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21 Aero Engine Controls Fluid Delivery System (Torque Motor Subsystem)
 David Bostwick
Ross Boe
Zhimin Zou
 Alexander Suchko design_document0.pdf
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proposal0.pdf
In this project, a torque motor module will have the capability of interfacing with a programmable node controller, which will drive the motor in question. Additional software will be written and will enhance the work finished from previous semesters. This project will require installation of a COTS (commercial off the shelf) operating system on the node controller as well as updating the circuitry on the DC motor drive. The torque motor model will be created, circuits to drive the motor will be designed, and both the PIC and Microcontroller software will be written to control the motor based on a given high level input. The Controller interface will interpret actuation signals from the node controller, provide low level actuation signals, and supply the actuation hardware necessary to drive the torque motor model. RVDT signals will be utilized to provide feedback to the system.

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Kaiwen Chen, Junhao Su, Zhong Tan

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The amphibious spherical explorer (ASE) is a spherical robot for home monitoring, outdoor adventure or hazardous environment surveillance. Due to the unique shape of the robot, ASE can travel across land, dessert, swamp or even water by itself, or be casted by other devices (e.g. slingshot) to the mission area. ASE has a motion-sensing system based on Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and rotary magnetic encoder, which allows the internal controller to adjust its speed and attitude properly. The well-designed control system makes the robot free of visible wobbliness when it is taking actions like acceleration, deceleration, turning and rest. ASE is also a platform for research on control system design. The parameters of the internal controller can be assigned by an external control panel in computer based on MATLAB Graphic User Interface (GUI) which communicates with the robot via a WiFi network generated by the robot. The response of the robot can be recorded and sent back to the control panel for further analysis. This project is completely open-sourced. People who are interested in the robot can continue this project for more interesting features, such as adding camera for real-time surveillance, or controller design based on machine learning.

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