Due to intensive research over the pass decade, there have been many significant developments on Mechatronic Systems that employ control techniques to improve operating speed and accuracy. This talk will show a wide range of industrial applications of synchronous tracking control such as electrical gearing, software cams and multi-axis synchronous motion control. Some applications will be introduced briefly by a series of videos, including synchronous machining on a conveyor belt, high-speed winding and direct linear drive CNC machine tools, as well as visual tracking systems. Applications are presented with an emphasis on control.
H-infinity loop-shaping design to reduce contouring error in a biaxial contouring control system is given as one of practical control design applications, where the selection of associated weighting functions will be presented in some more detail to show how the desired specifications are achieved. Furthermore, a hybrid position/force control is also given to show how bumpless transfer and anti-windup in a CNC machining tool with controller switching can be implemented by a DSP-based system. Finally, this talk will conclude by showing some research activities on applications of impedance control, a Segway-like system and a hybrid electric vehicle.
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