Control Test

Test Operation

The video below shows the motion of a pair of McKibben actuators.

 



 

Testing of the Belt Tensioner

The belt tensioner avoids slack of the timing belt. The mechanism works properly.



 

PID Control

The team programmed a micro controller for the experiment of PID control to the powered shaft with no load. The PID control is be described below.

Rpwm
Rate of pwm (0.0~1.0)
y(t)
Difference between target value and sensed value (unit :degree)
kp,ki,kd
PID control parameters
PID control

Parameters used this time are:
kp: 0.027, ki: 0.0013, kd: 0.0013

 

The following graph shows the result of a tracking test. Although there were some overshoots, angle sensor values tracked the reference signal with good responsiveness.

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