In this study, a new servo control system is presented for the overhead crane based on discrete-time state feedback approach. It provides both robust tracking and load swing suppression. Inspired from independent joint and computed torque control in robot manipulator field, a new model is derived in which the crane actuators are considered as the main plant. The crane nonlinearities are then tr...

A novel approach to collision avoidance concerning unknown dynamic obstacles is presented for a material flow system using an overhead travelling crane. The task involves the tracking of a desired trajectory derived from a path planning module based on a global map containing all static obstacles. The crane has been upgraded with three ultrasonic sensors which detect dynamic obstacles on the de...

In this paper, a passivity-based control scheme is proposed for the two main translational axes of an overhead crane to provide an active damping of crane load oscillations. The decentralised control structure consists of independent axis controllers, which are adapted to the varying rope length using gain-scheduling techniques. The tracking capabilities concerning desired trajectories for the ...

In industries, overhead cranes are commonly employed to lift and lower materials or to move them horizontally. A combining sliding mode control method is proposed for overhead crane systems in this paper. The ideas behind the combining sliding mode are as follows. First, an intermediate variable is introduced by dividing the system states into two groups. Then, a sliding surface is defined on b...

Satisfactory real time control of the overhead crane facilitating fast transit (< 3s) and minimal swing (< 4°) was achieved in the x, y and z directions. Control was achieved in each individual direction using experimental modelling techniques, careful sampling frequency selection, NMSS representation and LQR controller design. To overcome non-linear model variation, a gain scheduling algorithm...

This paper proposes a novel anti-swing control strategy for an overhead crane. The controller includes both position regulation and anti-swing control. Since the crane model is not exactly known, fuzzy rules are used to compensate friction, gravity as well as the coupling between position and anti-swing control. A high-gain observer is introduced to estimate the joint velocities to realize PD c...

In this paper a novel dynamical model will be developed for an overhead crane with transverse vibrations of flexible cable while considering large angle of the cable/payload swing. The major problem addressed is expressing the dynamic interaction between the cables and other elements in the crane system which demands investigation into boundary induced cable vibrations and large swing angle. Th...