Development of a pneumatic master–slave system comprising entirely mechanical components

In recent years, master–slave systems with pneumatic actuators, which are necessary to realize a safe and secure society, have attracted increasing attention and are currently being used in the medical and welfare fields. In addition, they are used in disaster-recovery support through application to...

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Main Authors: Hajime MORIGUCHI, Osamu ICHIKAWA, Yasutaka TAGAWA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2020-05-01
Series:Mechanical Engineering Journal
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mej/7/3/7_19-00430/_pdf/-char/en
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author Hajime MORIGUCHI
Osamu ICHIKAWA
Yasutaka TAGAWA
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Yasutaka TAGAWA
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description In recent years, master–slave systems with pneumatic actuators, which are necessary to realize a safe and secure society, have attracted increasing attention and are currently being used in the medical and welfare fields. In addition, they are used in disaster-recovery support through application to remote-controlled robots. The master–slave system proposed in this study aims at improving safety and reliability by controlling a pneumatic actuator with mechanical feedback. A characteristic analysis is essential to improve the performance and expand the possibilities for incorporation into practical systems. The purpose of this study is to clarify the performance of a master–slave system comprising only mechanical components and consider possible applications. We have developed a pneumatic master–slave system that uses a one-axis stage and a precision pressure regulator as the master and a pneumatic positioning device as the slave and performed characteristic confirmation experiments. First, we modeled the pneumatic positioning device and compared it with the actual step response. Next, we made a prototype of the master–slave system and conducted characteristic confirmation experiments such as step response and response to repeated inputs. Our experimental results suggest that this system is suitable for applications that require relatively low speeds and positioning accuracies of several millimeters, such as nursing-care assisting systems, transportation-support systems at production sites, and robots with expanded human abilities.
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spelling doaj.art-bf51087c07914c409f171a646dc6b9d02022-12-21T18:03:46ZengThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersMechanical Engineering Journal2187-97452020-05-017319-0043019-0043010.1299/mej.19-00430mejDevelopment of a pneumatic master–slave system comprising entirely mechanical componentsHajime MORIGUCHI0Osamu ICHIKAWA1Yasutaka TAGAWA2Polytechnic UniversityPolytechnic UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyIn recent years, master–slave systems with pneumatic actuators, which are necessary to realize a safe and secure society, have attracted increasing attention and are currently being used in the medical and welfare fields. In addition, they are used in disaster-recovery support through application to remote-controlled robots. The master–slave system proposed in this study aims at improving safety and reliability by controlling a pneumatic actuator with mechanical feedback. A characteristic analysis is essential to improve the performance and expand the possibilities for incorporation into practical systems. The purpose of this study is to clarify the performance of a master–slave system comprising only mechanical components and consider possible applications. We have developed a pneumatic master–slave system that uses a one-axis stage and a precision pressure regulator as the master and a pneumatic positioning device as the slave and performed characteristic confirmation experiments. First, we modeled the pneumatic positioning device and compared it with the actual step response. Next, we made a prototype of the master–slave system and conducted characteristic confirmation experiments such as step response and response to repeated inputs. Our experimental results suggest that this system is suitable for applications that require relatively low speeds and positioning accuracies of several millimeters, such as nursing-care assisting systems, transportation-support systems at production sites, and robots with expanded human abilities.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mej/7/3/7_19-00430/_pdf/-char/enpneumatic master–slave systemmechanical feedbackpneumatic positioning devicemodelingpositioning accuracyremote control
spellingShingle Hajime MORIGUCHI
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Development of a pneumatic master–slave system comprising entirely mechanical components
Mechanical Engineering Journal
pneumatic master–slave system
mechanical feedback
pneumatic positioning device
modeling
positioning accuracy
remote control
title Development of a pneumatic master–slave system comprising entirely mechanical components
title_full Development of a pneumatic master–slave system comprising entirely mechanical components
title_fullStr Development of a pneumatic master–slave system comprising entirely mechanical components
title_full_unstemmed Development of a pneumatic master–slave system comprising entirely mechanical components
title_short Development of a pneumatic master–slave system comprising entirely mechanical components
title_sort development of a pneumatic master slave system comprising entirely mechanical components
topic pneumatic master–slave system
mechanical feedback
pneumatic positioning device
modeling
positioning accuracy
remote control
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