{"title":"Teaching Mechatronic System Modeling: A Fifteen-Year Journey","authors":"Shuvra Das","doi":"10.1115/detc2021-67326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2021-67326","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Most innovations happen at the intersections of disciplines. New products get designed through synergistic integration of multi-disciplinary concepts. For example, in today’s automobiles purely mechanical systems have been replaced by “by-wire” devices that are software controlled, lighter, more efficient, and reliable. While engineering disciplines are merging seamlessly in real world products, academic silos are mostly still intact. At University of Detroit Mercy, we have broken down some silos by launching the Robotics and Mechatronics Systems Engineering major. Mechatronic Systems Modeling is a mandatory course in this major. This course uses a technique of power flow called bond graphs to model mechatronic systems. This technique is not discipline specific and students with different disciplinary background can easily understand and master it. Recently, the use of Simscape, a MATLAB/Simulink tool for physical system modeling has also been added to this course. The use of these two tools in complex system modeling tasks helps students develop an understanding of engineering system behavior by moving beyond the narrow boundaries of individual disciplines. This paper describes the course content and structure, the modeling methods, selected student projects, some of the lessons learned, and several offshoot activities that have resulted from this course.","PeriodicalId":221388,"journal":{"name":"Volume 7: 17th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131306207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automated Quantum Entanglement and Cryptography for Networks of Robotic Systems","authors":"Farbod Khoshnoud, M. Ghazinejad","doi":"10.1115/detc2021-71653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2021-71653","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In this paper the procedure for automating the photon quantum experiments for mobile robotic applications is presented. Due to the rapid advances of quantum technologies and quantum engineering, the integration of quantum capabilities in robotic and autonomous systems will be inevitable, and therefore the study and investigation of compatibility and adaptability of quantum systems and classical autonomous systems is of great importance. In a quantum-classical hybrid setup, the source of single photon generation is placed on a leader robot which can send correlated single photons to robot followers. In the case of quantum entanglement, spontaneous parametric down-conversion process using nonlinear paired BBO crystals is implemented which sends entangled photons to the single photon counting modules installed on mobile robots. In the case of quantum cryptography, single photons are sent from Alice robot to Bob robot, where Alice has the course of single photon and Bob has a polarizing beamsplitter and two detectors and that can detect the polarization of photons as vertical and horizontal. Bob then can convert the polarizations to a digital signals as zeros and ones and use them as communication information for control purposes through a classical channel. Motorized optics equipment can automatically align the source of photons to detectors on the mobile robots. The automated alignment procedure is one of the key enabling technologies in integrating quantum capabilities with control of mobile robotic systems. In this paper, in particular, the automated alignment is studied while considering the uncertainties in the dynamic of the system which can potentially cause the alignment task very challenging. The uncertainty analysis in the automated alignment is implemented by Optimal Uncertainty Quantification technique to ensure achieving the quantum control of the robotic systems and presented here for the first time.","PeriodicalId":221388,"journal":{"name":"Volume 7: 17th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124991832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Approach to Design Controllers for MIMO Fractional Order System Based on RFN Method","authors":"Tingxue Li, Dingyu Xue, Xinshu Cui","doi":"10.1115/detc2021-69856","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2021-69856","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Fractional calculus has attracted more and more attention and is applied in different fields. However the controller design techniques for fractional order systems mostly focus on single input single output (SISO) ones. This paper deals with the design of controllers for multiple inputs multiple outputs (MIMO) fractional order systems. A method to synthetize controller based on the eigenvalue function and singular value decomposition (SVD) is proposed with aid of fractional order transfer function (FOTF) MATLAB toolbox for the computation and fitting. Instead of setting specification to the controller, the method proposed aiming at achieving the target closed-loop control effect of the system as a whole. Several models evolved from fractional-order Proportional-Integral-Derivative (fPID) controller are selected to form the designed multivariable controller. The effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method are illustrated by an example via simulation.","PeriodicalId":221388,"journal":{"name":"Volume 7: 17th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124015988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design, Modeling, and Optimization of a Novel Asymmetrical Piezoelectrically Actuated Microgripper","authors":"Z. Lyu, Qingsong Xu","doi":"10.1115/detc2021-68787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2021-68787","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Microgripper, as the end-effector of a micromanipulation robot, has been widely used in semiconductors, biomedicine, optical engineering, etc. The stack piezoelectric ceramic actuated microgripper has the advantages of fast response speed, high motion resolution, and good control performance. Traditional symmetrical microgripper has defects such as lack of positioning reference and dense modal of resonance. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an asymmetrical clamp with a large clamping stroke and good dynamic characteristics. This paper introduces the design, modeling, optimization, and simulation of a new asymmetric microgripper. The designed asymmetric gripper has the advantages of large-displacement magnification and high natural frequency. The gripper’s movable side is comprised of three-level compliant amplification mechanisms including bridge mechanism, Scott-Russell mechanism, and parallelogram mechanism. The linear relationship between the input displacement and the output displacement is obtained through motion modeling. The multi-objective genetic algorithm optimizes the major parameters of the structure which affect the clamping stroke. Finite element analysis is conducted to verify the clamping stroke, clamping force, and resonance frequency of the gripper. The simulation results show that the proposed microgripper has good working performance with a clamping stroke of 156.75 μm and a natural frequency of 952.91 Hz, which is promising for practical application.","PeriodicalId":221388,"journal":{"name":"Volume 7: 17th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129327986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Infinite Energy Problem of Fractional Circuit Elements: Overview and Perspectives","authors":"Yiheng Wei, Y. Chen, Yuquan Chen, Hui Zhang","doi":"10.1115/detc2021-67602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2021-67602","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Fractional circuit elements become increasingly popular due to their versatility in various applications. However, the bottleneck in deploying these tools in practice is related to an open problem, i.e, infinite energy problem. On this topic, many valuable achievements have been made. Some scholars don’t dare to use fractional circuit elements because of the infinite energy problem while some scholars believe that there is no paradox compared with classical finite energy or even some scholars think that this problem has been successfully solved. However, there is still no consensus on this topic and confusion remains widespread. Consequently, a comprehensive review on infinite energy problem is needed imperatively. At this point, this paper reviews the consequences, root causes, and potential mitigation approaches through the modeling analysis and literature survey. This review starts with the fractional capacitors. Subsequently, other fractional circuit elements and fractional order operators/systems are considered. Finally, the main technical challenges as well as future researches on this topic are highlighted carefully.","PeriodicalId":221388,"journal":{"name":"Volume 7: 17th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA)","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126602764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Event-Triggered Boundary Control Strategy for a Time Fractional Wave Equation Subject to Boundary Disturbance","authors":"Z. Yuan, Hua-cheng Zhou","doi":"10.1115/detc2021-70336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2021-70336","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In this paper, we investigate the event-triggered boundary feedback control problem for an unstable time fractional wave equation with unknown perturbation at the boundary. To cope with the instability of system when there is no disturbance, the backstepping method is adopted to convert the original unstable system into a stable system. An UDE-based estimator based on low-pass filter is proposed to estimate unknown time-varying input disturbance. With the estimation of disturbance, the event-triggered boundary feedback controller is proposed. It is shown that the event-triggered strategy could asymptotically stabilize system and a positive lower bounded of minimum inter-event time is ensured to exclude the Zeno phenomenon.","PeriodicalId":221388,"journal":{"name":"Volume 7: 17th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133171636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giulia Pazzaglia, M. Mameli, E. Frontoni, P. Zingaretti, Rocco Pietrini, Davide Manco, V. Placidi
{"title":"A Deep Learning Approach for Product Detection in Intelligent Retail Environment","authors":"Giulia Pazzaglia, M. Mameli, E. Frontoni, P. Zingaretti, Rocco Pietrini, Davide Manco, V. Placidi","doi":"10.1115/detc2021-71462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2021-71462","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 A planogram is the graphical representation of the way a given number of products are positioned within the shelves in a store. The creation of a correct planogram is a fundamental tool for a store’s performance: it helps to increase sales and achieve maximum customer satisfaction by reducing out-of-stocks. To this end, this work aims to provide an automatic object recognition based system that allows the operator to verify the correctness of a planogram. For image acquisition, either low-cost battery-powered cameras positioned on the opposite side of the shelf or simply a tablet with a dedicated app can be used. These tools are connected to the cloud where the detection and matching phases are performed. The experimental results come from a real environment.","PeriodicalId":221388,"journal":{"name":"Volume 7: 17th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131286753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luhong Zhang, Bingran Li, Chunlei Zhang, Hui Zhang, P. Ye
{"title":"Optimization of Permanent Magnet Structure Parameters in Tubular Permanent Magnet Synchronous Linear Motor for HF Square-Wave Injection Sensorless Algorithm","authors":"Luhong Zhang, Bingran Li, Chunlei Zhang, Hui Zhang, P. Ye","doi":"10.1115/detc2021-72047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2021-72047","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The high frequency (HF) square-wave injection sensorless algorithm uses saliency to estimate the motor position affected by the inductance. The structure of the permanent magnets will affect the inductance of the motor, then affect the position estimation performance of the sensorless algorithm. This paper studies the relationship between the inductance and the position estimation accuracy of the HF square-wave injection sensorless algorithm for tubular permanent magnet synchronous linear motor (TPMSLM). Through the finite element simulation, the distribution law of the TPMSLM inductance with the change of the PM structure is quantitatively analyzed, and the influence of the PM structure parameters on the differential amplitude of the HF current is given. The HF square-wave voltage is injected into the stationary reference frame, and the frequency is half of the PWM switching frequency. The HF current differential equation is obtained without any filter, and the estimated position of the mover is extracted by a phase-locked loop. Finally, the experiment of sensorless position estimation is carried out by two prototypes with different PM structure parameters at different speeds, verifying the effectiveness of the analysis.","PeriodicalId":221388,"journal":{"name":"Volume 7: 17th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA)","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114508772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Graphical Stability Analysis Method for Cascade Conjugate Order Systems","authors":"Gulten Cetintas, Serdar Ethem Hamamci","doi":"10.1115/detc2021-71143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2021-71143","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The theory and applications of complex fractional analysis have recently become a hot topic in the fields of mathematics and engineering. Therefore, studies on the complex order systems and their subset called the complex conjugate order systems began to appear in the control community. On the other hand, the concept of stability has always been an important issue, especially in the analysis and control of dynamical systems. In this paper, a graphical method for stability analysis of the complex conjugate order systems is presented. Since the proposed method is based on the Mikhailov stability criterion known from the stability theory of integer order systems, it is named the generalized modified Mikhailov stability criterion. This method gives stability information about the higher order complex conjugate order systems, i.e. cascade conjugate order systems, according to whether it encloses the origin in the complex plane or not. Three simulation examples for the cascade conjugate order systems are given to show the effectiveness and reliability of the method presented. The results are verified by the poles on the first sheet of Riemann surface and also time responses of the systems, which are calculated analytically in a very complex way.","PeriodicalId":221388,"journal":{"name":"Volume 7: 17th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA)","volume":"59 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132398483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhi-Bo Wang, Dayan Liu, D. Boutat, Yang Tian, Hao-Ran Liu
{"title":"Modulating Functions Based Fast and Robust Estimation for a Class of Fractional Order Vibration Systems","authors":"Zhi-Bo Wang, Dayan Liu, D. Boutat, Yang Tian, Hao-Ran Liu","doi":"10.1115/detc2021-67447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2021-67447","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This paper aims to fast and robustly estimate the fractional integrals and derivatives of positions from noisy accelerations for a class of fractional order vibration systems defined by the Caputo fractional derivative. The main idea is to convert the original issue into the estimation of the fractional integrals of accelerations and the ones of the unknown initial conditions, on the basis of the additive index law. Being proper integrals, the fractional integrals of accelerations can be estimated via a numerical method. Consequently, solving the original problem boils down to estimating the unknown initial values. To this end, the modulating functions method is adopted. By constructing appropriate modulating functions, the unknown initial values are exactly given in terms of algebraic integral formulas in different situations. Finally, two illustrations are presented to verify the correctness and robustness of the proposed estimators.","PeriodicalId":221388,"journal":{"name":"Volume 7: 17th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131042623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}