SCU Robotic Systems Lab’s Post

It is challenging but interesting to track multiple functions and their outputs. On this video, I was testing the principle used mostly in System's Engineering, the EMERGENCE of new characteristics in a system. This was my concept design. It had data logger (SD Card), gps module, DC motors and drivers, servo, Cameras and LED, Ultrasonic sensor. I needed to get an arduino mega for this for more pins. Lesson learnt.🫡 Functional integration of codes and getting responses from different components, troubleshooting, diagnosis, getting consisent readings (not practically correct readings) and visual from camera was the goal and I achieved it. It's time I refine my scope.

Paper alert! Our work on identification of active damping in modular drivetrains was recently showcased at the 3rd International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME), 2023. The paper highlights an active damping algorithm in a modular drivetrain consisting of multiple variable inertia slider-crank mechanisms actuated by individual motors and linked to a common load. Performance of such a system can be defined by the dynamic position error of all sliders influenced by the system dynamics. A dynamic average consensus allows each actuator to cooperate with its neighbors to actively dampen the unwanted system dynamics by making correction on its position. Simulations present a reduction of dynamic error of the order of 65%. Special thanks to my co-authors Niels Divens and Bernhard Westerhof and my supervisor Koen Laurijssen at MotionS, Flanders Make. Link to paper: https://lnkd.in/eBq-5HX6 #modularSBO #modular #drivetrains #activedamping #adaptivecontrol #weavingloom

Using the modularity of EMB, students can easily create spring-mass-damper plants and explore the response to various inputs, including sine sweep. Both, free and forced vibrations can be studied. A sine sweep input current (torque) is fed to the motor that drives the rack and pinion attachment, moving the cart. A spring is mounted to the cart and grounded to the base plate. No dashpot was added. As the sine frequency increases, the students can quickly identify the system natural frequency. The code was created with pysimCoder, including the real-time code that was deployed to the target. Hardware: - EMB-AM4 (Motor) - EMB-LM1 (Linear slide with encoder) - Spring with K=500 N/m - EMB Rack and Pinion Attachment - EMB-DAQ1 (Real-Time Target) - Maxon ESCON (Amplifier) - Power Supply Software: - pysimCoder - NuttX - RTScope (real-time plotting) #robotics #controlsystems #mechatronics #engineering #engineeringeducation

* Fundamentals of Fluid Power: Mechatronics - Dec. 19, 2022: https://lnkd.in/dUNnBCTs Download our guide to learn about the technologies and design methods which can be used to create an efficient mechatronic system.

Here’s a video of my Mechatronics project.

PID controllers have been around for about 100 years (since early 1920's, theoretical analysis and applications), and they are still the most common controllers used in industry. Here is an example of how EMB (Electro-Mechanical Breadboard System) can be used to study PID controllers. Hardware: - EMB-AM4 (Motor) - EMB-SM1 (Encoder) - EMB hub and linkage arm - MXL belt and pulleys - EMB-DAQ1 (Real-Time Target) - Maxon ESCON (Amplifier) - Power Supply Software: - pysimCoder - NuttX - Silicon Heaven (change values on the fly with real-time controller running) - RTScope (real-time plotting) #robotics #engineeringeducation #controlsystems #mechatronics #engineering #robots5

Course Studied Online: Modelling and Simulation of Mechanical Systems

Have you ever been able to balance a pencil or some other thin rod perfectly on one end? What if I told you that I know how to program a servo motor to do this balancing act better than a human can? Over the fall semester I had the pleasure of participating in the ME355 Dynamic Systems Lab at Penn State Berks, a lab that applies the knowledge from the ME357 System Dynamics course to projects involving a Quanser servo motor setup and multiple attachments and tools. The lectures from the previous semester of ME357 covered tedious and unfamiliar topics like state space systems and PI controllers, and I honestly had put up a struggle to make sure I was actually awake and learning. Over the fall semester, however, using our book knowledge for these real-world projects started to pay off. To anyone, even a senior in engineering school like myself, a device that can do things like balance a rod can look like unexplained magic. The understanding of these amazing projects only comes after putting in tiring amounts of effort to understand the unfamiliar. Suddenly, you will find yourself able to explain and design things that you could originally only imagine.

Hey Connections, I have made this another project it’s a CNC Laser Engraving Machine Using ArduinoATmega328p microcontroller and integrating it with LaserGRBL software and other electronic components . My Objective to make this project was to learn and explore more about the field of Automation and mechatronics. Do check out the video down below to see the actual demonstration of the CNC machine.