• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.60-66
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 기존에 개발한 압전 복합재료 작동기인 LIPCA가 동적 구조물의 작동기로 적용 가능한지를 평가하였다. 압전 세라믹 층, 탄소/에폭시 층 및 유리/에폭시 층으로 이루어진 LIPCA 작동기는 단일 PZT에 비하여 성능 및 내구성이 크다는 장점이 있다. 성능 평가를 위하여 정적 작동력 실험과 진동 제어 실험을 수행하였다. 알루미늄 보의 한 쪽 면에 LIPCA와 단일 PZT를 각각 보에 부착하고 반대쪽 면에는 변형률 게이지를 부착하였다. 먼저 정적 작동력 실험에서는 작동 전압에 따른 변형률 신호를 등가 작동 모멘트로 환산하여 크기를 비교함으로써 성능을 평가하였다. 진동 제어 실험에서는 스트레인 게이지의 변형률 신호를 PID 제어 알고리듬을 사용하여 보의 자유 진동을 억제하도록 제어 신호를 생성하였다. 진동 신호가 감쇠하는 정도를 나타내는 안정화 시간을 비교함으로써 성능을 평가하였다. 실험 결과 LIPCA가 정적 작동 뿐 아니라 자유 진동 제어에서도 단일 PZT보다 성능이 우수함을 확인하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제3권5호
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• pp.423-443
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• 2009

We present the design and implementation of a unique sensing and actuation application -- the Illuminator: a sensor network-based intelligent light control system for entertainment and media production. Unlike most sensor network applications, which focus on sensing alone, a distinctive aspect of the Illuminator is that it closes the loop from light sensing to lighting control. We describe the Illuminator's design requirements, system architecture, algorithms, implementation and experimental results. The system uses the Illumimote, a multi-modal and high fidelity light sensor module well-suited for wireless sensor networks, to satisfy the high-performance light sensing requirements of entertainment and media production applications. The Illuminator system is a toolset to characterize the illumination profile of a deployed set of fixed position lights, generate desired lighting effects for moving targets (actors, scenic elements, etc.) based on user constraints expressed in a formal language, and to assist in the set up of lights to achieve the same illumination profile in multiple venues. After characterizing deployed lights, the Illuminator computes optimal light settings at run-time to achieve a user-specified actuation profile, using an optimization framework based on a genetic algorithm. Uniquely, it can use deployed sensors to incorporate changing ambient lighting conditions and moving targets into actuation. Experimental results demonstrate that the Illuminator handles various high-level user requirements and generates an optimal light actuation profile. These results suggest that the Illuminator system supports entertainment and media production applications.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.55-80
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• 2014

The present work pays emphasis on investigating the effect of different types of debonding on the bending behaviour of active sandwich beam, consisting of both extension and shear actuators. An active sandwich beam finite element is formulated by using Timoshenko's beam theory, characterized by first order shear deformation for the core and Euler-Bernoulli's beam theory for the top and bottom faces. The problem of debondings of extension actuator and face are dealt with by employing four-region model for inner debonding and three-region model for the edge debonding respectively. Displacement based continuity conditions are enforced at the interfaces of different regions using penalty method. Firstly, piezoelectric actuation of healthy sandwich beam is assessed through deflection analysis. Then the effect of actuators' debondings with different boundary conditions on bending behavior is computationally evaluated and experimentally clamped-free case is validated. The results generated will be useful to address the damage tolerant design procedures for smart sandwich beam structures with structural control and health monitoring applications.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제5권8호
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• pp.977-989
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to analyze how the human body having more muscles than its degree-of-freedom modulates an effective stiffness using redundant actuation, and to apply this concept to the design and control of advanced machines which requires adaptable spring. To investigate the adaptable stiffness phenomenon due to redundant actuation in the human body, this paper derives a general stiffness model of the Human body. In particular, for a planar 1 DOF human arm model, a planar 2 DOF human arm model, a spherical 3 DOF shoulder model, a 4 DOF human arm model, and a 7 DOF human arm model, the required nonlinear geometry ad the number of required actuator for successful modulation of the effective stiffness are analyzed along with a load distribution method for modulation of the required stiffness of such systems. Secondly, the concept of motion frequency modulation is introduced to show the usefulness of adaptive stiffness modulation. The motion frequency modulation represents a control of stiffness and / or inertia properties of systems. To show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, simulations are performed for 2 DOF anthropomorphic robot.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2009년도 제33회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.153-156
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• 2009

KSLV-I 2단에 적용된 킥모터는 피치, 요축 자세제어를 위해 고무와 보강제가 번갈아가며 적층된 플렉시블 씰을 사용하였다. 제작된 플렉시블 씰은 노즐에 조립되기 전에 플렉시블 씰의 성능을 확인하기 수압 구동 시험을 수행 하였다. 수압 시험을 통해 플렉시블 씰의 제작 상태를 확인하였으며, 압력 변화에 따른 피치, 요축의 구동 토크 및 축 방향 밀림량을 확인하였다. 수압 시험결과 제작된 플렉시블 씰의 구동 토크는 60kgf-m/deg이하이며, 축 방향 밀림량은 최대 6mm이하를 보이고 있다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.533-541
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 공압형 인공근육으로 이루어진 회전관절의 동적 특성을 파악하기 위해서 두 개의 공압형 인공근육으로 이루어진 상극구동 시스템의 주파수 응답특성실험을 수행하였다. 인공근육의 작동범위에서 수행한 주파수 응답결과에 최적으로 근사할 수 있는 선형모델을 추정하고 이를 이용하여 회전관절의 움직임을 정밀하게 제어할 수 있는 모델에 기초한 제어법칙을 제시하였다. 사각파, 정현파 기준궤적에 대한 회전관절의 추종실험을 수행한 결과 선형 추정모델에 의한 보상효과와 피드벡 이득에 의한 추종오차 제거효과를 통해서 우수한 궤적 추정성능을 보였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.711-730
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• 2014

In this paper the system dynamic influences in actuators with variable stiffness as contemporary used in robotics for safety and efficiency reasons are investigated. Therefore, different configurations of serial and parallel elasticities are modeled by dynamic equations and linearized transfer functions. The latter ones are used to identify the characteristic behavior of the different systems and to study the effect of the different elasticities. As such actuation concepts are often used to reach energy-efficient operation, a power consumption analysis of the configurations is performed. From the comparison of this with the system dynamics, strategies to select and control stiffness are derived. Those are based on matching the natural frequencies or antiresonance modes of the actuation system to the frequency of the trajectory. Results show that exclusive serial and parallel elasticity can minimize power consumption when tuning the system to the natural frequencies. Antiresonance modes are an additional possibility for stiffness control in the series elastic setup. Configurations combining both types of elasticities do not provide further advantages regarding power reduction but an input parallel elasticity might enable for more versatile stiffness selection. Yet, design and control effort increase in such solutions. Topologies incorporating output parallel elasticity showed not to be beneficial in the chosen example but might do so in specific applications.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.363-367
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• 2011

We have designed, fabricated and demonstrated a novel micro-system for programmable magnetic actuation using magnetic elliptical pathways on Si substrates. Lithographically patterned soft NiFe ellipses are arranged sequentially perpendicular to each other as stepping stones for the transport of magnetic beads. We have measured the magnetization curve of the ellipsoid ($9\;{\mu}m{\times}4\;{\mu}m{\times}0.1\;{\mu}m$) elements with respect to the long and short axes of the ellipse. We found that the magnetization in the long axis direction is larger than that in the short axis direction for an applied field of ${\leq}$ 1,000 Oe, causing a force on carriers that causes them to move from one element to another. We have successfully demonstrated a micro-system for the magnetic actuation of biomolecule carriers of superparamagnetic beads (Dynabead$^{(R)}$ 2.8 ${\mu}m$) by rotating the external magnetic field. This novel concept of magnetic actuation is useful for future integrated lab-on-a-chip systems for biomolecule manipulation, separation and analysis.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.409-425
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• 2014

Converging flows of a gas and a liquid at a microchannel cross junction, under proper conditions, can result in the formation of periodic, dispersed microslugs. This microslug formation phenomenon has been proposed as the basis for a fuel injection system in a novel, 'discrete' monopropellant microthruster designed for use in next-generation miniaturized satellites. Previous experimental studies demonstrated the ability to generate fuel slugs with characteristics commensurate with the intended application during steady-state operation. In this work, numerical and experimental techniques are used to study the effect of valve actuation on slug characteristics, and the results are used to compare with equivalent steady-state slugs. Computational simulations of a valve with a 1 ms valve-actuation cycle show that as the ratio of the response time of the valve to the fully open time is increased, transient effects can increase slug length by up to 17%. The simulations also demonstrate that the effect of the valve is largely independent of surface tension coefficient, which is the thermophysical parameter most responsible for slug formation characteristics. Flow visualization experiments performed using a miniature valve with a 20 ms response time showed less than a 1% change in the length of slugs formed during the actuation cycle. The results of this study indicate that impulse bit and thrust calculations can discount transient effects for slower valves, but as valve technology improves transient effects may become more significant.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.887-893
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• 2009

In this paper, a mask-panel alignment robot system is considered for IT industry applications. Two kinds of solutions are suggested which are required in constructing a control system for the alignment robot with actuation redundancy. First, the kinematic solution for the 4PPR parallel positioning mechanism is formulated for an arbitrary initial posture, which relates the mask-panel misalignment in the task space and the desired actuator displacements in the joint space. Secondly, in order to increase the stiffness of the control motion and also to avoid the mechanical lock which may happen due to the redundant actuation, a new synchronous control method is proposed which has the merit of coordinating joint control motions while not losing individual joint control performance. In addition, the engineering process to develop a visual alignment robot system is described with the results of experimental setup and GUI software. Finally, the experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed alignment system control methodology and how much beneficial it will be in real industrial applications.