The launcher of a hard-kill type APS (Active Protection System) requires rapid and precise driving to aim at incoming threats after detection. High angular acceleration is necessary for rapid driving, which demands high energy consumption. However, the capacity of the capacitor bank and power supply unit is limited due to weight and space constraints. If energy becomes insufficient during continuous operation, the voltage of the capacitor bank can drop below the minimum operating voltage of the drive motor, leading to problems such as torque deficiency. Therefore, it is necessary to determine an allowable angular acceleration that satisfies precision within the available energy and generate a driving profile accordingly. This paper proposes a method for deriving an allowable angular acceleration by analyzing the allowable energy and validates it through simulation. We examined the allowable energy by verifying the charged voltage of the capacitor bank, formulated equations for energy at the point of maximum consumption, and derived an equation for allowable angular acceleration through numerical analysis. By applying the proposed algorithm in simulations, we confirmed that the voltage of the capacitor bank did not drop below the minimum operating voltage of the driving motor during three consecutive operations. Therefore, it is expected that the stability of the APS launcher can be improved by applying the proposed algorithm, and continuous operation with limited performance is anticipated to be possible.

In this paper, we deal with the design of a model predictive control (MPC) for precise speed servo control of DC motor systems. The proposed controller is designed in the form of optimal control that calculates and outputs the optimized control input under constraints for each sampling. In particular, MPC designs the control inputs in advance for each sampling and predicts the outputs using them. Thus, it shows excellent control performance even in the case of disturbance or model uncertainty. The effectiveness of the proposed controller was demonstrated through computer simulations using MATLAB/Simulink and DC motor experimental system using real time controller. Moreover, the effectiveness of the proposed controller was confirmed by comparing its control performance with PID controller, which was tested under the same experimental condition as the MPC.

This paper presents a method of measuring the 6 DOF　motion of a micro object using images taken of interference fringes projected onto the object. Information from the fringe patterns allows for extracting the 6 DOF motion of the object in one image, allowing for real time measurement of the object's pose. This measurement technique is applied to a visual servo control scheme where the object's 6 DOF　motion is controled. Experimental results of the developed system are presented.

The energy saving is one of the most important factors for profit in marine transportation. In order to reduce the fuel oil consumtion the ship's propulsion efficiency must be increased as possible. The propulsion efficiency depends upon a combination of an engine and a propeller. The propeller has better efficiency as lower rotational speed. This situation led the engine manufacturers to design the engine that has low speed, long stroke and a small number of cylinders. Consequently, the variation of rotational torque became larger than before because of the longer delay-time in fuel oil injection process and an increased output per cylinder. As this new trends the conventional mechanical-hydrualic governors for engine speed control have been replaced by digital speed controllers which adopted the PID control or the optimal control algorithm. But these control algorithms have not enough robustness to suppress the variation of the delay-time and the parameter perturbation. In this paper we consider the delay-time and the perturbation of engine parameters as the modeling uncetainties. Next we design the robust servo controller which has zero offset in steady state engine speed, based on H sub(∞) control theory. The validity of the controller was investigated through the response simulation. We used a personal computer and an analog computer as the digital controller and the engine (plant) part respectively. And, we could certify that the designed controller maintains its robust servo performance even though the engine parameters may vary.

This paper presents a design method of fuzzy controller based on TSK fuzzy model. By using the proposed method, we can design fuzzy controller mathematically, which guarantees the stability of fuzzy system. We derived a theorem related to the stability of fuzzy system. In that theorem, we show that the fuzzy system has the same stable state transition matrix as we desire. The validity of the proposed method is shown through an experiment of DC motor velocity control.

The Variable Structure System(VSS) will be of much intrest to educators and design engineers who wish to demonstrate and investigate sophisticated position control methods and their applications. This paper describes DC motor position control by means of VSS concept. The control scheme is derived, implemented and tested in the laboratory where IBM AT computer has been used as a digital controller to control a representative servo system. The control system schematic is given and sample results are shown for illustration. This experiment may serve as a basis for further application of VSS.

비선형의 특성을 갖고 있는 DC 서보 모터의 속도 제어에 퍼지 제어기의 사용을 제안하였다. 퍼지 제어기는 퍼지 모델로부터 설계되며, 그 퍼지 모델은 시스템의 입출력 데이터로 인식되고 비선형 시스템의 표현에 뛰어난 능력을 갖고 있다. 따라서 퍼지 모델로부터 설계되는 퍼지 제어기는 시스템의 비선형 특성이 잘 반영되어지며 그러한 점은 서보 모터의 속도 제어에 응용한 결과 잘 알 수 있었다. 즉 퍼지 제어기에 비해 고속 제어가 가능해졌으며 정상 리플(ripple)이 감소하였다. 또한 이 퍼지 제어기에서 사용되는 퍼지 집합의 멤버쉽 함수는 간단한 선형 구분 함수이므로 퍼지 제어기도 간략한 형태로 표현되었다

In order to achieve a force controller with high performance, an accurate torque servo is required. However, the precise torque servo for a double vane rotary actuator system has not been developed till now, due to many nonlinear characteristics and system parameter variations. In this paper, the torque servo structure for the double vane rotary actuator system is proposed based on the torque model. Nonlinear equations are set up using dynamics of the double vane rotary hydraulic actuator system. Then, to derive the torque model, the nonlinear equations are linearized using a taylor series expansion. Both effectiveness and performance of the design of torque servo are verified by torque servo experiments and applying the suggested torque model to an impedance controller.