Design of a Low-Cost Air Levitation System for Teaching Control Engineering

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Luis de la Torre¹  Jacobo Saenz¹  Jose Manuel Diaz¹  Jesus Chacon¹  Francisco  Esquembre² 

[1] Departamento de Informática y Automática, ETSI Informatica, UNED, Juan del Rosal 16, 28015 Madrid, Spain;Departamento de Matemáticas, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain;

关键词: distance education;    remote laboratories;    control engineering education;    control systems;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s17102321

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Air levitation is the process by which an object is lifted without mechanical support in a stable position, by providing an upward force that counteracts the gravitational force exerted on the object. This work presents a low-cost lab implementation of an air levitation system, based on open solutions. The rapid dynamics makes it especially suitable for a control remote lab. Due to the system’s nature, the design can be optimized and, with some precision trade-off, kept affordable both in cost and construction effort. It was designed to be easily adopted to be used as both a remote lab and as a hands-on lab.

【 授权许可】

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