Hardware in the loop based simulation of a robotic system with real time control and animation of working model

Abstract

The computer-based real-time simulation of an electro-mechanical system using not only automatically fed pre-defined simulation conditions, but real life input signals to the system to enhance user control options is proposed. The introduced system is a robotic assistive technology for repair and maintenance of electrical power transmission lines in live condition. The setup is assisted by a simulation to provide real-time animation of the system under study while the controller operates the same, remotely and simultaneously. These systems can be used for research or educational purposes so as to measure the efficiency of the design for mechatronics industrial systems not only on predetermined inputs but on random test data sets as well and observe its response to the operational constraints that limit the system use.