Neil — Controls Engineer

ITS PLC MHJ Edition is an Industrial floor multi-equipment computer graphics based simulator which interfaces with WinSPS-S7 (A Ladder Logic software which mimics Step7-300). I programmed a ladder logic which controlled a Pick and Place application with a 3-DoF manipulator and 2 conveyors interfacing with 9 sensors and 8 outputs to control parts on a conveyor to be placed in a 9 sectioned box on another conveyor.

Generating a 2-D Optimal Kinematic Trajectory: Utilized MATLAB programming to maximize the radius of orbit transfer for a spacecraft within a given length of time by optimizing states using an indirect method of Two-Point-Boundary-Value-Problem. Also Optimized input of two autonomous tricycles reaching a common final zone with constraints such as common final time, taking different paths and avoiding obstacles by using the Direct Optimization Method of Collocation. Inverse Kinematics and Pick and Place operation of Viper s650TM: Inverse Kinematics was performed using LabVIEW. Independently, programmed the robot (using V+ language) to grasp the given objects on the conveyor belt and place them in a specific pattern. The design of a Relay Ladder Logic (RLL): Calculated the error in the volume of water using the International Parallel Machine’s IP3416 PLC model and EPS Software to design a RLL. Actuated a baggage system at an airport including warning lights, alarm, and conveyor belt motor and baggage sensor. Control and Design of Semi-Autonomous Surveillance Robot: Architecting and fabricating a control system which switches between a wireless manual control and an autonomous mode. Coded the microcontroller (Arduino UNO) using Arduino IDE for obstacle avoidance in its autonomous mode. Integration of camera module to the system. Integrated accurate CAD modeling using CATIA to design the chassis, while selecting the desired motor torque. Modeling and Control of twin-rotor UAV: Thrust vectoring based modeling of the UAV. Fabrication of the same. Control the UAV in two modes Climb velocity control and Altitude hold control using a linear PID Controller in SIMULINK. Fault Tolerance Control Allocation Schemes in an Over-Actuated Control system: An implication of control allocation of real time Quadrotor system to avoid input saturation and re-allocation to distribute control in a faulty system.