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Part.1 – Main aspects of the control issues in the micro/nano-world and Part.2 – From closed-loop to open-loop control of piezocantilever

Micky Rakotondrabe Philippe Lutz

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Outline

  • Intro – FEMTO-ST and SAMMI group activities
  • Part.1 – Micro/nano-world characteristics and

consequences for control and manipulation

  • Part.2 – From closed-loop to open-loop control
  • f piezocantilever
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About FEMTO-ST Institute …

FEMTO-ST

The roots of our activity comes from Watchmakers industry in Besançon area & Automotive industry in Belfort area.

  • A wide range of technical competencies in

ENGINEERING SCIENCES

  • A MULTIDISCIPLINARY research institute
  • A high level MICROFABRICATION

TECHNOLOGY facility

  • A culture of INNOVATION : from basic research

to industrial partnership

. 500 staff people . 28 M annual overall budget including 10 M operational budget . About 250 running research contracts

Besançon Belfort

6 research departments 6 main application fields 1 microfabrication center

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Research Departments

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SAMMI Group

Automated Systems for Micromanipulation and Microassembly

  • General objectives (1)

– Create microrobots and microrobotic cells for flexible micromanipulation and microassembly

Because of the growing number of microproducts to assemble, efficient and reliable micromanipulation systems are required Micro-assembly

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SAMMI Group

Automated Systems for Micromanipulation and Microassembly

  • General objectives (2)

– Control complex microsystems

MEMS = specific paradigms for control science

Microgripper from Femto-tools (FT G100) Nanotweezer from LIMMS

1 mm

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SAMMI Group

Automated Systems for Micromanipulation and Microassembly Robotic cells

Microhandling Microassembly Vision Micromanipulators Actuators

Control

Adressed issues

Grippers, DEP, phase, functionalisation, pH, …

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SAMMI Group

Automated Systems for Micromanipulation and Microassembly Modelling and control of:

  • micro-actuators: SMA, MSMA, piezo
  • microrobots: stick slip actuation, control in position/force
  • MEMS
  • discrete distributed systems: smart surface
  • continuous distributed systems
  • assembly microfactories: calibration, information data modelling and

management Control by exteroceptive sensors: visual servoing Main addressed scientific issues on control in the SAMMI group/ FEMTO-ST

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Some characteristics of the « microworld »

1 mm 100 µm 10 µm 1 µm 1µm 10µm 100µm 1mm Optical microscopy Electronic scanning Microfabrication manufacturing Surface effects are predominant 200 µm

  • vocyte

bacterium 2-6 µm pollen 20-40 µm lymphocyte 6-15 µm prothèse auditive 1 mm engrenage 800 µm carbon nanotube Diameter: 100 nm coil 130 µm

30 µ m 10 µ m

Lens with its support 500 µm mirror spectrometer

Assembled systems

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Main consequences for micromanipulation

Macro Macro-

  • objects
  • bjects manipulation

manipulation Micro Micro-

  • objects
  • bjects manipulation

manipulation

Scale effect Component Ni 100x120x150 µm3 Advanced Microsystems Laboratory Minnesota University, Minneapolis, USA

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Main consequences for micromanipulation and microrobot design

To avoid adhesion …

  • Avoid surface tension effects: dry or fully submerged environment, if necessary

hydrophobic coating of the manipulator tips

  • Use rough tips, hard materials, conductive and stainless materials

(oxyde=dielectric)

  • Control the interface, the medium, use dynamic manipulation (release by

acceleration)

A smaller and smaller object means less and less fingers to manipulate it! A smaller and smaller object means the use of strategies (dynamic)!

  • If possible choose couples of materials:

σ σ σ σs (Epoxy-Cu)=0.04 mC.m-2 , σ σ σ σs (Glass-Au)=4.2 mC.m-2

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A light and compact mechanism is intrinsically more precise than a large and heavy mechanism

  • a 10 cm long arm with an accuracy of 10 nm … is …

a « 400 km » arm with an accuracy of 4 cm …

  • T=1°

C corresponds to L=480 nm for a 40 mm steel beam

  • increase of resonance frequencies

Friction is the mortal enemy of the resolution (and then precision)

Deforming mechanisms, bearings without contacts

ρ E α m k α f

15 silicon silicon 9 kevlar kevlar 2,62 aluminium aluminium 2,66 steel steel E/ρ ρ ρ ρ.107 m2/s2 material material

Sensor as near as possible to the end-effectors, use of microscopic vision systems

Main consequences for micromanipulation and microrobot design

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Main consequences for control

input controller system Measurement/sensors Output Noisy signals:

  • low magnitude of usefull signals
  • ratio Signal/Noise is

unfavourable High environment sensibility Non linear, variant and stochastics models

  • difficulty to integrate the sensors
  • sensibility to the environment
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Today Approched Control Issues

Part.1 - Main aspects of the control issues in the micro/nanoworld, piezoelectric bender control Part.2 - From closed-loop to open loop control of piezocantilevers Micky RAKOTONDRABE and Philippe LUTZ, from FEMTO-ST (Besançon, France) Force control for nanohandling inside Scanning Electron Microscopes Daniel JASPER, from AMiR (Oldenburg, Germany) Controlled Optical Trapping of Nanoparticles Jason J. GORMAN, Thomas W. LEBRUN and Arvind BALIJEPALLI, from MEL (Gaithersburg, USA) Precision-Driven Hybrid Control for 3D Microassembly Dan O. POPA and Aditya N. DAS, from ARRI (Fort Worth, USA) Towards the mechanical and control-oriented optimization of micromechatronic systems for robust control Mathieu GROSSARD, Nicolas CHAILLET, Mehdi BOUKALLEL, Arnaud HUBERT and Christine ROTINAT-LIBERSA, from FEMTO-ST (Besançon, France) and CEA (Paris, France) Robust Vision-Guided Multi-probe Microassembly John WASON and John WEN, from CATS (Troy, USA) Fast and Precise Micropipette Positioning System based on Continuous Camera-Robot Recalibration and VisualServoing Leonardo S. MATTOS and Darwin G. CALDWELL, from ARD (Genova, Italia) Control of an Active Handheld Instrument for Microsurgery and Micromanipulation Robert A. MACLACHLAN, Brian C. BECKER and Cameron N. RIVIERE from RI (Pittsburgh, USA)

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Part.2 – From closed-loop to open-loop control of piezocantilever

1 - Characteristics of piezoelectric cantilevers: hysteresis creep badly damped vibration sensitivity to thermal variation 2 - Closed-loop robust control 3 - Open-loop control

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1 - Characteristics

1.1 – Micromanipulation task using a piezogripper

Piezoelectric cantilever Piezoelectric cantilever Small object piezogripper

F

δ

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1.2 – An example

[Haddab, PhD00]

1 - Characteristics

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1.3 – A piezoelectric cantilever

+

  • Piezoelectric layer

Passive layer Electrodes 15 mm 0,3 mm 2 m m Unimorph piezocantilever

  • +

+

  • Hysteresis,
  • Drift (creep),
  • Badly damped

1 - Characteristics

  • High resolution,
  • High bandwidth,
  • electrical energy,
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[Haddab, Phd00] [Rakotondrabe et al, AIM06] [Rakotondrabe et al, IROS07a] [Rakotondrabe et al, CASE07] [Rakotondrabe et al, ICRA09] [Ivan et al, RSI09]

Manipulation force:

  • Modeling,
  • Measurement/estimation
  • Control

Deflection modeling and control.

δ

+

  • Force

1.3 – A piezoelectric cantilever

1 - Characteristics

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1.4 – Hysteresis characteristic

+

  • F

U δ

Dynamic hysteresis

  • Loss of accuracy
  • Hard to find a controller

(dynamic hysteresis)

1 - Characteristics

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1.4 – Hysteresis characteristic

U

+

  • F

δ

dynamic hysteresis static hysteresis linear dynamic

[Low and Guo, JMEMS95] [Croft et al, ASME-JDSMC01] [Rakotondrabe et al, T-CST09]

  • easier synthesis
  • f controllers

(separation principle)

1 - Characteristics

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1.5 – Creep characteristic

+

  • F

δ

  • Loss of repeatability

and accuracy(time conditioned)

1 - Characteristics

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1.6 – Thermal sensitivity

+

  • F

δ

1 - Characteristics

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1.6 – Thermal sensitivity

+

  • F

δ

T [° C] deflection [µm] U=0V U=15V U=30V

  • Asymmetrical cantilever

is highly sensitive to thermal variation

[Rakotondrabe et al, IROS07b]

  • less than 1hour of switched on light

90%deflection of maximal range use

1 - Characteristics

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Part.2 – From closed-loop to open-loop control of piezocantilever

1 - Characteristics of piezoelectric cantilevers: hysteresis creep badly damped vibration sensitivity to thermal variation 2 - Closed-loop robust control 3 - Open-loop control

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2.1 – Robust feedback control

2 – Robust control

Max

α

min

α

Quadrilateral approximation

  • f the hysteresis

+ +

U

s

b δ

  • 0. ( )

D p α

+ +

∆ Wα

+ ++ +

U

s

b δ

  • 0. ( )

D p α

+ ++ +

∆ Wα

[Rakotondrabe et al, T-CST09]

0.U

δ α =

+ +

U

s

b δ

  • 0. ( )

D p α

  • +

ε

c

δ ( ) K p

+ +

∆ Wα

+ ++ +

U

s

b δ

  • 0. ( )

D p α

  • +

ε

c

δ ( ) K p

+ ++ +

∆ Wα

W2 W1

Fails with large hysteresis

uncertain

.

creep Temperature

s F δ δ δ + + + +

disturbance

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2.2 – Feedforward-feedback control

2 – Robust control

δ

( )

U Γ ( ) D p

piezocantilever

( )

1 . −

Γ

s

δ U

Linearized system

+ +

U

s

b δ

  • +

ε

c

δ ( ) K p ( )

U Γ ( ) D p

Poutre piézo

( )

1 . −

Γ

+ ++ +

U

s

b δ

  • +

ε

c

δ ( ) K p ( )

U Γ ( ) D p

Poutre piézo

( )

U Γ ( ) D p

Poutre piézo

( )

1 . −

Γ

[Rakotondrabe et al, IFAC-WC08]

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2.3 – Closed–loop control limitations

2 – Robust control

  • Accurate and high bandwidth sensors (optical sensors):

expensive large sizes (not convenient for packaged systems)

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2.3 – Closed–loop control limitations

2 – Robust control

  • Embeddable sensors (strain gauge sensors):

very noisy fragile

[Haddab et al, IFAC-Mech09]

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Part.2 – From closed-loop to open-loop control of piezocantilever

1 - Characteristics of piezoelectric cantilevers: hysteresis creep badly damped vibration sensitivity to thermal variation 2 - Closed-loop robust control 3 - Open-loop control

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3 – Feedforward control

  • No sensor is needed,
  • but, needs a precise model of the system
  • Hysteresis compensation,
  • creep compensation,
  • vibration compensation.

Piezocantilever Compensator

reference

  • utput

U

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3 – Feedforward control

3.1 – Hysteresis modeling

+

  • F

δ

U

Quadrilateral model Bouc-Wen model Preisach model Prandtl-Ishlinskii (PI) model

[Rakotondrabe et al, T-CST09] [Low and Guo, JMEMS95] [Croft et al, ASME-JDSMC01] [Kuhnen and Janocha, CIS01] [Mokaberi and Requicha, T-ASE08] [Rakotondrabe et al, IROS08]

  • ease of implementation
  • real-time applications
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3 – Feedforward control

3.1 – Hysteresis modeling (PI)

[Kranosel’skii and Pokrovskii, Springer89]

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3 – Feedforward control

3.2 – Hysteresis compensation (PI)

( )

1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2

' ; 1 1 ' ' ; 2

k k j k j j k k k k j j j j

r w r r k n w w w w k n w w w w

= − = =

= ⋅ − = = − = =     + ⋅ +        

∑ ∑ ∑

⋯ ⋯

[Kranosel’skii and Pokrovskii, Springer89]

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3 – Feedforward control

3.2 – Hysteresis compensation

Compensated hysteresis Creep phenomenon Linear but creep phenomenon

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3 – Feedforward control

3.3 – Creep modeling/compensation

Hysteresis compensator

+

  • F

δ

U

c

δ

[Rakotondrabe et al, T-CST09] c

δ K

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3 – Feedforward control

3.2 – Hysteresis compensation

Hysteresis compensator

+

  • F

δ

U

c

δ

Creep compensator

v

δ

c

δ K

  • No inverse of the creep model

in the compensator

  • No bi-stability condition
  • n the model of the creep
  • +

1 K ( ) C p

v

δ

[Rakotondrabe et al, T-ASE09]

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3 – Feedforward control

3.2 – Hysteresis compensation

  • linear, without creep,
  • but badly damped

Hysteresis compensator

+

  • F

δ

U

c

δ

Creep compensator

v

δ

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3 – Feedforward control

3.3 – Vibration compensation

Dyncamic model inversion Input shaping techniques

[Croft et al, ASME-JDSMC01] [Singer et al, Patent90]

  • No inverse of dynamic
  • robustness for some techniques
  • promising for micro/nano

[Singer and Seering, ASME-JDSMC90] [Singhose et al, AIAA-JGCD96] [Popa et al, ICRA03] [Paris et al, IWMF08] [Rakotondrabe et al, IROS08]

Vibr. compensator

r

δ

Hysteresis compensator

+

  • F

δ

U

c

δ

Creep compensator

v

δ

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3 – Feedforward control

3.3 – Vibration compensation

( )

( )

( )

2 2

( ) sin 1 1

i n

t t n i i n i

t K A e t t

ξ ω

ω δ ω ξ ξ

− − ⋅ ⋅    

= ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ − ⋅ − −

[Singer et al, Patent90]

Vibr. compensator

r

δ

Hysteresis compensator

+

  • F

δ

U

c

δ

Creep compensator

v

δ

1

1

m i i i

A A

=

 =      >   

(positivity of the amplitudes)

1

( )

m i i

t δ

=

=

(suppression of the vibrations)

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3 – Feedforward control

3.4 – Final results

[Rakotondrabe et al, T-ASE09]

Linear, without creep and well damped

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References

[Kranosel’skii and Pokrovskii, Springer89] - M.A.Krasnosel'skii and A.V.Pokrovskii, `` Systems with Hysteresis '', Springer-Verlag, Berlin, New York, 1989 (410p.) [Singer et al, Patent90] - N.C. Singer, W. P. Seering and K. A. Pasch, ‘Shaping command inputs to minimize unwanted dynamics’, Patent NoUS-4.916.635, 1990. [Singer and Seering, ASME-JDSMC90] - N. C. Singer and W. P. Seering, ‘Preshaping command inputs to reduce system vibration’, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol.112, pp.76-82, march 1990. [Low and Guo, JMEMS95] - T. S. Low and W. Guo, ‘Modeling of a three-layer piezoelectric bimorph beam with hysteresis’, J. Microelectromech. Syst., vol.4, pp230-237, 1995. [Singhose et al, AIAA-JGCD96] - W. Singhose, S. Derezinski and N. Singer, "Extra-insensitive input shapers for controlling flexible spacecraft", AIAA Journal of Gruidance, Control and Dynamics Vol.19, No2, pp.385-391, 1996. [Haddab, Phd00] - Y. Haddab, ‘Design and development of a micromanipulation station with position/force control and dedicated to micrometric objects’, PhD thesis in Automatic Control and Computer Science, Université de Franche-Comté, 2000 [Kuhnen and Janocha, CIS01] - K. Kuhnen and H. Janocha, ‘Inverse feedforwrad controller for complex hysteretic nonlinearities in smart-materials systems’, Control of Intelligent System, Vol.29, No3, 2001. [Croft et al, ASME-JDSMC01] - D. Croft, G. Shed and S. Devasia, "Creep, hysteresis and vibration compensation for piezoactuators: atomic force microscopy application", ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 2001. [Popa et al, ICRA03] – D.O. Popa, B.H. Kang, J.T. Wen, H.E. Stephanou, G. Skidmore and A. Geisberger, ‘Dynamic modeling and open-loop control of thermal bimorph MEMS actuators’, IEEE ICRA, Taipei, Taiwan, 2003. [Rakotondrabe et al, AIM06] - Micky Rakotondrabe, Yassine Haddab and Philippe Lutz, 'Nonlinear modelling and estimation of force in a piezoelectric cantilever', IEEE/ASME

  • AIM, Zurich Switzerland, Sept 2007.

[Rakotondrabe et al, IROS07a] - Micky Rakotondrabe, Yassine Haddab and Philippe Lutz, 'Modelling and H-inf force control of a nonlinear piezoelectric cantilever', IEEE/RSJ

  • IROS, pp:3131-3136, San Diego CA USA, Oct-Nov 2007.

[Rakotondrabe et al, IROS07b] - Micky Rakotondrabe, Cédric Clévy and Philippe Lutz, 'H-inf deflection control of a unimorph piezoelectric cantilever under theraml disturbance', IEEE/RSJ - IROS, pp:1190-1197, San Diego CA USA, Oct-Nov 2007. [Rakotondrabe et al, CASE07] - Micky Rakotondrabe, Cédric Clévy and Philippe Lutz, 'Modelling and robust position/force control of a piezoelectric microgripper', IEEE - CASE, pp:39-44, Scottsdale AZ USA, Sept 2007. [Rakotondrabe et al, IROS08] - Micky Rakotondrabe, Cédric Clévy and Philippe Lutz, 'Hysteresis and vibration compensation in a nonlinear unimorph piezocantilever', IEEE/RSJ - IROS, pp:558-563, Nice France, Sept 2008. [Rakotondrabe et al, IFAC-WC08] - Micky Rakotondrabe, Mamadou Cissé Diouf and Philippe Lutz, 'Robust feedforward-feedback control of a hysteretic piezocantilever under thermal disturbance', IFAC - WC, pp:13725-13730, Seoul Corea, July 2008. [Mokaberi and Requicha, T-ASE08] - B. Mokaberi and A. A. G. Requicha, "Compensation of scanner creep and hysteresis for AFM nanomanipulation", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), Vol.5, No2, pp.197-208, 2008. [Paris et al, IWMF08] - M. Paris, Y. Haddab and P. Lutz, ‘A new approach for a microparts feeding system based on inertial force’, International Workshop on MicroFactory (IWMF), 2008.

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References

[Rakotondrabe et al, ICRA09] - Micky Rakotondrabe and Philippe Lutz, 'Force estimation in a piezoelectric cantilever using the inverse-dynamics-based UIO technique', IEEE

  • ICRA, pp:2205-2210,, Kobe Japan, May 2009.

[Rakotondrabe et al, T-CST09] - Micky Rakotondrabe, Yassine Haddab and Philippe Lutz, 'Quadrilateral modelling and robust control of a nonlinear piezoelectric cantilever', IEEE - Transactions on Control Systems Technology (T-CST), Vol.17, Issue 3, pp:528-539, May 2009. [Haddab et al, IFAC-Mech09] - Y. Haddab, Q. Chen and P. Lutz, ’Improvement of strain gauges micro-forces measurement using Kalman optimal filtering’, International Journal of IFAC Mechatronics, to appear 2009. [Rakotondrabe et al, T-ASE09] - Micky Rakotondrabe, Cédric Clévy and Philippe Lutz, 'Complete open loop control of hysteretic, creeped and oscillating piezoelectric cantilever', IEEE - Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), conditionally accepted. [Ivan et al, RSI09] - Ioan Alexandru Ivan, Micky Rakotondrabe, Philippe Lutz, Nicolas Chaillet, ‘Current integration force and displacement self-sensing method for cantilevered piezoelectric actuators’, Review on Scientific Instruments (RSI), submitted, 2009.