Ce travail de thèse s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une Convention Industrielle de Formation par la REcherche (CIFRE) ayant pour objectif la mise en place de solutions innovantes pour le diagnostic de défaillances. Il s’agit de répondre au besoin de la société Zodiac Actuation Systems afin de diagnostiquer les défaillances pouvant survenir sur leurs systèmes d’actionnement de sièges d’avion. Premièrement, le cadre ainsi que les motivations de l’étude sont exposés. Ensuite un état de l’art sur les méthodes de diagnostic de défaillances est donné. Puis la problématique de l’hybridation de ces méthodes est abordée. Ceci a permis d’adopter la méthode de classification supervisée pour le diagnostic. Ensuite, les campagnes de mesures, le processus de construction des bases de données ainsi que les différents algorithmes nécessaires pour la classification sont présentés. Une expérimentation sur la partie du dossier d’un siège d’avion est exposée et les résultats sont donnés. Afin d’améliorer les résultats obtenus, une approche de classification renforcée par des observateurs d’état est proposée et appliquée sur le dossier du siège. Ce renforcement est réalisé à l’aide des données estimées par les observateurs tout en construisant des bases de données augmentées. Trois types d’observateurs, linéaire, Takagi-Sugeno (TS) et TS à entrées inconnues (TSEI) sont employés. L’observateur TSEI apparait comme le mieux adapté à notre application. Finalement, une extension de l'approche proposée sur l’ensemble du siège d’avion est proposée. Celle-ci consiste en la mise en œuvre d’observateurs décentralisés TSEI pour chaque sous-ensemble du siège en tenant compte de leurs interconnexions. Ces derniers ont permis d’améliorer les résultats de détection de défaillances sur l’ensemble du siège d’avion. / This study was supported by Zodiac Actuation Systems within the framework of a ``CIFRE'' project which aims to design a Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) approach for actuation systems of passengers seats in commercial aircrafts. First of all, the industrial context as well as the motivations of our project have been explained. Then, a state of the art on FDD methods is presented. Among them, hybridization of FDD methods can be found and seems interesting to our application. In a first step, the supervised classification method for the FDD has been considered. To do this, the process measurements and the concept of databases construction are presented. Then, different types of classification algorithms are explained. From experimental measurements, the classification results for FDD purpose on the recline of the seat are given. In a second step, an enhanced classification approach is proposed. It consists in estimating non-measurable variables by the state observers. These variables are then added, as estimated attributes, to the measured database. The aim is to enrich the knowledge used by the classifier and thus to improve the rate of FDD. Three types of state observers are considered: linear, then Takagi-Sugeno (TS) and Unknown Input Takagi-Sugeno (UITS) observers. It appears that the UITS observer-based results are more accurate for our application. Finally, the proposed FDD approach is extended to the hole of the seat by considering a decentralized approach. In this context, decentralized UITS are proposed for each segment of the seat by taking into account their interconnexions. It is shown that these decentralized observers improve the FDD results of the considered aircraft seat.

The boom systems of mobile cranes and aerial platform vehicles are driven by hydraulic systems, to be specified, valve-controlled hydraulic cylinders. This hydraulic actuated boom system can accomplish the tasks such as lifting heavy loads or carrying personal to high position, by the design of a long boom structure. In practice, the boom structure is designed as light and slender as possible to control the structure self-weight. However, such structure is quite flexible and can be easily stimulated by the loads, including the driving force or torque from the hydraulic system. Our research focuses on trajectory planning for hydraulic actuated boom where both hydraulic driven system and boom structure deformation are considered. In this paper, the hydraulic actuated boom system is formulated as a port-Hamiltonian system which is a proper modelling method for multi-domain system. The problems of trajectory optimization and vibration control are formulated as optimal control problem based on port-Hamiltonian model and this procedure is tested on a model of hydraulic cylinder. A reasonable result is solved with the selected cost function and inputs.

Un problema considerable en Lima es el congestionamiento vehicular, debido al crecimiento demográfico continuo, el centralismo, la escasa planificación urbanística y el crecimiento sostenido del parque automotor. La presente tesis se centra en la intersección de la carretera Panamericana Norte con la avenida Huandoy distrito de Los Olivos. La realidad problemática presente en la intersección es la gran variabilidad del flujo peatonal y vehicular bajo un sistema de semáforo de tiempo fijo. Por ende, la consecuencia de este tipo de semáforos aumenta los tiempos de cruce peatonal, es decir el tiempo que demoran los peatones en cruzar la vía y las longitudes de colas vehiculares. La investigación propone el diseño de un ciclo semafórico completamente actuado cuyo objetivo es captar la densidad de peatones en las islas de refugio y dar prioridad de paso de acuerdo con las necesidades del entorno. Para ello, se realizó un estudio de identificación de los volúmenes, tanto de peatones como de vehículos y en los que al realizar los flujogramas para un intervalo de 15 minutos se demostró la alta variabilidad de volúmenes presentes en una hora. El modelo de control de prioridad óptimo se simula y valida. Así mismo, se hace uso del módulo VisVAP del programa Vissim, para asignar la condicional de cruce. Finalmente. los resultados demuestran que, se redujo el tiempo de cruce peatonal en el sentido oeste a este en 6.38% y en 20.84% la longitud de cola vehicular. Además, se mejoró la geometría vial, esto permitió mayor área para la isla de refugio. / A major problem in Lima is vehicle congestion, due to continued population growth, centralism, poor urban planning and the growth of the automotive fleet. This thesis focuses on the intersection of the Panamerican highway with Huandoy avenue in the Los Olivos district. The problematic reality present at the intersection is the traffic light at fixed time as a traffic regulator. Owing to this, the system is inefficient for the great variability of pedestrian and vehicular volumes in the study area. And the consequence of this type directly prejudice pedestrian crossing times and vehicle queue lengths. The research proposes the design of a fully actuated signal control whose objective is to detect the density of pedestrian on the refuge islands and prioritize the passage according to needs of the environment. To do this, a study was carried out to identify the volumes, both of pedestrians and vehicles, and when performing the flow charts for a n interval of 15 minutes, the high variability of volumes present in one hour was demonstrated. The optimal priority control model is simulated and validated. Likewise, the VisVap module of the Vissim9 program is used to assign the crossing condition. Finally, the results show that the pedestrian crossing time was reduced by 6.38% and the length of vehicle queues by 20.84 %. In addition, the road geometry was improved, this allowed more area for the refuge island. / Tesis

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<p>Multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) added with the ability to physically interact with the environment has opened endless possibilities for aerial mobile manipulation tasks. With the unlimited reachable workspace and physical interaction capabilities, such robots can enhance human ability to perform dangerous and hard-to-reach tasks. However, realizing aerial mobile manipulation in real-world scenarios is challenging with respect to the diversity in aerial platforms, control fidelity and susceptibility to variations in the environment. Therefore, the first part of the dissertation provides tools to  classify and evaluate different multirotor designs. A measure of responsiveness of a multirotor platform in exerting generalized forces and rejecting disturbances is discussed through the control bandwidth analysis. Superiority in control bandwidth for fully-actuated multirotors is established in a comparison with equivalent under-actuated multirotors. To further classify and distinguish multirotor platforms, a new mobility measure is proposed and compared by surveying all aerial platforms employed for aerial mobile manipulation. In compliance to the control bandwidth analysis, the mobility measure for fully-actuated multirotors is relatively higher making them better suited for manipulation tasks. </p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>Aerial physical interaction, as a part of aerial mobile manipulation, with partially unknown environments is challenging due to the uncertainties imposed while dexterously exerting force signatures. A hybrid physical interaction (HyPhI) controller is proposed to enable constrained force contact with a steady transition from unconstrained motion, by squelching excess energy during initial impact. However, uncertainties posed by the partially unknown environment requires to understand the surrounding environment and their current physical states, that can enhance interaction performance. The limited resources and flight time of the multirotors requires to simultaneously understand the environment and perform aerial physical interactions. Inspection-on-the-fly is an uncanny ability of humans to intuitively infer states during manipulation while reducing the necessity to conduct inspection and manipulation separately. In this dissertation, the inspection-on-the-fly method based HyPhI controller is proposed to engage in a steady contact with partially unknown environments, while simultaneously estimating the physical states of the surfaces. The proposed method is evaluated in a mockup of real-world facility, to understand the surface properties while engaging in steady interactions. Further, such inspection of surfaces and estimation of various states enables a deeper understanding of the environment while enhancing the ability to physically interact. </p>

Recent developments in the area of microfabrication technologies, has enabled the fabrication of many radio frequency/microwave components with better performance and lower cost than possible with semiconductor based fabrication technology. Many of these microfabricated RF components such as switches and phase shifters, popularly known as RF MEMS, are aimed at reducing the insertion loss and improving other performance parameters such as linearity. For these devices size miniaturization is not necessarily important, as in practical subsystems, these components are integrated with RF front-ends on a laminate. This thesis deals with concepts of a low cost passive phase shifter fabricated in-situ on a microwave laminate. The operation of this Mesoscale Electrostatically actuated Phase shifter on microwave Laminate (MEPL) is similar to that of a micromachined distributed MEMS transmission line (DMTL) phase shifter. In spite of advantages of low losses, wide bandwidth, low DC power consumption and high linearity over semiconductor/MMIC technology, microfabricated phase shifters are often not used in field because of issues related to fabrication reliability, packaging and integration. On the other hand, the proposed MEPL will have all the advantages of conventional MEMS phase shifters with additional benefit of lower cost. Furthermore, these are integrable to form a monolithic phased array. A MEPL phase shifter of 50-bridges periodically distributed on the co-planar waveguide (CPW) transmission line is demonstrated in this thesis. MEMS air bridges are electrostatically actuated to vary the capacitance of the transmission line, which changes the phase velocity of the propagation RF signal, consequently phase at the output port. The realized MEPL is characterized for electromagnetic as well as electromechanical performance. The electromechanical characterization of this device is performed using a Laser Doppler Vibrometer (LDV). The measured data showed good agreement with the analytical data.. Major application of a phase shifter is in a phased array antenna system. MEPL is particularly suited for a monolithic phase array antenna. The proposed monolithic phased array antenna system fabrication approach utilizes extremely simple and economical modern printed circuit board technology to pattern the conventional microwave laminate and copper foil. A complete monolithic phased array antenna system is fabricated on a microwave laminate using an embedded phase shifter operating with electrostatic principles. Other components such as DC block and bias tee are integrated into the CPW-microstrip transitions to optimize the space and performance. Integrated phased array antenna is fabricated and tested to demonstrate the beam steering capability. Measured S11 is better than -15dB at the operating frequency of 9.8GHz. The beam steering capability is shown as proof of concept by showing the beam scan angle of 10deg with bias voltage of 125V. The mesoscale phase shifter demonstrated in this thesis has several advantages compared to micromachined phase shifters. The proposed fabrication approach does not use metal deposition/patterning process, which removes the need of high cost clean room and sophisticated films deposition equipments. Secondly, as there are no thin films used, stiction is not expected on phase shifters fabricated with this approach. Since this approach uses thicker metal films, the power handling capability is expected to be significantly higher than micromachined phase shifters. Since conventional phased array antenna system components are fabricated on a microwave laminate, micro machined phase shifters realized on semiconductor substrates are required to be packaged separately before integrating with such phased array circuits. Packaging of the micro-machined RF-MEMS/MEMS devices is still a major issue and contributes to a substantial part of the total cost. Unlike micromachined phase shifters which are required to be packaged and then embedded in phased array applications, device presented in this thesis is packaged in-situ. Compared to similar monolithic phased array antenna reported on silicon substrate which are limited by wafer size, these arrays can be easily extended for larger arrays on microwave laminate as these are available in large size. To summarize, the proposed fabrication approach for phase shifters overcomes many limitations of micromachined components for microwave applications while retaining most of their advantages compared to other existing approaches based on ferrites or semiconductor technologies.

Flapping-wing micro air vehicle (MAV) is an emerging micro-robotic technology, which has several challenges toward its practical implementation. Inspired by insect flight, researchers have adopted bio-mimicking approach to accomplish its engineering model. There are several methods to synthesize such an electromechanical system. A piezoelectric actuator driven flapping mechanism, being voltage controlled, monolithic, and of solid state type exhibits greater potential than any conventional motor driven flapping wing mechanism at small scale. However, the demand for large tip deflection with constrained mass introduces several challenges in the design of such piezoelectric actuators for this application. The mass constraint restricts the geometry, but applying high electric field we can increase the tip deflection in a piezoelectric actuator. Here we have investigated performance of rectangular piezo-actuator at high electric field. The performance measuring attributes such as, the tip deflection, block force, block moment, block load, output strain energy, output energy density, input electrical energy, and energy efficiency are analytically calculated for the actuator at high electric field. The analytical results suggest that the performance of such an actuator can be improved by tailoring the geometry while keeping the mass and capacitance constant. Thereby, a tapered piezoelectric bimorph cantilever actuator can provide better electromechanical performance for out-of-plane deflection, compared to a rectangular piezoelectric bimorph of equal mass and capacitance. The constant capacitance provides facility to keep the electronic signal bandwidth unchanged. We have analytically presented improvement in block force and its corresponding output strain energy, energy density and energy effi- ciency with tapered geometry. We have quantitatively and comparatively shown the per- formance improvement. Then, we have considered a rigid extension of non-piezoelectric material at the tip of the piezo-actuator to increase the tip deflection. We have an- alytically investigated the effect of thick and thin rigid extension of non-piezoelectric material on the performance of this piezo-actuator. The formulation provides scope for multi-objective optimization for the actuator subjected to mechanical and electrical con- straints, and leads to the findings of some useful pareto optimal solutions. Piezoelectric materials are polarized in a certain direction. Driving a piezoelectric actuator by high electric field in a direction opposite to the polarized direction can destroy the piezo- electric property. Therefore, unipolar high electric field is recommended to drive such actuators. We have discussed the drawbacks of existing switching amplifier based piezo- electric drivers for flapping wing MAV application, and have suggested an active filter based voltage driver to operate a piezoelectric actuator in such cases. The active filter is designed to have a low pass bandwidth, and use Chebyshev polynomial to produce unipolar high voltage of low flapping frequency. Adjustment of flapping frequency by this voltage driver is compatible with radio control communication. To accomplish the flapping-wing mechanism, we have addressed a compatible dis- tributed compliant mechanism, which acts like a transmission between the flapping wing of a micro air vehicle and the laminated piezoelectric actuator, discussed above. The mechanism takes translational deflection at its input from the piezoelectric actuator and provides angular deflection at its output, which causes flapping. The feasibility of the mechanism is investigated by using spring-lever (SL) model. A basic design of the com- pliant mechanism is obtained by topology optimization, and the final mechanism is pro- totyped using VeroWhitePlus RGD835 material with an Objet Connex 3D printer. We made a bench-top experimental setup and demonstrated the flapping motion by actuating the distributed compliant mechanism with a piezoelectric bimorph actuator.

Cette thèse développe les lois de coordination de systèmes de Lagrange. Elle propose en premier lieu une stratégie complètement décentralisée qui se base sur la technique de cross-coupling pour la commande d'un groupe de robots, appelé réseau, qui synchronisent leurs mouvements en suivant une trajectoire désirée. Cette stratégie est étendue pour faire face à l'incertitude paramétrique des robots ainsi qu’aux retards fréquemment rencontrés dans les applications pratiques de réseaux de communication. Une deuxième architecture basée sur la théorie des graphes est proposée pour les réseaux à leader. L'approche développée est considérée hybride. Une extension adaptative à base de réseaux de neurones est développée pour traiter les cas d'incertitude paramétrique. La stratégie conçue prend en considération les délais dans la réception des données. En se basant sur la notion de système en chaîne, la théorie des graphes, le concept de la passivité et la technique du backstepping, une nouvelle méthodologie de la conception de contrôleur de synchronisation pour une classe de systèmes sous-actionnés est développée. Afin d’avoir la possibilité d’implémenter ces stratégies de contrôle, on a développé une plate-forme d'expérimentation pour la robotique industrielle coopérative. / This thesis investigates the issue of designing decentralized control laws to cooperatively control a team of robot manipulators. The purpose is to synchronize their movements while tracking common desired trajectory. Based on a combination of Lyapunov direct method and cross-coupling technique, To account for unmatched uncertainties, the proposed decentralized control laws are extended to an adaptive synchronization tracking controllers. Moreover, due to communication imperfection, time delay communication problems are considered in the performance analysis of the controllers. Another relevant problem for distributed synchronized systems is the leader-follower control problem. In this strategy, a decentralized control laws based on the backstepping scheme is proposed to deal with a leader-follower multiple robots structure. Based on graph theory, the coordination strategy combines the leader follower control with the decentralized control. The thesis, also considers the cooperative movement of under- actuated manipulators tracking reference trajectories defined by the user. The control problem for a network of class of under-actuated systems is considered. The approach we adopted in this thesis consists in decomposing the under-actuated manipulators into a cascade of passive subsystems that synchronize with he other neighbors subsystems. The resulting synchronized control law is basically a combination of non-regular backstepping procedure aided with some concepts from graph theory. The proposed controllers are validated numerically, assuming that the underlying communication graph is strongly connected. To implement these control strategies, we developed an experimental platform made of three robot manipulators.

Wheeled systems are energy efficient on prepared surfaces like roads and tracks. Legged systems are capable of traversing different terrains but can be lossy. At low speeds and on off-road surfaces, legged systems using dynamic walking can be energy efficient. Towards this objective, the dynamics of the walker needs to be modelled and controlled. In addition, the braking and ground impact losses need to be minimized. This thesis presents analysis and experiments on the dynamics and control of a rimless-spoked-wheel based mobile robot (Chatur ∗) that belongs to a category between wheeled and legged systems. This rolling rimless wheel is effectively a 2D dynamic walker that serves as a platform for investigating the dynamics and energetics of inverted pendulum walking with constant step angle. A pulsed actuation torque is proposed for the system resulting in four torque regimes defined by the ratio of energy losses to available actuator torque. Five physical constraints that impose fundamental limits on the choice of operating points of a generic inverted pendulum walker are expounded and a method for locating optimal operating points is discussed. Chatur’s hardware design is elaborated and a control topology is proposed for pulsed actuation of the dual brushless dc (BLDC) motor driven platform with wheel synchronization. Various actuator torque profiles can be used to achieve dynamic ‘walking’ in a hub-actuated rimless wheel. The proposed pulsed actuation torque gives rise to four torque regimes that achieve sustained walking and a fifth regime where the walker keeps slowing down with each step. The regimes can be identified based on the fraction of stance phase for which the actuator is energized. Theoretical analysis and experimental results are presented. A simple closed-form analytical solution, using hyperbolic functions, is proposed for the stance phase inverted pendulum dynamics considering planar motion. Ground impacts are assumed to cause abrupt drop in velocity. A constant braking torque that lumps together the effect of several loss phenomena is also considered. Based on whether the CoM is rising or falling and whether or not there is an actuating torque, a stance phase can have four types of sub-phases — actuated rise, unactuated rise, actuated fall, unactuated fall. These are concatenated in four different ways to form repeating cycles yielding the four regimes. The experimental set-up is a fixed step-angle walker constructed using two synchronized adjacent rimless wheels independently actuated at the hub. Varying the magnitude and duty ratio of the torque pulse, the four proposed regimes are experimentally shown. The mechanical power consumption and cost of transport are computed from measured motor currents for different average forward speeds. Videos of the walks are also taken. The space of operating points for an inverted pendulum based bipedal dynamic walker in terms of constraints and optimality is investigated. The operating point of the walker can be specified by the combination of initial mid-stance velocity (v0) and step angle (φm) chosen for a given walk. Not all operating points lead to a realizable steady-state gait. Using basic mechanics, a framework of physical constraints that limit the choice of operating points is proposed. The constraint lines thus obtained delimit the valid region of operation of the walker in the v0–φm plane. Within this allowable region, sub-regions that result in various regimes of walking are identified. A given average forward velocity vx,avg can be achieved by several combinations of v0 and φm. Only one of these combinations results in the minimum mechanical power consumption and can be considered the opti-mum operating point for the given vx,avg. A method is proposed for obtaining this optimal operating point based on tangency of the power and velocity contours. Putting together all such operating points for various vx,avg, a family of optimum operating points, called the optimal locus, is obtained. For the energy loss and internal energy models chosen, the optimal locus obtained has a largely constant step angle with increasing speed but tapers off at non-dimensional speeds close to unity. Thus, choosing the right step angle and keeping it fixed over a broad range of speeds could lead to an inverted pendulum walker that is close to optimal from a mechanical energy perspective. The complete hardware design for Chatur and the caveats associated with reliable performance of the mechanical and electrical subsystems are elaborated. In order to en-sure lateral stability, the system uses two contralateral wheels each driven by a separate BLDC hub motor. From a motor drive perspective, the mechanical load belongs to a unique class of dynamic loads whose reflected torque has a characteristic cyclic varia-tion that repeats several times within a mechanical revolution. The proposed control topology has two hierarchical levels, an inner loop for torque control of BLDC motor implemented using a standard proportional-integral controller, and an outer loop for torque reference generation that uses the information on the ground impact instants and the motor position feedback. Ground impacts of the spokes are detected by an accelerometer to initiate the application of torque. The torque pulse magnitude can be set internally or by a manual operator via radio control. The pulse duration is programmable and enables attainment of various torque regimes at different steady state speeds. The wheels are synchronized so that corresponding spokes on both wheels move in unison. This is achieved by including a wheel synchronization loop that compensates for any lag between the wheels. Lag is detected based on number of sector changes in the hall-effect position sensor data received from both motors. An improved BLDC motor drive is developed wherein non-commutating current feedback is used to reduce current spikes during sector transitions. Experimental waveforms for controller validation are shown.