TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiplex pneumatic control method for multi-drive system
AU - Nishioka, Yasutaka
AU - Suzumori, Koichi
AU - Kanda, Takefumi
AU - Wakimoto, Shuichi
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research in Priority Areas (No. 438) “Intelligent Actuators for Multi-Degrees-of-Freedom Mechatronics (16078209)” and a Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (“Research of pneumatic mechatronics having multi-degrees of freedom by multiplex pneumatic transmission”).
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - Pneumatic actuators have several advantages such as light weight, safety, low cost and high compliance. However, many pneumatic actuators have complicated systems that include a compressor, air tubes, and pneumatic valves with electrical wires. This research proposes a new control method for a multiplex pneumatic transmission constructed with special resonant valves and air tubes with a control system driven by air vibration in air tubes without electrical wires. The control is simplified and effective for pneumatic systems having many degrees of freedom. In this paper, the development of a primitive model of the resonant valve and a prototype valve is described. In addition, two control methods, which are a superimposing method and a time-sharing method, are shown, and the independent driving of four actuators is realized by using one of the control methods with air tubes only.
AB - Pneumatic actuators have several advantages such as light weight, safety, low cost and high compliance. However, many pneumatic actuators have complicated systems that include a compressor, air tubes, and pneumatic valves with electrical wires. This research proposes a new control method for a multiplex pneumatic transmission constructed with special resonant valves and air tubes with a control system driven by air vibration in air tubes without electrical wires. The control is simplified and effective for pneumatic systems having many degrees of freedom. In this paper, the development of a primitive model of the resonant valve and a prototype valve is described. In addition, two control methods, which are a superimposing method and a time-sharing method, are shown, and the independent driving of four actuators is realized by using one of the control methods with air tubes only.
KW - Actuator
KW - Mechatronics
KW - Multi-DOF
KW - Pneumatic
KW - Resonant
KW - Valve
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U2 - 10.1016/j.sna.2010.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.sna.2010.09.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78249263207
SN - 0924-4247
VL - 164
SP - 88
EP - 94
JO - Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical
JF - Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical
IS - 1-2
ER -