SBIR Phase II: An innovative calibration software to suppress torque ripple and improve performance of electric motors.

SBIR Phase II：一款创新的校准软件，可抑制扭矩脉动并提高电动机的性能。

• 批准号: 2233023
• 负责人: Matthew Piccoli
• 金额: $ 98.99万
• 依托单位: IQInetics Technologies Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-15 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2233023&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; innovative; calibration

The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will improve the electric motor market and provide the competitive advantage to the US in mobile robotic applications. Electromagnetic flaws in brushless direct current (DC) motors and sensorless controllers have severely limited the performance of mobile robots and stymied the potential growth of the industry. High performance servo motors and motor controllers do exist, but they are too heavy, large, and expensive to be incorporated into many robotic applications, particularly mobile robots. By combining a unique hardware design with a software solution to eliminate intrinsic hardware problems, this project will result in an ultra-compact, high performance, and low-cost electric servomotor. The drone industry is expected to be the first to benefit from the proposed solution, as many commercial and defense drone companies are in need of industrial-grade propulsion components. A superior propulsion solution will accelerate the mass adoption of drones and other mobile robots.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project seeks to create the next generation of drone propulsion technology: an innovative drone motor and controller. Currently, drone companies are forced to use hobby-grade, sensorless motors and controllers, which suffer from poor performance and reliability issues. The Phase II project is rooted in the results obtained during Phase I activities, which led to the development of a calibration suite and a novel motor design. Phase I laid the foundation for creating an ultra-compact, high-performance motor and controller solution that is ideal for drone propulsion. The novel hardware design minimizes mass and production costs and, when combined with the calibration suite and angle compensation algorithm, the solution offers a substantial enhancement in propulsion efficiency, controllability, and reliability. The team will test its product with industrial drone manufacturers to verify its ability to increase vehicle flight time, enhance maneuverability, and minimize critical vehicle failures.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）II期项目的更广泛/商业影响将改善电动机市场，并在移动机器人应用中为美国提供竞争优势。无刷直流电流（DC）电动机和无传感器控制器中的电磁缺陷严重限制了移动机器人的性能，并阻碍了该行业的潜在增长。高性能伺服电机和电动机控制器确实存在，但是它们太重，大且昂贵，无法纳入许多机器人应用，尤其是移动机器人。通过将独特的硬件设计与软件解决方案相结合以消除固有的硬件问题，该项目将导致超紧凑，高性能和低成本的电动伺服电机。 预计无人机行业将是第一个从拟议的解决方案中受益的行业，因为许多商业和国防无人机公司都需要工业级推进组件。卓越的推进解决方案将加速无人机和其他移动机器人的大规模采用。本小型企业创新研究（SBIR）II期项目旨在创建下一代无人机推进技术：创新的无人机电机和控制器。目前，无人机公司被迫使用爱好级，无传感器电动机和控制器，这些电动机和控制器的性能和可靠性问题差。 II期项目植根于在I期活动期间获得的结果，这导致了校准套件的开发和新型的运动设计。第一阶段奠定了基础，以创建一个非常适合无人机推进的超紧凑，高性能电动机和控制器解决方案。新颖的硬件设计最大程度地减少了质量和生产成本，并且与校准套件和角度补偿算法相结合时，该解决方案可实质性提高推进效率，可控性和可靠性。该团队将与工业无人机制造商一起测试其产品，以验证其增加车辆飞行时间，提高机动性并最大程度地减少关键车辆故障的能力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准通过评估来评估的。