show that using the filter innovations offers a significant performance improvement over the round-robin protocol.
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M. FeemsterD.M. DawsonA. BehalW. DixonMatthew Feemster received the B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University
Clemson South Carolina in December 1994. Upon graduation he remained at Clemson University and received the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1997. During this time he also served as a research/teaching assistant. His research work focused on the design and implementation of various nonlinear control algorithms with emphasis on the induction motor and mechanical systems with friction present. He is currently working toward his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at Clemson University. Darren M. Dawson was born in 1962
in Macon Georgia. He received an Associate Degree in Mathematics from Macon Junior College in 1982 and a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1984. He then worked for Westinghouse as a control engineer from 1985 to 1987. In 1987 he returned to the Georgia Institute of Technology where he received the Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering in March 1990. During this time he also served as a research/teaching assistant. In July 1990 he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) at Clemson University where he currently holds the position of Professor. Under the CAM director's supervision he currently leads the Robotics and Manufacturing Automation Laboratory which is jointly operated by the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering departments. His main research interests are in the fields of nonlinear based robust adaptive and learning control with application to electro-mechanical systems including robot manipulators motor drives magnetic bearings flexible cables flexible beams and high-speed transport systems. Aman Behal was born in India in 1973. He received his Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay in 1996. He is currently working towards a Ph.D in Controls and Robotics at Clemson University. His research focuses on the control of no
In this paper, we extend the observer/control strategies previously published in [25] to an n -link, serially connected, direct drive, rigid link, revolute robot operating in the presence of nonlinear friction effects...
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In this paper, we extend the observer/control strategies previously published in [25] to an n -link, serially connected, direct drive, rigid link, revolute robot operating in the presence of nonlinear friction effects modeled by the Lu-Gre model. In addition, we also present a new adaptive control technique for compensating for the nonlinear parameterizable Stribeck effects. Specifically, an adaptive observer/controller scheme is developed which contains a feedforward approximation of the Stribeck effects. This feedforward approximation is used in a composite controller/observer strategy which forces the average square integral of the position tracking error to an arbitrarily small value. Experimental results are included to illustrate the performance of the proposed controllers.
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