An Active Endoscopy Robotic System for Direct Tracheal Inspection

The development of active endoscopy techniques is one important area of medical robot.This paper designed a new flexible and active endoscopy robotic system for direct tracheal inspection.The mobile mechanism of the robot is based on the inchworm movement actuated by pneumatic rubber actuator.There are five air chambers controlled independently,by adjusting pressures in air chambers,the robot can move in a straight mode or in a bending mode.The inspection sensors and some therapy surgery tools can be equipped in the front of the robot.The prototype was made and its mechanical characteristics were analyzed.The robot could move smoothly in a small plastic tube,and the robot is respectable to be used for inspection in human trachea directly.     

Enhancing roll stability of heavy vehicle by LQR active anti-roll bar control using electronic servo-valve hydraulic actuators

Rollover of heavy vehicle is an important road safety problem world-wide. Although rollovers are relatively rare events, they are usually deadly accidents when they occur. The roll stability loss is the main cause of rollover accidents in which heavy vehicles are involved. In order to improve the roll stability, most of modern heavy vehicles are equipped with passive anti-roll bars to reduce roll motion during cornering or riding on uneven roads. However these may be not sufficient to overcome critical situations. This paper introduces the active anti-roll bars made of four electronic servo-valve hydraulic actuators, which are modelled and integrated in a yaw-roll model of a single unit heavy vehicle. The control signal is the current entering the electronic servo-valve and the output is the force generated by the hydraulic actuator. The active control design is achieved solving a linear optimal control problem based on the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) approach. A comparison of several LQR controllers is provided to allow for tackling the considered multi-objective problems. Simulation results in frequency and time domains show that the use of two active anti-roll bars (front and rear axles) drastically improves the roll stability of the single unit heavy vehicle compared with the passive anti-roll bar.     

Ensemble based traffic light control for city zones using a reduced number of sensors

Rapid advances in computing, sensing and telecommunication technology offer unprecedented opportunities for artificial intelligence concepts to expand their applications in the field of traffic management and control. Our methodology gravitates around a powerful decision-making method: ensemble-based systems. This technique is used to accurately classify the near future traffic conditions and to make efficient decisions for adapting the traffic lights sequences within an urban area to optimize the traffic flows. The proposed approach requires only measurements provided by traffic sensors located along the principal roads entering the zone. This reduced number of sensors are considered to be enough relevant for classifying the near future state of the traffic and moreover, their measurements can be validated through analytical/hardware redundancy. Our methodology is meant to be implemented within the framework of a wireless sensor and actuator network and is confirmed by computer simulation, including normal or abnormal traffic conditions, for the central part of the city of Timisoara-Romania.     

隧道掘进爆破对某巨型干溶洞洞壁危岩体的扰动作用研究

为了分析隧道爆破振动引起的溶洞落石风险,以湖北新建高铁黔张常线路高山隧道揭露的巨型干溶洞为研究对象,首先对溶洞进行无人机探测与三维激光扫描测绘,并以三维激光扫描仪监测分析溶洞稳定性,随后以引发溶洞落石频发的掘进爆破扰动效应为重点研究内容,建立溶洞危岩体爆破振动监测系统,获得溶洞表面质点爆破振动速度。结合萨道夫斯基标准公式,给出溶洞表面岩体的爆破振动速度计算公式,分析爆破扰动作用下溶洞落石规律及危岩体裂缝发展规律。主要结论如下： 1)巨型溶洞表面岩体允许的爆破振动速度为1 cm/s,隧道掘进爆破引发的质点振动速度超过该值时溶洞就会出现落石,超过1.5 cm/s时溶洞就会出现多范围大体积落石; 2）为保证溶洞作业期间的人员和设备安全,预防落石风险,采用钢管柱+H型钢梁组成的满堂支架安全防护体系支护溶洞,具有良好的支护效果。     

电器功能故障与整车水管理

电器功能与整车水管理存在相关性,处理不到位会导致电器功能失效或其他问题,引起客户抱怨。本文阐述两例凝水产生导致的电器零件失效问题,并结合电气原理图进行分析,快速发现和解决问题,水管理问题应从开始设计初期加以考虑和预防。     

机电控制CVT电控电动执行机构参数设计方法（双语出版）

为了使机电控制无级变速器（CVT）能够可靠地传递转矩，快速地调节速比，结合某车型的结构性能参数，对机电控制CVT电控电动执行机构的设计方法进行研究。首先，对机电控制CVT电控电动执行机构的结构和工作原理进行分析，说明电控电动执行机构对CVT速比和从动带轮夹紧力的调节方法，从运动学和动力学的角度研究从金属带式无级变速器的传动机理，获得速比与主动带轮可动盘位移的关系以及保证主、从动带轮可靠传递转矩所需要的夹紧力；然后，根据整车的结构性能参数，明确汽车对机电控制CVT的功能需求和性能要求，以电控电动执行机构中直流电动机的负载转矩最小为目标，设计确定各碟形弹簧的参数和组合形式，在此基础上确定电控电动执行机构中电动机械传动系统的结构性能参数；最后，为验证所设计电控电动执行机构参数的正确性，利用所建立的机电控制CVT传动系统模型在ECE工况下对电控电动执行机构的性能进行仿真分析。结果表明：相对传统CVT液压执行机构，在ECE工况下机电控制CVT电控电动执行机构消耗的能量减少52.2%，同时设计的电控电动执行机构在ECE工况下能够实现实际夹紧力和速比对目标值的良好跟随。     

Reliability Analysis of Retracting Actuator with Multi-State Based on Goal Oriented Methodology

In order to conduct effective reliability analysis of retracting actuator with multi-state(success state,safety failure state and action failure state), we redefine type-3 operator in goal oriented(GO) method to describe three states of main charge of retracting actuator and improve type-15 operator in GO method to describe the logic relations of multi-state output. The quantitative and qualitative reliability analyses of retracting actuator are made based on GO method in this paper. The system state probability of retracting actuator is obtained through quantitative analysis, and its weakness is found through qualitative analysis. The analysis results show that GO method is effective to improve the reliability of retracting actuator, and this method is also feasible for reliability analysis of other complicated initiating explosive systems.     

基于最小二乘原理的电动舵机测试指令生成与应用

基于最小二乘原理同时结合傅立叶拟合原理,对水下无人航行器(UUV)电动舵机实际指令信号段进行了拟合,在兼顾曲线拟合效果、拟合曲线的复杂程度和计算成本的情况下,获得了贴近实际水下无人航行器(UUV)电动舵机控制指令的测试指令信号,为充分模拟水下无人航行器(UUV)电动舵机的工作条件、突破电动舵机实际测试中的局限性奠定了基础,使电动舵机性能的研究和测试更具有实际意义。     

高空作业车举升执行机构液压系统可靠性分析

针对折叠式高空作业车运行过程中由于频繁启动和制动引起的明显振动和冲击现象,提出了基于MATLAB/SIMULINK平台的高空作业车举升执行机构液压系统设计可靠性分析方法;建立了系统可靠性分析数学模型.通过MATLAB/SIMULINK分析,得出该控制模型的仿真结果,对折叠式高空作业车举升执行机构液压系统的性能分析和智能...     

带有非连续分布式传感器/作动器的压电梁最优控制(英文)

Because of its light weight,broadband,and adaptable properties,smart material has been widely applied in the active vibration control(AVC) of flexible structures.Based on a first-order shear deformation theory,by coupling the electrical and mechanical operation,a 4-node quadrilateral piezoelectric composite element with 24 degrees of freedom for generalized displacements and one electrical potential degree of freedom per piezoelectric layer was derived.Dynamic characteristics of a beam with discontinuously distributed piezoelectric sensors and actuators were presented.A linear quadratic regulator(LQR) feedback controller was designed to suppress the vibration of the beam in the state space using the high precise direct(HPD) integration method.