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Fabrication of Soft Pneumatic Network Actuators with Oblique Chambers

Soft pneumatic network actuators have become one of the most promising actuation devices in soft robotics which benefits from their large bending ...

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

In this paper, an ellipse-based mathematic model is developed to characterize the rate-dependent hysteresis in piezoelectric actuators. Based on the proposed model, an expanded input space is constructed to describe the multivalued hysteresis function H[u](t) by a multiple input single output (MISO) mapping Gamma:R(2)-->R. Subsequently, the inverse MISO mapping Gamma(-1)(H[u](t),H[u](t);u(t)) is proposed for real-time hysteresis compensation. In controller design, a hybrid control strategy combining a model-based feedforward controller and a proportional integral differential (PID) feedback loop is used for high-accuracy and high-speed tracking control of piezoelectric actuators. The real-time feedforward controller is developed to cancel the rate-dependent hysteresis based on the inverse hysteresis model, while the PID controller is used to compensate for the creep, modeling errors, and parameter uncertainties. Finally, experiments with and without hysteresis compensation are conducted and the experimental results are compared. The experimental results show that the hysteresis compensation in the feedforward path can reduce the hysteresis-caused error by up to 88% and the tracking performance of the hybrid controller is greatly improved in high-speed tracking control applications, e.g., the root-mean-square tracking error is reduced to only 0.34% of the displacement range under the input frequency of 100 Hz.

Guoying Gu

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration,
Robotics Institute,
School of Mechanical Engineering,
Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Fabrication of Soft Pneumatic Network Actuators with Oblique Chambers

Guoying Gu

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Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Fabrication of Soft Pneumatic Network Actuators with Oblique Chambers

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration,
Robotics Institute,
School of Mechanical Engineering,
Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering