Modeling Pneumatic Robot Actuators

This submission contains pneumatic robot models created with Simulink, Simscape, and Simscape Multibody.
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These models show how to build a throwing mechanism such that a ball can be targeted to a certain goal. Simscape and Simscape Multibody has been used to build the complete system and finally, PID controller has been used to control the trajectory of the ball.
All demos in this entry reinforce the concepts reviewed in the Modeling Pneumatic Robot Actuators series.
The models in this submission use following libraries:
1) Simscape Multibody Contact Force Library
2) Simscape Multibody Multiphysics Library
3) Simscape Multibody Parts Library
For convenience, local copies of these libraries have been included with this submission.
To install the latest version of these libraries, you can find
them from the Add-On Explorer, or on the File Exchange
* Simscape Multibody Contact Forces Library: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/47417-simscape-multibody-contact-forces-library
* Simscape Multibody Multiphysics Library: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/37636-simscape-multibody-multiphysics-library
* Simscape Multibody Parts Library: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/36536-simscape-multibody-parts-library

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MathWorks Student Competitions Team (2024). Modeling Pneumatic Robot Actuators (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/69331-modeling-pneumatic-robot-actuators), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries

MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Examples/1_Simscape Pneumatic Circuit

MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Examples/2_Simscape Multibody Throwing Mechanism

MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Examples/3_Pneumatic System with Controller

MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Libraries/ContactLib

MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Libraries/ContactLib/Libraries

MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Libraries/ContactLib/Libraries/Help

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MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Libraries/MultipartsLib

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MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Libraries/MultipartsLib/Libraries

MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Libraries/MultipartsLib/Scripts_Data

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MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Libraries/MultiphysicsLib

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MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Examples/1_Simscape Pneumatic Circuit

MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Examples/2_Simscape Multibody Throwing Mechanism

MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Examples/3_Pneumatic System with Controller

MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Libraries/ContactLib/Libraries

MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Libraries/MultipartsLib/Libraries

MSRA_PneumaticRobotSeries/Libraries/MultiphysicsLib/Libraries

Version Published Release Notes
1.1.0

This submission contains a set of models created with Simulink, Simscape, and Simscape Multibody.
More specifically, the files contained include: pneumatic circuit model, throwing mechanism model, and a pneumatic system model with a PID controller.

1.0.0