Use of cranes in system dynamics and controls education

William E. Singhose; Joshua Vaughan; Jon Danielson; Jason Lawrence

doi:10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.3703

Use of cranes in system dynamics and controls education

William E. Singhose, Joshua Vaughan, Jon Danielson, Jason Lawrence

Manufacturing Robotics and Control

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Abstract

Cranes provide an excellent platform for teaching system dynamics and controls. Cranes have a simple pendulum-type oscillation that is useful for demonstrating basic ideas. Cranes also have additional dynamic effects such as motor dynamics, velocity limits, payload variations, and nonlinear slewing dynamics that make them well suited for advanced study. If the cranes are made remotely operable, then students can also study tele-operation and control of systems with time delays. System dynamics and control courses taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology utilize cranes in both the lecture and laboratory exercises. The primary goal of using the cranes is to provide hands-on experiences in system dynamics and implementation of controllers on real systems. This paper describes the cranes and the complementary curriculum.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 17th World Congress, International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC
Edition	1 PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.3703
State	Published - 2008
Event	17th World Congress, International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: Jul 6 2008 → Jul 11 2008

Publication series

Name	IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
Number	1 PART 1
Volume	17
ISSN (Print)	1474-6670

Conference

Conference	17th World Congress, International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	07/6/08 → 07/11/08

Funding

The authors would like to thank Siemens Energy and Automation, the Georgia Tech PURA, the National Science Foundation, CAMotion, and the 21st Century Center of Excellence in Robotics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology for providing equipment and funding.

Funders	Funder number
CAMotion
Siemens Energy
National Science Foundation
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Keywords

Control education

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Singhose, WE, Vaughan, J, Danielson, J & Lawrence, J 2008, Use of cranes in system dynamics and controls education. in Proceedings of the 17th World Congress, International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC. 1 PART 1 edn, IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), no. 1 PART 1, vol. 17, 17th World Congress, International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 07/6/08. https://doi.org/10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.3703

Use of cranes in system dynamics and controls education. / Singhose, William E.; Vaughan, Joshua; Danielson, Jon et al.
Proceedings of the 17th World Congress, International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC. 1 PART 1. ed. 2008. (IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline); Vol. 17, No. 1 PART 1).

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