<p>Under ht08 och vt09 har vi gjort ett examensarbete där vi i gruppen utvecklat ett mekaniskt styrsystem för sjukhussängar. Det nya styrsystem ska underlätta det dagliga arbetet för personalen på sjukhusen, då det idag är svårt att kontrollera sängen när man är ensam och knuffar. Men med RaaLie fastmonterad på sängen kan man utföra arbetet själv, och det är mycket lättare att ta sig runt skarpa svängar och trånga passage.</p>

Under ht08 och vt09 har vi gjort ett examensarbete där vi i gruppen utvecklat ett mekaniskt styrsystem för sjukhussängar. Det nya styrsystem ska underlätta det dagliga arbetet för personalen på sjukhusen, då det idag är svårt att kontrollera sängen när man är ensam och knuffar. Men med RaaLie fastmonterad på sängen kan man utföra arbetet själv, och det är mycket lättare att ta sig runt skarpa svängar och trånga passage.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:31:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2005-07-18Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T21:02:54Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 baio_fhr_dr_botfca.pdf: 1752320 bytes, checksum: 5f5df0d06b9f3f74819e53ed595378e2 (MD5) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / O uso do Sistema de Posicionamento Global (GPS) em uma propriedade agrícola não está limitado ao monitoramento georreferenciado de fatores produtivos, mas cada vez mais esta tecnologia está sendo utilizada como um equipamento disponível dentro da propriedade e que deve ser utilizada o máximo possível para a diluição do seu custo. Uma utilização cotidiana desta tecnologia é em sistemas de direcionamento via satélite. No entanto, ensaios destes sistemas de direcionamento operando em curva estão ainda no início. Poucas também são as informações relacionadas à análise de custo de investimento desta tecnologia. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram desenvolver uma metodologia de campo para ensaios de sistemas de direcionamento via satélite e/ou convencionais em sua utilização terrestre operando em reta e em curva, avaliar a acurácia de diferentes sistemas de orientação seguindo a metodologia desenvolvida e realizar uma breve análise de investimento para aquisição de um sistema de direcionamento via satélite. Para tanto, foram realizados quatro ensaios de campo em que foram ensaiados sete sistemas de direcionamento por barra de luz, um sistema de auto-direcionamento, um sistema de direcionamento por monitor eletrônico, um sistema de direcionamento por cabo-de-aço e um sistema de orientação por marcador de espuma. Em cada ensaio de campo foi aplicada a mesma metodologia desenvolvida para avaliação da acurácia destes sistemas de direcionamento. Esta metodologia se baseou na mensuração direta em campo dos desvios dos alinhamentos orientados pelos sistemas de direcionamento em relação ao alinhamento programado. Os ensaios foram realizados em reta e em curva. A metodologia de campo apresentada neste trabalho para ensaios de sistemas de direcionamento pôde ser aplicada com sucesso... / The use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) in a farm is not limited to monitor productive factors involved on the yield production, but the GPS have been used as equipment available into the farm that can be used to another issues and it must be used a lot into the farm to dilute the initial cost. A daily use of this technology is on steering systems. However, we do not have results of field tests of these steering systems operating in curve. Few also are the information related to the cost analysis of investments on this technology. The purposes of this work were develop a field test methodology to evaluate the accuracy of conventional steering systems and/or satellites steering systems operating in straight line or curve operations, evaluate the accuracy of several steering systems according to the developed methodology and perform a brief cost analysis to buy a satellite steering system. Four field test evaluations were performed where were evaluated seven light bar steering systems, one auto-steering system, one steering system operated by an electronic monitor, a steering system operated by a steel cable and a system oriented by a foam marker. The same developed methodology was applied on these four field test. This developed methodology was based on measure the steering error compared to the programmed alignment directly on the field, where an operator was guided by the evaluated steering system. The tests were made in straight line and curve operations. The field methodology presented in this work was successful. The advantage of this methodology is the possibility of reflection of all factors involved in the errors and the possibility of the errors measured in the field directly by the final user...(Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Orientador: Ulisses Rocha Antuniassi / Banca: Edivaldo Domingues Velini / Banca: José Armando Furlani Junior / Banca: José Paulo Molin / Banca: Otávio Jorge G. Abi Saab / Resumo: O uso do Sistema de Posicionamento Global (GPS) em uma propriedade agrícola não está limitado ao monitoramento georreferenciado de fatores produtivos, mas cada vez mais esta tecnologia está sendo utilizada como um equipamento disponível dentro da propriedade e que deve ser utilizada o máximo possível para a diluição do seu custo. Uma utilização cotidiana desta tecnologia é em sistemas de direcionamento via satélite. No entanto, ensaios destes sistemas de direcionamento operando em curva estão ainda no início. Poucas também são as informações relacionadas à análise de custo de investimento desta tecnologia. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram desenvolver uma metodologia de campo para ensaios de sistemas de direcionamento via satélite e/ou convencionais em sua utilização terrestre operando em reta e em curva, avaliar a acurácia de diferentes sistemas de orientação seguindo a metodologia desenvolvida e realizar uma breve análise de investimento para aquisição de um sistema de direcionamento via satélite. Para tanto, foram realizados quatro ensaios de campo em que foram ensaiados sete sistemas de direcionamento por barra de luz, um sistema de auto-direcionamento, um sistema de direcionamento por monitor eletrônico, um sistema de direcionamento por cabo-de-aço e um sistema de orientação por marcador de espuma. Em cada ensaio de campo foi aplicada a mesma metodologia desenvolvida para avaliação da acurácia destes sistemas de direcionamento. Esta metodologia se baseou na mensuração direta em campo dos desvios dos alinhamentos orientados pelos sistemas de direcionamento em relação ao alinhamento programado. Os ensaios foram realizados em reta e em curva. A metodologia de campo apresentada neste trabalho para ensaios de sistemas de direcionamento pôde ser aplicada com sucesso...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) in a farm is not limited to monitor productive factors involved on the yield production, but the GPS have been used as equipment available into the farm that can be used to another issues and it must be used a lot into the farm to dilute the initial cost. A daily use of this technology is on steering systems. However, we do not have results of field tests of these steering systems operating in curve. Few also are the information related to the cost analysis of investments on this technology. The purposes of this work were develop a field test methodology to evaluate the accuracy of conventional steering systems and/or satellites steering systems operating in straight line or curve operations, evaluate the accuracy of several steering systems according to the developed methodology and perform a brief cost analysis to buy a satellite steering system. Four field test evaluations were performed where were evaluated seven light bar steering systems, one auto-steering system, one steering system operated by an electronic monitor, a steering system operated by a steel cable and a system oriented by a foam marker. The same developed methodology was applied on these four field test. This developed methodology was based on measure the steering error compared to the programmed alignment directly on the field, where an operator was guided by the evaluated steering system. The tests were made in straight line and curve operations. The field methodology presented in this work was successful. The advantage of this methodology is the possibility of reflection of all factors involved in the errors and the possibility of the errors measured in the field directly by the final user...(Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

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<div>Due to recent advances in sensor technology and the exponential increase in computation power of electronic control units (ECUs) along with their increasing affordability, active safety and vehicle automation have become major trends in the commercial vehicle industry. New regulations for increased safety are also a major driver behind the industry's increased interest in that topic. As a result, being a crucial part of vehicle automation, steering systems had to be adapted to enable Active Steering. Consequently, commercial vehicle steering designers introduced the concept of torque and angle overlay using an electric motor in series with the conventional hydraulic steering system. However, despite the fact that these systems are becoming more prevalent in the market, they still suffer from inefficiencies intrinsic to the conventional hydraulic steering system still being used. These inefficiencies are a result of</div><div>flow metering losses due to the use of control valves to regulate the pump flow output, as well as inside the steering gear with the use control valves to build assistance pressure.</div><div><br></div><div><div>In this research project, we investigate the potential use of the proven pump Displacement Control (DC) technology in steering on-highway commercial vehicles. DC pumps have been shown to signicantly improve system efficiency as they allow the removal of control valves typically used to regulate </div><div>ow [1]. Instead, the displacement of the pump can be directly controlled to vary the pump's flow rate and direction,</div><div>and thus eliminating throttling losses. The DC technology has been successfully used in a steer-by-wire conguration for an articulated frame steering vehicle and has been shown to signicantly improve efficiency and productivity, as well as result in a reduction in fuel consumption [2].</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>In this work, we propose a steer-by-wire system, using DC pump technology, for on-highway commercial vehicles, and present the dierent possible congurations in which it can be implemented. Moreover, the benets and drawbacks of the steer-by-wire system are researched and identied. Subsequently, the system is designed and validated in simulation, on laboratory test setup, as well as on a test vehicle to prove its feasibility.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>Chief among the drawbacks of the steer-by-wire system is potential failures that can lead to the complete loss of the steering function of the vehicle. As a result, different possible fail-safe mechanisms are researched from which the most suitable ones are proposed to allow the steer-by-wire system to fail safely. Moreover, two of the proposed fail-safe mechanism are implemented onto the test vehicle to prove and validate their feasibility.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>Furthermore, an alternative way of using displacement controlled pumps for active steering is be proposed. For this concept, we investigate the possibility of actively controlling the driver's steering effort by varying the pump displacement while maintaining the mechanical link between the steering wheel and the road wheels. If successful, this method will allow for a more efficient way of providing steering assistance as it does away with the conventional control valves used to build pressure and regulate pump flow, and thus eliminating throttling losses. This method has also the advantage of having an intrinsic fail-safe mechanism with manual steering being always possible should the hydraulic or electric systems fail.</div></div>

In this thesis, a combined feedforward and feedback controller for improved path tracking on autonomous heavy-duty vehicles is designed and implemented. The steering wheel is controlled in order to follow a reference curvature, computed by a higher-level MPC, responsible for minimizing the distance to a planned path. The steering dynamics, from steering wheel via wheel angles, to a measurable vehicle curvature, is modeled, and a conversion from desired curvature gain to input angle to the steering wheel is derived. Tests with an autonomous Scania R580 show that the desired curvature can be followed with satisfactory small error, both in a designed slalom path and on a more generic test track. By utilizing future curvature values computed by the MPC, a non-causal feedforward controller can reduce the delay from input to the steering wheel to a measured response in curvature, by almost two thirds, compared to the currently implemented solution. Compared to an open-loop control design, tests in simulation show that a feedback controller can reduce errors in curvature gain. However, with the identified steering dynamics and the improved conversion from steering wheel angle to curvature, no further improvement in the curvature gain was seen when implementing the feedback controller in the test vehicle. Care must also be taken not to introduce instability in the system when the feedback controller is implemented in series with a high-level MPC. / Den här rapporten beskriver design och implementering av en regulator med kombinerad framkoppling och återkoppling för förbättrad banföljning av autonoma tunga fordon. Fordonets ratt styrs för att följa en kurvaturreferens beräknad av en överordnad MPC, ansvarig för att minimera avståndet till en planerad bana. Dynamiken i styrningen, från ratten via hjulvinklarna till en mätbar kurvatur för fordonet, är modellerad. En översättning från önskad förstärkning av kurvatur till insignal för rattvinkeln är också framtagen. Tester utförda med en autonom Scania R580 visar att den önskade kurvaturen kan följas med tillfredsställande litet fel, både i en egendesignad slalombana och i en mer generisk testbana. Genom att utnyttja framtida referensvärden för kurvatur beräknade av MPC:n, kan en icke-kausal framkopplande regulator minska fördröjningen från insignal till ratten till en mätbar respons i fordonets kurvatur. Jämfört med den nuvarande lösningen minskas fördröjningen med nästan två tredjedelar. Jämfört med en öppen styrning visar tester i simulering att en återkoppling i regulatorn kan minska stationära fel i kurvatur. Med implementeringen av den identifierade styrdynamiken och den förbättrade översättningen från rattvinkel till kurvatur, syntes dock med återkoppling ingen ytterliggare förbättring i testfordonet. Implementering av den återkopplande regulatorn i serie med den överordnade MPC:n behöver också göras med omsorg för att inte introducera instabilitet i systemet.

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