Advantages of using command shaping over feedback for crane control

Joshua Vaughan, Ehsan Maleki, William Singhose

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Abstract

Cranes are the primary heavy lifters for a wide variety of industries. However, all cranes share the same important limitation on efficiency: payload oscillation. Given the significance of cranes, it is not surprising that a large amount of research has been dedicated to eliminating this oscillation. Much of this research has been directed toward feedback control methods. Another portion of the work has focused primarily on command-shaping methods. This paper explores the problems with using feedback for crane control, which include the difficulty in sensing the crane payload, widely varying system dynamics, and human-operator compatibility. In light of these problems, input shaping is shown to be a favorable solution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, ACC 2010
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages2308-2313
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781424474264
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, ACC 2010

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