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Control method and system for hydraulic machines employing a dynamic joint motion model

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OSTI ID:1032713

A control method and system for controlling a hydraulically actuated mechanical arm to perform a task, the mechanical arm optionally being a hydraulically actuated excavator arm. The method can include determining a dynamic model of the motion of the hydraulic arm for each hydraulic arm link by relating the input signal vector for each respective link to the output signal vector for the same link. Also the method can include determining an error signal for each link as the weighted sum of the differences between a measured position and a reference position and between the time derivatives of the measured position and the time derivatives of the reference position for each respective link. The weights used in the determination of the error signal can be determined from the constant coefficients of the dynamic model. The error signal can be applied in a closed negative feedback control loop to diminish or eliminate the error signal for each respective link.

Research Organization:
Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on Behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, NV)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-04NT42087
Assignee:
Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on Behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, NV)
Patent Number(s):
8,065,037
OSTI ID:
1032713
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

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