Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5000399 | Control Engineering Practice | 2017 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
The new variable supply pressure valve-controlled (VPVC) method is investigated in simulation and experimentally using a two-axis hydraulic robot arm supplied by an axial piston pump. The performance has been rigorously compared with the same robot arm using a fixed supply pressure and proportional-integral joint position control. Experimental results showed that up to 70% hydraulic power saving was achieved, and that the dynamic tracking errors for VPVC were about half that for FPVC as a result of using feedforward control.
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Authors
C. Du, A.R. Plummer, D.N. Johnston,