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A new, freely programmable, scalable control system for academic research purposes was developed. The intention was, to have a control unit capable of handling multiple PT1000 temperature sensors at reasonable accuracy and temperature range, as well as digital input signals and providing more powerful output signals at 230V AC than conventional control units. To take full advantage of the system, control-loops are run in real time. The whole system runs independently of a personal computer. The two on-board RS232 connectors allow to connect further units to use more sensors or actuators or to connect other laboratory equipment, as required. To allow usage for long-time experiments, systematically electronic components with low failure-in-time (FIT) rate have been chosen in order to achieve high life expectancy. This paper describes the third prototype, which now provides stable measurements, and an improvement in accuracy compared to the previous designs. A rough estimation about the expected mean time between failures is given. As test case, a thermal solar system to produce hot tap water and assist heating in a single-family house was implemented. The solar fluid pump was power-controlled and several temperatures at different points in the hydraulic system were measured and used in the control algorithms. The hardware design proved suitable to test several different control strategies and their corresponding algorithms for the thermal solar system.
In “concept for a new precise academic gripper” the mechanical aspects of the new gripper were presented [3]. In this paper, the idea is improved and expanded towards a clever control part. This paper mainly focuses on the functional ideas and the state of research concerning the imaging tasks. Experiment and intermediate results of the imaging process are discussed. Different approaches of skin colour detection in diverse colour spaces have been tested. Skin colour detection is investigated whether skin colour can be monitored to improve work safety in terms of functional safety. To enhance versatility, several ideas are combined to form a clever gripping device.
A new, freely programmable, scalable control system for academic research purposes was developed. The intention was, to have a control unit capable of handling multiple PT1000 temperature sensors at reasonable accuracy and temperature range, as well as digital input signals and providing powerful output signals. To take full advantage of the system, control-loops are run in real time. The whole eight bit system with very limited memory runs independently of a personal computer. The two on board RS232 connectors allow to connect further units or to connect other equipment, as required in real time. This paper describes the software architecture for the third prototype that now provides stable measurements and an improvement in accuracy compared to the previous designs. As test case a thermal solar system to produce hot tap water and assist heating in a single-family house was implemented. The solar fluid pump was power-controlled and several temperatures at different points in the hydraulic system were measured and used in the control algorithms. The software architecture proved suitable to test several different control strategies and their corresponding algorithms for the thermal solar system.
A new, precise, scalable multi-purpose gripper system for academic research purposes is proposed. The multi-purpose gripper is intended to be easily adapted to different tasks and object sizes. The gripper system is driven by two separate motor-gear-lead spindle units, operated by a small CNC control. Software running on the CNC unit is completely open source. A novelty for a gripper in this constellation is an interlock-line that may for example be used for a safety door, allowing to stop movement of the gripper fingers and thus being capable to avoid the bruise of an operator’s finger or arm part. This paper describes the steps mechanical parts were designed and simulated to allow a lightweight concept leaving some payload even for relatively small industrial robots used in academic research. Stability of the gripper fingers was tested by pressing the gripper finger towards each other by hand while “blocking” the movement with a finger showing no visible bending effect of the gripper parts. To test the concept of the gripper system, a first prototype is under construction. Parts of the gripper system were simulated, 3D-printed with poly-lactic-acid (PLA) and mounted to a small laboratory robot. The CNC-gripping function will be furthermore optimized and tested at the prototype.