Output details
15 - General Engineering
University of Sussex
Modelling and control of a high redundancy actuator
Reported is a novel high redundancy actuation concept to fault tolerance for safety critical applications.
The method, inspired by human musculature resiliency, provides a single actuator comprising many co-operating actuation elements configured and controlled so individual element faults are inherently accommodated hence actuation performance degrades slowly rather than failing suddenly.
Timely from an industrial viewpoint due to the burgeoning interest in future high-integrity mechatronic applications.
Industrial sponsor: Dr Pearson (then Group Leader, Applied Systems Engineering, BAE; now Leader, Trent1000 Systems Certification, Rolls-Royce, Tel: 07971 790414, Email: john.pearson3@rolls-royce.com.