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Sensors, Actuators, and End Effectors
• Sensors• Actuators
– Taxonomy of Prime Movers– Types of Electric Motors– Brakes– Transmissions– Bearings
• End Effectors
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Sensor Taxonomy
• Proprioceptive sensors– Rotary and linear position– Velocity and acceleration– Temperature
• Exterioceptive sensors– Vision– Active scanning (sonar/lidar/radar)– Proximity
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Sensor Guidelines for Flight Systems
• Instrument every flight-critical activity• Provide sufficient sensor redundancy to
differentiate between sensor failure and system failure– Redundant sensors– Reinforcing sensors
• Interrogate sensors well beyond Shannon’s limit
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Rotary Binary Encoder
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Binary Absolute Position Encoders
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Gray Code Absolute Position Encoders
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Quadrature Incremental Encoder
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Quadrature Direction Sensing
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Linear Variable Displacement Transformer
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Prime Mover Taxonomy
• Electrical– Direct Current– Alternating Current
• Non-Electrical– Hydraulics– Pneumatics– Chemical– Thermal– Stored Energy
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DC Brushed Motor Schematic
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DC Brushed vs. Brushless Motors
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DC Brushless Motor Schematic
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Stepper Motor Schematic
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Standard DC Motor Characteristics
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DC Motor Power and Efficiency
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Speed as a Function of Torque
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Standard Motor Specifications
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Typical DC Motor Specification
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Basic Gear Parameters
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Gear Forms
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Types of Bearings
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Ideal Bearing Applications
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Barrett Hand
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Salisbury Hand
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Utah/MIT Hand
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Robonaut Hands
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