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Development of a Miniaturized Automatic Excavator with Time-Varying Sliding Mode Controller

시변 슬라이딩 모드 제어기를 이용한 모형 자동 굴삭기 개발

  • Choi, Jeong-Ju (Technical Center for High-Performance Valves, Dong-a University)
  • 최정주 (동아대학교 고기능성밸브기술지원센터)
  • Received : 2011.06.14
  • Accepted : 2011.08.11
  • Published : 2011.08.31
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Abstract

These excavators have been widely used due to their flexibility in handing various tasks via simple changes of their attachments. Since the performance of manually-operated excavators heavily depend on the operators' skill level, there is a strong need for developing automatic excavators in the industry. In order to achieve such goals, exiting approaches have studied direct modification of existing hydraulic systems in the excavator for feed back control of each link. This paper presents a miniaturized automatic excavator that can be used for the development and demonstration of advanced control algorithm for excavators under a safer environment with reduced cost. Two PCs were installed and connected to the excavator through wireless communications for its control and monitoring. Tracking control of each link using a time varying sliding mode controller was performed through experiments on the developed system to demonstrate its ability.

굴삭기는 끝단의 작업 장치를 바꿈으로써 다양한 작업을 수행할 수 있어 다양한 분야에서 널리 사용되고 있다. 그러나 작업자의 조작에 의해 작동되는 굴삭기는 작업자의 숙련도에 따라 그 작업 능률이 차이가 나게 되므로 자동 굴삭기 시스템에 대한 요구가 증가하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 모형 굴삭기를 이용하여 자동 굴삭기 시스템을 제작하였다. 제작된 모형 굴삭기 시스템의 구동을 위해서 두 대를 컴퓨터를 이용하였다. 한 대의 컴퓨터는 작업 지령을 전달하기 위해 사용하고 다른 한 대의 컴퓨터는 굴삭기의 피드백 제어를 위해 이용하였다. 두 컴퓨터 사이의 데이터는 무선 통신을 이용하였다. 굴삭기의 피드백 제어시스템 구성을 위해서는 시변 슬라이딩 모드 제어기를 이용하여 구성하고 실험을 통해 제안된 모형 굴삭기의 성능을 검증하였다.

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