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.

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目的更广泛/商业影响将改善电动机市场，并为美国在移动机器人应用方面提供竞争优势。无刷直流（DC）电机和无传感器控制器的电磁缺陷严重限制了移动机器人的性能，阻碍了该行业的潜在增长。高性能伺服电机和电机控制器确实存在，但它们太笨重、太大、太昂贵，无法集成到许多机器人应用中，特别是移动机器人。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，该项目将产生超紧凑，高性能和低成本的电动伺服电机。无人机行业预计将成为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的推进部件。一种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。这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目旨在创造下一代无人机推进技术：一种创新的无人机电机和控制器。目前，无人机公司被迫使用业余级、无传感器的电机和控制器，这些电机和控制器的性能和可靠性都很差。第二阶段的项目植根于第一阶段活动中获得的结果，这导致了校准套件和新型电机设计的开发。第一阶段为创建超紧凑、高性能的电机和控制器解决方案奠定了基础，这是无人机推进的理想选择。新颖的硬件设计最大限度地降低了批量和生产成本，当与校准套件和角度补偿算法相结合时，该解决方案大大提高了推进效率、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，增强机动性并最大限度地减少车辆关键故障的能力。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。