A5056092701- Experimental Learning in Engineering
- Engineering Education and Pedagogy
- Mechatronics Education and Applications
- Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems
- Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics
- Real-time simulation and control systems
- Industrial Automation and Control Systems
- Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
- Material Properties and Applications
- Advanced Control Systems Design
- Electric Motor Design and Analysis
- Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems
- Engineering and Technology Innovations
- Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques
- Modeling and Simulation Systems
- Magnetic Field Sensors Techniques
- Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
- Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies
- Iterative Learning Control Systems
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
2018-2021
This paper presents the AutomationShield open-source initiative and framework, which offers small affordable devices suitable for take-home experiments in education of future control engineers. Every device embodies a dynamic feedback system based on different physical phenomena. These devices, so-called shields, are meant to be installed Arduino or similar development boards with R3 compatible mechanical electronic layout. An application programming interface instructional examples C/C++,...
This article presents an open-source device illustrating the well-known magnetic levitation experiment. The uniqueness of this particular lies in its exceptionally small dimensions, affordability and availability, which makes it a perfect design for take-home experiments education but can also serve as referential testing various control algorithms research. In addition, paper provides comprehensive hardware reproducibility along with detailed derivation mathematical model, system...
In this paper we present two torque vectoring control algorithms for an electric racing car with independent all-wheel drive. A nonlinear, two-track vehicle model is used the design of a linear time-varying predictive controller and nonlinear controller, while unknown system states are estimated by unscented Kalman filter. The has been tested in various simulation scenarios obtained results compared case assuming equal distribution, i.e., without vectoring. show that proposed...
A novel reference design for an air levitation system to teach control engineering and mechatronics is introduced. The device built as a swappable compact extension shield Arduino embedded microcontroller prototyping boards. fully documented hardware uses off-the-shelf electronic components 3D printed mechanical parts encourage easy low-cost replication with editable files provided online. open source software includes application programming interface the IDE, MATLAB Simulink. examples...
This article presents a prototype reference design for low-cost miniature magnetic levitation experiment. The proposed device is built as an Arduino expansion module, thus may be installed on broad range of microcontroller prototyping boards. open-source hardware uses off-the-shelf and widely available components 3D printing technology, its overall material cost minimal. way, the experiment transformed into pocket laboratory that can borrowed by students take-home experiments. In addition to...
This paper introduces an open-source reference design of a miniature propeller-driven pendulum device for control engineering education. The presented the aeropendulum is built as swappable and compact extension "shield" Arduino embedded microcontroller development boards, utilizing off-the-shelf electronic components 3D-printed mechanical parts. fact, along with full hardware documentation provided online, makes low-cost replication such simple available public. software includes...
This paper proposes a novel open-source didactic device for control systems engineering education that implements the thermal of 3D printer heating block as underlying dynamic process. The teaching aid is built on printed circuit board copying physical outline and standardized electrical connections Arduino Uno microcontroller prototyping board. educational tool described here can be manufactured diminutive cost, thus accessible to students take-home experiment. Moreover, it conforms design...
This article presents a reference design for the well-known ball-on-beam laboratory experiment, where spherical ball without direct actuation is only balanced by inclination of supporting structure, such as beam, rail or tube. The introduced here completely open-source and utilizes handful off-the-shelf components 3D printing; resulting in an exceptionally low hardware cost. Moreover, apparatus fits on standard expansion module format, known Shield, which compatible with range...
This paper presents a miniaturized didactic device for experimenting with the feedback control of air pressure in vessel, called PressureShield. The apparatus is built on custom extension shield Arduino R3 compatible microprocessor boards, utilizing widely available off-the-shelf components and 3D-printed parts, resulting an exceptionally low-cost hardware that can be manufactured under 20€. was created within larger initiative AutomationShield, which aims to create open-source educational...
This article introduces a prototype reference design for the classical motor speed tracking experiment that is extensively used to teach control engineering and mechatronics concepts all over globe. The literature abundant with similar experimental setups combining direct current an incremental encoder, aim of controlling rotational using feedback methods. didactic device proposed here special in it integrates this setup into miniaturized package at very low cost, effectively creating...