Characterization and control of a pneumatic microactuator with an integrated inductive position sensor

Characterization and control of a pneumatic microactuator with an integrated inductive position sensor

As the intelligence and the functionality of microrobots increase, there is a growing need to incorporate sensors into these robots. In order to imit the outer dimensions of these microsystems, this research investigates sensors that can be integrated efficiently into microactuators. Here, a neumatic piston-cylinder microactuator with an integrated inductive position sensor was developed. The m...

Position Control of a Pulse Width Modulated Pneumatic Systems: an Experimental Comparison

In this study, a new adaptive controller is proposed for position control of pneumatic systems. Difficulties associated with the mathematical model of the system in addition to the instability caused by Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) in the learning-based controllers using gradient descent, motivate the development of a new approach for PWM pneumatics. In this study, two modified Feedback Error L...

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

Position control of a MEMS stage with integrated sensor

Proposition of an Er Microactuator with Inherent Position Feedback Mechanism

The paper proposes and develops a novel smart ER microactuator with inherent position feedback mechanism. The microactuator consists of a pair of movable and fixed parallel plate electrodes with variable gap length and an upstream restrictor, and ERF (electro-rheological fluid) is supplied as a working fluid. By applying voltage to the electrodes, with the increased pressure drop due to ERF vis...