Position control of SMA actuators with internal electrical resistance feedback

Ning Ma; Gangbing Song; Ho Jun Lee

doi:10.1117/12.484059

1 August 2003 Position control of SMA actuators with internal electrical resistance feedback

Ning Ma, Gangbing Song, Ho Jun Lee

Proceedings Volume 5049, Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Modeling, Signal Processing, and Control; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.484059
Event: Smart Structures and Materials, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This paper presents the development of a position control system for a shape memory alloy (SMA) wire actuator using the electrical resistance feedback. It is commonly known that an SMA actuator is highly nonlinear and a position sensor is often required to achieve a stable and accurate positioning. And this position sensor often contributes a large portion of the system cost. To eliminate the position sensor in an SMA actuator system, a novel control theme is proposed by utilizing the actuator’s electrical resistance feedback. With an SMA wire test setup, the relationship between the electrical resistance and the displacement is experimentally investigated. However, this relationship is highly nonlinear, and a neural network is employed to model this relationship and predicts the position of the actuator using only its electrical resistance information. To enable feedback control of the SMA wire actuator using only its electrical resistance, a Proportional-Integral-derivative (PID) controller is used. Feedback control experiments are performed and the results demonstrate that the proposed position control system achieves a good control performance without using a position sensor.

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Ning Ma, Gangbing Song, and Ho Jun Lee "Position control of SMA actuators with internal electrical resistance feedback", Proc. SPIE 5049, Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Modeling, Signal Processing, and Control, (1 August 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.484059

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