Abstract
The hydraulic human power amplifier is a tool that uses hydraulic actuation to amplify the force that the human exerts on it. Our control objective and framework are to make the system behave like a passive mechanical tool when interacting with the human and with the work environment with a specified power scaling factor. A virtual velocity coordination control approach casts the human power amplifier problem into one of velocity coordination by generating a fictitious reference mechanical system. Force amplification becomes a natural consequence of velocity coordination. This control has been previously demonstrated using servo valves which is a major contributor to energy loss in hydraulic system. In this paper, a hydraulic transformer, which does not rely on throttling to accomplish its control function is used instead of a servo valve to achieve human power amplification. In addition, a passivity based control approach that makes use of the natural energy storage of the hydraulic actuator is used to define the flow requirement. This approach fully accounts for the non-linearity due to the pressure dynamics. The controller was experimentally validated with good force amplification and velocity coordination performance on a single degree of freedom hydraulic human power amplifier.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Diagnostics and Detection; Drilling; Dynamics and Control of Wind Energy Systems; Energy Harvesting; Estimation and Identification; Flexible and Smart Structure Control; Fuels Cells/Energy Storage; Human Robot Interaction; HVAC Building Energy Management; Industrial Applications; Intelligent Transportation Systems; Manufacturing; Mechatronics; Modelling and Validation; Motion and Vibration Control Applications |
Publisher | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780791857250 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Event | ASME 2015 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC 2015 - Columbus, United States Duration: Oct 28 2015 → Oct 30 2015 |
Publication series
Name | ASME 2015 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC 2015 |
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Volume | 2 |
Other
Other | ASME 2015 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC 2015 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Columbus |
Period | 10/28/15 → 10/30/15 |
Bibliographical note
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