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Gyre 2: Evaluation of Control Techniques for Autonomous Free-Floating Robots: 

Gyre 2: Evaluation of Control Techniques for Autonomous Free-Floating Robots January 20, 2007 Seattle Robotics Society D. Bliss, A. Lacenski, M. Dockrey

Goals: 

Goals Followup to GYRE 1, which established the best image processing algorithm, but did not demonstrate closed-loop control Evaluated four control algorithms: naïve hysteresis, proportional, PI, and PID Tested aboard NASA’s new C-9 microgravity aircraft in August 2006.

History: 

History Formed in 2001 Accepted in 2002, postponed flight due to hardware and documentation issues GYRE 1 accepted and flew in 2003 Not accepted in 2004 Accepted in 2005, but program postponed due to aircraft issues Flew in 2006 DONE!

About the GYRE platform: 

About the GYRE platform 50lbs, 14” cube (NASA requirements) Free floats within aircraft 3 onboard computers National Instruments FieldPoint interface 12 cold gas thrusters using air 3 orthogonal cameras Lithium-polymer batteries

Onboard Computers: 

Onboard Computers Comell Taiwan LV-671M single-board computers, mini-ITX Intel Pentium-M 1.6, ~2 GIPS, 128MB RAM, 1GB CompactFlash Cardbus Firewire interface for high-speed video Mini-PCI 802.11b with external antennas Onboard 100mbps Ethernet Serial interface to NI FieldPoint

National Instruments FieldPoint: 

National Instruments FieldPoint A general-purpose industrial interface system One network module, up to 64 I/O modules Using FP-PG-522 pulse generator modules Allows all hard realtime to be done in FieldPoint, no need for realtime OS on SBCs

Cold Gas Thruster System: 

Cold Gas Thruster System Two 1.8L tanks at 4500 psi Regulators on each tank reduce to 200 psi (100 psi for 2006 flights) Low-side air manifolded and distributed to twelve high-speed control valves with attached custom CNC-machined thrusters Minimum thrust bit 30 msec, about 0.06 N-S Continuous thrust about 2N

Onboard Cameras: 

Onboard Cameras Firewire TI chipset 640x480x30fps Custom CNC-machined enclosures Image recognition, feature extraction, motion vector extraction, and compensation done by onboard SBCs, one per camera

Lithium-Polymer Batteries: 

Lithium-Polymer Batteries The first rule of LiPo batteries: DON’T USE LIPO BATTERIES 28V, ~3AH, ~45m runtime Horror stories But, great power density!

Onboard operation: 

Onboard operation Control laptop Canon GL2 video camera for data collection Two operators

Results: 

Results

Questions?: 

Questions? David Bliss dbliss@u.washington.edu http://depts.washington.edu/gyre