Design of Balance Control System for High Maneuverability Vehicle on Steep Sloping Ground

SUMMARY In recent years, forests in Japan have required thinning. However, the sustainable wood is left around there because the tremendous effort and costs would have to be expended to transport it out. Thus, cut wood has been left around there. In this study, we design a high maneuverability vehic...

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Published in:Electronics and communications in Japan 2016-10, Vol.99 (10), p.3-12
Main Authors: DOI, MASAYOSHI, FUKUHARA, SHOU, MORI, YASUCHIKA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Control systems
Design engineering
Grounds
high maneuverability vehicle
Maneuverability
Platforms
posture control
predictive control
prototype development
Sustainability
thinning of a forest
Vehicles
Wood
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Summary:SUMMARY In recent years, forests in Japan have required thinning. However, the sustainable wood is left around there because the tremendous effort and costs would have to be expended to transport it out. Thus, cut wood has been left around there. In this study, we design a high maneuverability vehicle that has balance control in its load‐carrying platform. The vehicle can transport the sustainable wood on steep sloping ground. In this study, we detected a delay time in regard to controlling the motion of the load‐carrying platform. We used generalized minimum variance control, one form of the predictive control, to control the system.
ISSN:1942-9533
1942-9541
DOI:10.1002/ecj.11820