Attitude control of inverted pendulums using reaction wheels and variable speed control moment gyroscope

• Grant number: 18/13751-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: December 01, 2018
• End date: November 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics of Solids
• Principal Investigator: Samuel da Silva
• Grantee: João Francisco Silva Trentin
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia (FEIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Ilha Solteira. Ilha Solteira , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Variable Speed Control Moment Gyroscope (VSCMG) is an innovative aerospace actuator used to control the attitude of satellites and spacecraft. This kind of mechanism gathers the favorable aspects of using a traditional Control Moment Gyroscope (CMG) but with the spin rate of the reaction wheel variable, being able to avoid singularities that occur when using CMGs. From the controlled change of angular momentum rate of change, it is possible to control the oscillation and direction rate of change of rigid bodies in space. Thus, the goal of this FAPESP direct doctorate is to investigate new pendulum configurations that are actuated by reaction wheels (two reaction wheels pendulum) or by a variable speed control moment gyroscope coupled to a spherical pendulum. This investigation can contribute to the use of the VSCMG mechanism in the field of robotics since robots models have been approximated by the dynamics of inverted pendulums for a long time and these pendulum configurations are unique and could present new interesting results. The control strategies to be applied will be derived from Lyapunov control theory and from variable structure control. This proposal presents the motivation for this work, objectives, part of the results obtained so far in the master's thesis, main contributions expected, the work plan with the estimated timetable, information about the candidate and the role of the collaborators of this proposal. (AU)

Scientific publications

(6)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

TRENTIN, JOAO F. S.; DA SILVA, SAMUEL; RIBEIRO, JEAN M. DE S.; SCHAUB, HANSPETER. An experimental study to swing up and control a pendulum with two reaction wheels. MECCANICA, v. 56, n. 4, SI, p. 981-990, APR 2021. (18/13751-8)

SILVA TRENTIN, JOAO FRANCISCO; DA SILVA, SAMUEL; DE SOUZA RIBEIRO, JEAN MARCOS; SCHAUB, HANSPETER. Inverted Pendulum Nonlinear Controllers Using Two Reaction Wheels: Design and Implementation. IEEE ACCESS, v. 8, p. 74922-74932, 2020. (18/13751-8)

SILVA TRENTIN, JOAO FRANCISCO; SANTOS, DAVI A.. Predefined-time global sliding mode control design for a 3D pendulum. NONLINEAR DYNAMICS, v. N/A, p. 12-pg., 2022-05-24. (18/13751-8)

SILVA TRENTIN, JOAO FRANCISCO; SANTOS, DAVI A.; DA SILVA, SAMUEL; SCHAUB, HANSPETER. Dynamic modeling and control of a spherical pendulum with a VSCMG. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, v. 44, n. 8, p. 14-pg., 2022-08-01. (17/12985-2, 20/12314-3, 18/13751-8)

TRENTIN, JOAO F. S.; DA SILVA, SAMUEL; SCHAUB, HANSPETER. Variable Speed Control Moment Gyroscope in an Inverted Pendulum. JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, v. 141, n. 11, NOV 2019. (17/12985-2, 18/13751-8)

RUIZ, A.; BASQUEROTTO, C. H. C. C.; TRENTIN, J. F. S.; DA SILVA, S.. On a Qualitative and Lie Symmetry Analysis for a Pendulum with Two Reaction Wheels. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS, v. 75, n. 3, p. 22-pg., 2022-08-04. (18/13751-8, 20/12314-3)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

TRENTIN, João Francisco Silva. Attitude control of inverted pendulums using reaction wheels and variable speed control moment gyroscope. 2020. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Engenharia. Ilha Solteira Ilha Solteira.