Presentations

May 24, 2014

2A2-O06 Study of torque control for the USM(Mechanism and Control for Actuator (2))

  • YAMASHITA Takahito
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  • MASHIMO Tomoaki
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  • TERASHIMA Kazuhiko

Event date
May 24, 2014 - May 24, 2014
Language
Japanese
Presentation type
Organizer
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

We propose a torque control strategy of a robot arm using ultrasonic motors. The ultrasonic motor (USM) is an actuator that has advantages such as low speed, high torque (good response time), and high-accuracy positioning without gear. These characteristics are suited for a wide range of robot arms from industrial robots to personal robots. In this report, we show the control strategy that changes the torque by changing phase of two AC voltages that applied the USM. In experiment, one of robot arm's joints becomes back-drivable, or generates any torque by the proposed control strategy