Design of a robust active fuzzy parallel distributed compensation anti-vibration controller for a hand-glove system

PeerJ Computer Science

Alireza Barzegar¹  Mohamad Fadzli Haniff²  Leila Rajabpour³  Hazlina Selamat³ 

[1] Electrical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, Malaysia;School of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia;

关键词: Anti-vibration glove;    Active vibration controller;    Fuzzy PDC controller;    Vibration suppression;    Robust controller;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj-cs.756

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Undesirable vibrations resulting from the use of vibrating hand-held tools decrease the tool performance and user productivity. In addition, prolonged exposure to the vibration can cause ergonomic injuries known as the hand-arm vibration syndrome (HVAS). Therefore, it is very important to design a vibration suppression mechanism that can isolate or suppress the vibration transmission to the users’ hands to protect them from HAVS. While viscoelastic materials in anti-vibration gloves are used as the passive control approach, an active vibration control has shown to be more effective but requires the use of sensors, actuators and controllers. In this paper, the design of a controller for an anti-vibration glove is presented. The aim is to keep the level of vibrations transferred from the tool to the hands within a healthy zone. The paper also describes the formulation of the hand-glove system’s mathematical model and the design of a fuzzy parallel distributed compensation (PDC) controller that can cater for different hand masses. The performances of the proposed controller are evaluated through simulations and the results are benchmarked with two other active vibration control techniques-proportional integral derivative (PID) controller and active force controller (AFC). The simulation results show a superior performance of the proposed controller over the benchmark controllers. The designed PDC controller is able to suppress the vibration transferred to the user’s hand 93% and 85% better than the PID controller and the AFC, respectively.

【 授权许可】

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