project-highlight-image

Prosthetic Hand PID Analysis Project

Analyzed the system and design of an actuator controlled prosthetic hand, focusing on PID control.
Home
Questions?
hero-image

Kim Tran

Project Timeline

Jan 2022 - May-2022

HighlightS

  • Led group design team to develop the system controls and optimized using the Ziegler-Nichols method.
  • Utilized DC servo motors to move hand.
  • Modeled controls in MATLAB and Simulink.
  • Conducted mathematical studies for laplace transfer studies for the system.

SKILLS

MATLAB
Simulink
pidTuner
PID
Systems & Controls
Motor control

External Links

Laplace Transfer Functions

Torque alteration of Newton's Second Law:

Pasted image

Second order linear differential equation:

Pasted image

Laplace:

Pasted image

Transfer Function:

Pasted image


Simulink Diagrams of Open Loop System

Pasted image


Pasted image


Controller Design (PID)

Optimization of an overdamped system:

Pasted image

Pasted image

Pasted image


Pasted image