University of Twente Student Theses
Proof of Concept of Test Setup for Portwings Robird
Treur, B.G. (2024) Proof of Concept of Test Setup for Portwings Robird.
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| Abstract: | In the project Portwings, a robotic bird is studied. To gather data, it has to be tested in a wind tunnel. The test setup for this does not exist so a proof of concept for a test setup has to be designed. The proof of concept would need to measure the direction and tension force on a cable connected to a fixed-wing plane from a fixed point in space. The measured data would be used in a controller to keep the plane centred in the applied air stream. To realise this, a housing for a FrSky M7 gimbal was made and calibrated using code on an ESP32Wroom to measure angles in the two axes of interest. To measure the tension force, a device with a spring and time-of-flight sensor, VL6180, was constructed with a range of 0 [N] to 3 [N] and an average error of 0.089 [N]. This device was realised after multiple design cycles, which included testing. To make a control loop, a model of the test setup was created in 20-sim. The model consists of a cable model and a plane model. It was partly validated by test results, but not fully finished. To finalize the model, a few more tests have to be conducted. These tests are mostly thought out and only have to be executed. Due to time constraints, the proof of concept was not fully realised, however, initial work has been done. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | EEMCS: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Programme: | Electrical Engineering BSc (56953) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/102286 |
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