Experimental Validation of Nominal Model Characteristics for Pneumatic Muscle Actuator

Abstract:

Pneumatic artificial muscles belong to a category of nonconventional pneumatic actuators that are distinctive for their high power/weight ratio, simple construction and low price and maintenance costs. As such, pneumatic artificial muscles represent an alternative type of pneumatic actuator that could replace the traditional ones in certain applications. Due to their specific construction, PAM-based systems have nonlinear characteristics which make it more difficult to design a control system with good performance. In the paper, a gray-box model (basically analytical but with certain experimental parts) of the one degree-of-freedom PAM-based actuator is derived. This model interconnects the description of pneumatic and mechanical part of the system through a set of several nonlinear differential equations and its main purpose is the design of intelligent control system in simulation environment. The model is validated in both open-loop and closed-loop mode using the measurements on real plant and the results confirm that model performance is in good agreement with the performance of real actuator.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 460)
• Pages: 1-12
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.460.1
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: Alexander Hošovský, Kamil Židek
• Keywords: Contraction, Inertia Moment, Muscle Pressure, Pneumatic Artificial Muscle (PAM)

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