Fast and accurate pressure control using on-off valves

International Journal of Fluid Power

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-58

  Van Ham, Ronald ^a   Verrelst, Björn ^a   Daerden, Frank ^a   Vanderborght, Bram ^a   Lefeber, Dirk ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bang bang controller; Pneumatic muscles; Pressure control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; FUNCTIONS; GAGES; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATIC SERVOMECHANISMS; PRESSURE CONTROL; ROBOTS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BANG-BANG CONTROLLERS; BI-DIRECTIONAL JOINTS; PENUMATIC MUSCLES; WALKING ROBOTS;

PNEUMATIC CONTROL;

EID: 18344370816     PISSN: 14399776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14399776.2005.10781211     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Albiez, J., Kerscher, T., Grimminger, F., Hochholdinger, U., and Berns, K., 2003. PANTER-prototype for a fast running quadruped robot with pneumatic muscles. Proceedings of CLAWAR 2003, 6th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile-Machines. Catania, Italy.
2. Daerden, F., and Lefeber, D., 2001. The concept and design of pleated pneumatic artificial muscles International Journal of Fluid Power, Vol. 2 (3), pp. 41–50.
3. Eschmann, R., 1994. Modellbildung und Simulation pneumatischer Zylinderantriebe. Thesis (PhD), RWTH Aachen, Germany.
4. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2004. 68HC916Y3—ARCHIVED:16 Bit Microcontroller [online]. Available from:http://e-www.motorola.com/[Accessed 24. Feb 2005].
5. van Ham, R. Verrelst, B., Vanderborght, B., Daerden, F., and Lefeber, D., 2003. Experimental results on the first movements of the pneumatic biped “Lucy”. 6th International conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines. Catania, Italy.
6. Heon-Sul, J., and Hyoung-Eui, K., 2002. Experimental Based Analysis of the Pressure Control Characteristics of an Oil Hydraulic Three-Way On/Off Solenoid Valve Controlled by PWM Signal. Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, Vol. 31(1), pp. 196–205.
7. Matrix S.P. A., 1998. Pneumatic division [online]. Ivrea, Italy. Available from:http://www.matrix.to.it/pd000.htm[Accessed 24. Feb 2005].
8. th Int. Workshop on Robotics in Alpe—Adria—Danube Region, RAAD. Vienna, Austria.
9. Schulte, H. F., 1961. The characteristics of the McKib- ben artificial muscle. The Application of External Power in Prosthetics and Orthotics, Publication No. 874, pp. 94–115, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. Lake Arrowhead, USA.
10. Shadow Robot Company Ltd. 2005. The Shadow Robot Company [online]. London, UK. Available from:http://www.shadow.org.uk/index.shtml[Accessed 24. Feb 2005].
11. van Varseveld, R. B., and Bone, G. M., 1997. Accurate Position Control of a Pneumatic Actuator Using On/Off Solenoid Valves. IEEE ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 2(3) pp. 195–204.