ActuatorsPub Date : 2023-12-17DOI: 10.3390/act12120470
Shaoxiong Guo, Yan Yang, Chao Zhai
{"title":"A 4 mm Micro Servo Control System in Fiber Positioner","authors":"Shaoxiong Guo, Yan Yang, Chao Zhai","doi":"10.3390/act12120470","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/act12120470","url":null,"abstract":"As multi-object spectrographs (MOSs) continue to evolve, a notable trend has emerged—the increasing accommodation of fiber positioners on ever-more compact focal planes. This progression has seen the traditional stepper motors being supplanted by more space-efficient miniature hollow-cup motors. A significant challenge faced in the employment of these 4 mm diameter motors is the absence of compatible angle sensors, resulting in reliance on open-loop control methods for positioning. Addressing this challenge, this paper introduces a novel miniature angle sensor designed specifically for 4 mm hollow-cup motors, and presents a newly formulated closed-loop control scheme, which leverages this sensor to achieve accurate positioning. This marks the first implementation of an angle closed-loop control system within a 4 mm miniature hollow-cup motor used in MOS fiber positioners. Experimental evidence suggests that this sensored closed-loop mode substantially improves upon the energy efficiency and precision of fiber positioner placement, compared with traditional open-loop stepper control methods. Furthermore, the integration of these microsensors mitigates collision risks during the concurrent operation of fiber positioners by deactivating the motor power supply to prevent potential damage to the system.","PeriodicalId":48584,"journal":{"name":"Actuators","volume":"28 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138965967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ActuatorsPub Date : 2023-12-16DOI: 10.3390/act12120468
Le Xu, Wei Li, Bo Zhang, Yubin Zhu, Chaonan Lang
{"title":"Fault Diagnosis of Mine Truck Hub Drive System Based on LMD Multi-Component Sample Entropy Fusion and LS-SVM","authors":"Le Xu, Wei Li, Bo Zhang, Yubin Zhu, Chaonan Lang","doi":"10.3390/act12120468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/act12120468","url":null,"abstract":"As the main transportation equipment in ore mining, the wheel drive system of mining trucks plays a crucial role in the transportation capacity of mining trucks. The internal components of the hub drive system are mainly composed of bearings, gears, etc. The vibration signals caused during operation are nonlinear and nonstationary complex signals, and there may be more than one factor that causes faults, which causes certain difficulties for the fault diagnosis of the hub drive system. A fault diagnosis method based on local mean decomposition (LMD) multi-component sample entropy fusion and LS-SVM is proposed to address this issue. Firstly, the LMD method is used to decompose the vibration signals in different states to obtain a finite number of PF components. Then, based on the typical correlation analysis method, the distribution characteristics and correlation coefficients of vibration signals in the frequency domain under different states are calculated, and effective PF multi-component sample entropy features are constructed. Finally, the LS-SVM multi-fault classifier is used to train and test the extracted multi-component sample entropy features to verify the effectiveness of the method. The experimental results show that, even in small-sample data, the LMD multi-component sample entropy fusion and LS-SVM method can accurately extract fault features of vibration signals and complete classification, achieving fault diagnosis of wheel drive systems.","PeriodicalId":48584,"journal":{"name":"Actuators","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138966865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ActuatorsPub Date : 2023-12-16DOI: 10.3390/act12120469
Young Choi, Keith Drake, Mark Jesik, Christine Hartzell, Norman Wereley
{"title":"An Adaptive Magnetorheological Fluid-Based Robotic Claw with an Electro-Permanent Magnet Array","authors":"Young Choi, Keith Drake, Mark Jesik, Christine Hartzell, Norman Wereley","doi":"10.3390/act12120469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/act12120469","url":null,"abstract":"The increasing demand for the adept handling of a diverse range of objects in various grasp scenarios has spurred the development of more efficient and adaptable robotic claws. This study specifically focuses on the creation of an adaptive magnetorheological fluid (MRF)-based robotic claw, driven by electro-permanent magnet (EPM) arrays to enhance gripping capabilities across different task requirements. In pursuit of this goal, a two-finger MRF-based robotic claw was introduced, featuring two magnetorheological (MR) grippers equipped with MR elastomer (MRE) bladders and EPM arrays at the fingertips. The operational principle involved placing a target object between these MR grippers and adjusting the normal force applied to the object for effective grasping. During this process, the contact stiffness of the MR grippers was altered by activating the EPM arrays in three distinct operation modes: passive, short-range (SR), and long-range (LR). Through experimentation on a benchtop material testing machine, the holding performance of the MRF-based robotic claw with the integrated EPM arrays was systematically evaluated. This study empirically validates the feasibility and effectiveness of the MRF-based robotic claw when equipped with EPM arrays.","PeriodicalId":48584,"journal":{"name":"Actuators","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138967764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ActuatorsPub Date : 2023-12-15DOI: 10.3390/act12120467
T. Matsunuma, T. Segawa
{"title":"Effect of Plasma Actuator Layout on the Passage Vortex Reduction in a Linear Turbine Cascade for a Wide Range of Reynolds Numbers","authors":"T. Matsunuma, T. Segawa","doi":"10.3390/act12120467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/act12120467","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined how various plasma actuator (PA) configurations affect the passage vortex (PV) reduction in a linear turbine cascade (LTC) utilizing dielectric barrier discharge PAs. The experiments were carried out under three specific layout conditions: axial placement of the PA, slanted placement at the blade inlet, and slanted placement inside the blade. Particle image velocimetry was employed to measure the velocity distribution of the secondary flow at the LTC exit, followed by an analysis of the streamline patterns, turbulence intensity distribution, and vorticity distribution. At a Reynolds number of 3.7 × 104, the PA with an oblique orientation at the blade inlet provided the most effective PV suppression. The average value of the secondary flow velocity and the peak vorticity value at the LTC exit decreased by 59.0% and 68.8%, respectively, compared to the no-control case. Furthermore, the wind tunnel blower’s rotation speed was modified, adjustments were made to the LTC’s mainstream velocity, and the Reynolds number transitioned from 1.0 × 104 to 9.9 × 104, approximately 10 times. When the slanted PA was used at the blade inlet, the PV suppression effect was the highest. The peak vorticity value owing to the PV at the LTC exit decreased by 62.9% at the lowest Reynolds number of 1.0 × 104. The Reynolds number increased with a higher mainstream velocity and decreased flow induced by the PA, consequently reducing the PV suppression effect. However, the drive of the PA was effective even under the most severe conditions (9.9 × 104), and the peak vorticity value was reduced by 20.2%.","PeriodicalId":48584,"journal":{"name":"Actuators","volume":"14 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139001050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ActuatorsPub Date : 2023-12-15DOI: 10.3390/act12120465
Lei Zhao, Pengfei Yue, Yang Zhao, Shiyan Sun
{"title":"Reliability Analysis and Optimization Method of a Mechanical System Based on the Response Surface Method and Sensitivity Analysis Method","authors":"Lei Zhao, Pengfei Yue, Yang Zhao, Shiyan Sun","doi":"10.3390/act12120465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/act12120465","url":null,"abstract":"Mechanical system reliability analysis constitutes a primary research focus in the field of engineering. This study aims to address the issue of complex mechanical systems with intricate mechanisms and nonlinear reliability equations that are challenging to solve. To this end, we present a reliability analysis and optimization methodology that merges the response surface and sensitivity analysis methods. A comprehensive formation of reliability assessment and optimization of complex mechanical systems is achieved by creating a response surface model to fit the complex state function and solving the reliability parameters, followed by an error sensitivity analysis to determine the mechanical system’s reliability adjustment strategy. Finally, these methods are applied to a cylindrical material transport device to preliminarily realize the reliability assessment and average reliability optimization goals. The study’s findings may offer a theoretical framework and research opportunities to evaluate and enhance the reliability of intricate mechanical systems.","PeriodicalId":48584,"journal":{"name":"Actuators","volume":"14 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138998085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bearing Fault Diagnosis Method Based on Adversarial Transfer Learning for Imbalanced Samples of Portal Crane Drive Motor","authors":"Yongsheng Yang, Zhongtao He, Haiqing Yao, Yifei Wang, Junkai Feng, Yuzhen Wu","doi":"10.3390/act12120466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/act12120466","url":null,"abstract":"Due to their unique structural design, portal cranes have been extensively utilized in bulk cargo and container terminals. The bearing fault of their drive motors is a critical issue that significantly impacts their operational efficiency. Moreover, the problem of imbalanced fault samples has a more pronounced influence on the application of novel fault diagnosis methods. To address this, the paper presents a new method called bidirectional gated recurrent domain adversarial transfer learning (BRDATL), specifically designed for imbalanced samples from portal cranes’ drive motor bearings. Initially, a bidirectional gated recurrent unit (Bi-GRU) is used as a feature extractor within the network to comprehensively extract features from both source and target domains. Building on this, a new Correlation Maximum Mean Discrepancy (CAMMD) method, integrating both Correlation Alignment (CORAL) and Maximum Mean Discrepancy (MMD), is proposed to guide the feature generator in providing domain-invariant features. Considering the real-time data characteristics of portal crane drive motor bearings, we adjusted the CWRU and XJTU-SY bearing datasets and conducted comparative experiments. The experimental results show that the accuracy of the proposed method is up to 99.5%, which is obviously higher than other methods. The presented fault diagnosis model provides a practical and theoretical framework for diagnosing faults in portal cranes’ field operation environments.","PeriodicalId":48584,"journal":{"name":"Actuators","volume":"5 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138999219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research on Neural Network Terminal Sliding Mode Control of Robotic Arms Based on Novel Reaching Law and Improved Salp Swarm Algorithm","authors":"Jianguo Duan, Hongzhi Zhang, Qinglei Zhang, Jiyun Qin","doi":"10.3390/act12120464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/act12120464","url":null,"abstract":"Modeling errors and external disturbances have significant impacts on the control accuracy of robotic arm trajectory tracking. To address this issue, this paper proposes a novel method, the neural network terminal sliding mode control (ALSSA-RBFTSM), which combines fast nonsingular terminal sliding mode (FNTSM) control, radial basis function (RBF) neural network, and an improved salp swarm algorithm (ALSSA). This method effectively enhances the trajectory tracking accuracy of robotic arms under the influence of uncertain factors. Firstly, the fast nonsingular terminal sliding surface is utilized to enhance the convergence speed of the system and achieve finite-time convergence. Building upon this, a novel multi-power reaching law is proposed to reduce system chattering. Secondly, the RBF neural network is utilized to estimate and compensate for modeling errors and external disturbances. Then, an improved salp swarm algorithm is proposed to optimize the parameters of the controller. Finally, the stability of the control system is demonstrated using the Lyapunov theorem. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed ALSSA-RBFTSM algorithm exhibits superior robustness and trajectory tracking performance compared to the global fast terminal sliding mode (GFTSM) algorithm and the RBF neural network fast nonsingular terminal sliding mode (RBF-FNTSM) algorithm.","PeriodicalId":48584,"journal":{"name":"Actuators","volume":"112 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139003633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ActuatorsPub Date : 2023-12-11DOI: 10.3390/act12120462
Hiep Dai Le, T. Nestorović
{"title":"A Novel Hierarchical Recursive Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Inverted Pendulum","authors":"Hiep Dai Le, T. Nestorović","doi":"10.3390/act12120462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/act12120462","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to develop a novel hierarchical recursive nonsingular terminal sliding mode controller (HRNTSMC), which is designed to stabilize the inverted pendulum (IP). In contrast to existing hierarchical sliding mode controllers (HSMC), the HRNTSMC significantly reduces the chattering problem in control input and improves the convergence speed of errors. In the HRNTSMC design, the IP system is first decoupled into pendulum and cart subsystems. Subsequently, a recursive nonsingular terminal sliding mode controller (RNTSMC) surface is devised for each subsystem to enhance the error convergence rate and attenuate chattering effects. Following this design, the HRNTSMC surface is constructed by the linear combination of the RNTSMC surfaces. Ultimately, the control law of the HRNTSMC is synthesized using the Lyapunov theorem to ensure that the system states converge to zero within a finite time. By invoking disturbances estimation, a linear extended state observer (LESO) is developed for the IP system. To validate the effectiveness, simulation results, including comparison with a conventional hierarchical sliding mode control (CHSMC) and a hierarchical nonsingular terminal sliding mode control (HNTSMC) are presented. These results clearly showcase the excellent performance of this approach, which is characterized by its strong robustness, fast convergence, high tracking accuracy, and reduced chattering in control input.","PeriodicalId":48584,"journal":{"name":"Actuators","volume":"79 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138981578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and Analysis of an Adaptive Cable-Driven Manipulator Capable of Actively Transitioning between Two-Point Clamping and Envelope Grasping","authors":"Huiling Wei, Jin Liu, Qinghua Lu, Weilin Chen, Lufeng Luo, Chengbin Liang","doi":"10.3390/act12120461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/act12120461","url":null,"abstract":"Actively transitioning between clamping and grasping is a challenging problem for most manipulators with limited degrees of freedom. To overcome this problem, a cable-driven rigid–flexible combined manipulator capable of actively transitioning between clamping and grasping is proposed in this paper, which has a certain adaptability and compliance to achieve adaptive operation. First, the cable-driven unit and compliant unit of the cable-driven rigid–flexible combined manipulator are designed. Then, the sensitivity of the mechanism parameters is analyzed using the Monte Carlo method, and then the structure of the cable-driven rigid–flexible combined manipulator is optimized. After that, the force on the finger in two-point clamping mode is modelled using Newton’s second law. Furthermore, the input–output relationship modelling of the finger in envelope grasping mode is deeply analyzed using the principle of energy conservation. Finally, the stable grasping performance of the cable-driven rigid–flexible combined manipulator is verified using numerical simulation and physical prototype tests. The results show that the cable-driven rigid–flexible combined manipulator has good adaptability and compliance, which verifies the effectiveness and rationality of the design and modelling.","PeriodicalId":48584,"journal":{"name":"Actuators","volume":"74 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138979004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ActuatorsPub Date : 2023-12-11DOI: 10.3390/act12120460
Mengting Zhu, Cong Peng, Bingyun Yang, Yu Wang
{"title":"A Novel Physics-Informed Hybrid Modeling Method for Dynamic Vibration Response Simulation of Rotor–Bearing System","authors":"Mengting Zhu, Cong Peng, Bingyun Yang, Yu Wang","doi":"10.3390/act12120460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/act12120460","url":null,"abstract":"For rotor–bearing systems, their dynamic vibration models must be built to simulate the vibration responses that affect the safe and reliable operation of rotating machinery under different operating conditions. Single physics-based modeling methods can be used to produce sufficient but inaccurate vibration samples at the cost of computational complexity. Moreover, single data-driven modeling methods may be more accurate, employing larger numbers of measured samples and reducing computational complexity, but these methods are affected by the insufficient and imbalanced samples in engineering applications. This paper proposes a physics-informed hybrid modeling method for simulating the dynamic responses of rotor–bearing systems to vibration under different rotor speeds and bearing health statuses. Firstly, a three-dimensional model of a rolling bearing and its supporting force are introduced, and a physics-based dynamic vibration model that couples flexible rotors and rigid bearings is constructed using multibody dynamics simulation. Secondly, combining the simulation vibration data obtained using the physics-based model with measured vibration data, algorithms are designed to learn vibration generation and data mapping networks in series connection to form a physics-informed hybrid model, which can quickly and accurately output the vibration responses of a rotor–bearing system. Finally, a case study on the single-span rotor platform is provided. By comparing the signal output by the proposed physics-informed hybrid modeling method with the measured signal in the time and frequency domains, the effectiveness of proposed method under both constant- and variable-speed operating conditions are illustrated.","PeriodicalId":48584,"journal":{"name":"Actuators","volume":"38 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138981010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}