Project Robotics - March 2009 - (Page 17) figure 1 the engineering system investigation process. professor kevin Craig, the course instructor and mentor, emphasized the synergistic combination of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, control systems, and computers in his Mechatronic system design course. The team followed the engineering system investigation process (see figure 1) to model, analyze, validate, and then design their control system. VoluMe 1 17 || nuMBer 1 figure 2 lot-V balancing with tether. They prototyped the loT-V (light object Transport Vehicle – see figure 2), which allowed sensors, actuators, and control implementations to be tested on a lightweight, tethered system. once satisfied with the prototype, they developed, using all they had learned, a rugged, self-contained platform named the hoT-V (human / object Transport Vehicle), capable of transporting an adult person. national instruments hardware and software, functioning in tandem, was included at every stage of the project. frominitial model development and parameter identification, through model simulation and validation, to design prototyping and final deployment, it was crucial in the development of both the loT-V and hoT-V platforms. The synergy between hardware and software empowered the team to navigate the design process using a single software environment which allowed simulation, design, and prototyping to intertwine seamlessly. The team utilized labVieW with the labVieW simulation Module not only in system simulation, but also in prototyping and deployment on multiple targets including the Compactrio. Contents Viewpoint the Cutting edge for haptiC researCh Modeling CoMplex eleCtroMeChaniCal systeMs deVeloping a two-wheeled self-BalanCing transport platforM home page product training Module online ordering suppliers Catalog http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;212362954;32989198;w?http://www.digikey.com http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;212362954;32989198;w?http://www.digikey.com http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;212363051;32989198;l?http://digikey.com/PTM/PTMMaster.page?site=us&lang=en http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;212363300;32989198;i?http://ordering.digikey.com/ordering/addpart.aspx?site=US&source=search http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;212363091;32989198;p?http://digikey.com/Suppliers/SupplierIndex.page?site=us&lang=en http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;212363309;32989198;r?http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/en/pdf/Current.html
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