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CN113246671B - Reconfigurable unmanned vehicle autonomous docking control system - Google Patents

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CN113246671B
CN113246671B CN202110754767.3A CN202110754767A CN113246671B CN 113246671 B CN113246671 B CN 113246671B CN 202110754767 A CN202110754767 A CN 202110754767A CN 113246671 B CN113246671 B CN 113246671B
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The invention provides a reconfigurable unmanned vehicle autonomous docking control method and a reconfigurable unmanned vehicle autonomous docking control system, which can realize autonomous dynamic docking and disassembly among unmanned vehicle units, thereby quickly realizing topology reconfiguration of an unmanned vehicle. After the two unmanned vehicle units receive the docking command, the active docking vehicle preliminarily adjusts the position of the docking active end according to the position information of the image recognition positioning plate on the docking passive end, which is acquired by the vision sensor, so that the relative position of the docking active end and the docking passive end reaches the set docking position requirement; then the active docking vehicle obtains an included angle between the axis of the active docking end and the axis of the passive docking end according to distance information between the detection plates of the laser sensors on the passive docking end and the distance information detected by more than two laser ranging sensors distributed on the active docking end; then the active butt joint vehicle further adjusts the posture of the butt joint active end to eliminate the included angle, so that the axis of the butt joint active end is superposed with the axis of the butt joint passive end; and finally, the active butt joint vehicle controls the butt joint of the active end and the passive end to be coaxially butted.

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Reconfigurable autonomous docking control system for unmanned vehicle
Technical Field
The invention relates to a docking system, in particular to an autonomous docking control method and system for a reconfigurable unmanned vehicle, and belongs to the technical field of unmanned vehicles.
Background
The unmanned vehicle can independently execute functional tasks such as logistics, transportation, distribution, patrol, public transportation, retail, cleaning, connection, rescue and the like, and is a core element for future intelligent transportation and smart city construction. It is expected that most tasks will be completed by unmanned vehicles instead of human beings in future transportation and travel and human life, and vehicles will be evolved from traditional vehicles into intelligent carriers for performing functional tasks, and have great influence on the development of human society. Compared with the traditional intelligent networked automobile, the unmanned automobile aims at executing functional tasks, does not have a human driving mechanism, subverts the basic design concept of the traditional automobile centering on human, and is innovative in configuration, flexible and changeable. Therefore, the fundamental theory and key technology of the unmanned vehicle must realize original breakthrough, is a brand new challenge brought by the era of intelligent vehicles, and is a research hotspot in the international and domestic fields.
With the continuous expansion of the connotation of intelligent transportation and smart cities in the future, the development of unmanned vehicles faces major challenges of complex and variable execution tasks, three-dimensional and multidimensional running environments, continuous expansion of functional requirements, single limitation of carrier configuration and the like. Obviously, the traditional unmanned vehicle with a fixed configuration has difficulty in meeting the challenges and cannot meet the requirements of the intelligent transportation and the smart city for a novel intelligent vehicle in the future. The reconfigurable unmanned vehicle technology thoroughly breaks through the form constraint of the traditional fixed configuration unmanned vehicle, can independently realize complex functions such as function reconfiguration, topology reconfiguration and the like, realizes independent combination, butt joint and disintegration among multiple unmanned vehicle units, comprehensively expands the function task execution boundary of the unmanned vehicle, and is expected to become a subversive innovation technology in the future. How to realize the butt joint and the disintegration between the minimum reconstruction units of the reconfigurable unmanned vehicle is a key technology which needs to be solved firstly by the reconfigurable unmanned vehicle; in the butt joint process, the position and the posture of the butt joint end are controlled to directly influence the butt joint efficiency.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the invention provides a reconfigurable unmanned vehicle autonomous docking control method, which is used for realizing autonomous dynamic docking between unmanned vehicle units (i.e., unmanned vehicle minimum reconfiguration units), so as to quickly realize topology reconfiguration of unmanned vehicles, widen task execution boundaries of unmanned vehicles, and meet complex environment and task requirements in future intelligent transportation and smart cities.
The reconfigurable unmanned vehicle autonomous docking control method comprises the following steps: in the butt joint process of two unmanned vehicle units, one unmanned vehicle unit serves as an active butt joint vehicle to provide a butt joint active end, and the other unmanned vehicle unit serves as a passive butt joint vehicle to provide a butt joint passive end; the butt joint of the two unmanned vehicle units is realized through the coaxial butt joint of the butt joint active end and the butt joint passive end;
after two unmanned vehicle units receive a docking command, the active docking vehicle preliminarily adjusts the position of the docking active end according to the position information of the image recognition positioning plate on the docking passive end of the passive docking vehicle, which is obtained by the vision sensor on the docking active end, so that the relative position of the docking active end and the docking passive end meets the set docking position requirement;
then the active docking vehicle obtains an included angle between the axis of the active docking end and the axis of the passive docking end according to distance information between the detection plates of the laser sensors on the passive docking end and the distance information detected by more than two laser ranging sensors distributed on the active docking end; then the active docking car further adjusts the posture of the docking active end to eliminate the included angle, so that the axis of the docking active end is overlapped with the axis of the docking passive end;
and finally, the active docking car controls the docking active end to be in coaxial docking with the docking passive end on the passive docking car, so that the docking of the two unmanned car units is completed.
As a preferred mode of the present invention, in the process of docking two unmanned vehicle units, the active docking end monitors the stress of the docking surface in real time through two or more force sensors.
In addition, the present invention provides a reconfigurable autonomous docking control system for an unmanned vehicle, comprising: the device comprises an active capture module, a locking module, a sensing module and a control module; the reconfigurable unmanned vehicle comprises more than one unmanned vehicle unit; each unmanned vehicle unit is provided with an autonomous docking system; when two unmanned vehicle units need to be butted, an active capturing module on one unmanned vehicle unit is butted with a locking module on the other unmanned vehicle unit;
the active capture module adopts a six-degree-of-freedom platform, the fixed end of the six-degree-of-freedom platform is fixedly connected with the unmanned vehicle unit, and the movable end of the six-degree-of-freedom platform is provided with a locking core; the six-degree-of-freedom platform can drive the locking core to move along the transverse direction, the longitudinal direction, the vertical direction, the yaw direction, the rolling direction and the pitching direction so as to adjust the position and the posture of the locking core;
the locking module includes: a locking mechanism and a docking guide block; the butt joint guide block is fixedly connected with the unmanned vehicle unit; the butt joint guide block is provided with a butt joint guide hole matched with the locking core and used for accommodating the locking core; the locking mechanism is used for locking the position of the butted guide block and the locking core after being butted;
the sensing module is used for sensing the position and the posture of the locking core on the active capture module relative to the butt joint guide block on the locking module and sending the position and the posture to the control module; the control module controls the active capture module to adjust the position and the posture of the locking core relative to the butt joint guide block according to the sensing information of the sensing module, so that the locking core is inserted into the butt joint guide hole of the butt joint guide block when two unmanned vehicle units are in butt joint.
As a preferred mode of the present invention, the sensing module comprises a vision sensor mounted at the fixed end of the six-degree-of-freedom platform and more than two laser ranging sensors mounted at the end face of the movable end of the six-degree-of-freedom platform; the vision sensor and the more than two laser ranging sensors are respectively connected with the control module and used for sending detected signals to the control module;
an image recognition positioning plate matched with the vision sensor is arranged on the butt joint guide block, and the vision sensor obtains the position of the butt joint guide block relative to the locking core through recognition of the image recognition positioning plate; the control module adjusts the position of the locking core on the six-degree-of-freedom platform according to the position, so that the locking core and the butt joint guide block reach the expected relative position;
the butt joint guide block is provided with a laser sensor detection board used for being matched with the laser ranging sensors, more than two laser ranging sensors are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction, the control module obtains an included angle between the axis of the locking core and the axis of the butt joint guide block according to distance information between the detection board of the laser sensor and the distance information detected by the more than two laser ranging sensors respectively, and the control module adjusts the posture of the locking core so that the butt joint guide block is coaxial with the locking core.
As a preferable mode of the present invention, the sensing module further includes two or more force sensors; more than two force sensors are arranged on the end face of the movable end of the six-degree-of-freedom platform and are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction; the force sensor is connected with the control module;
when two unmanned vehicle units are in butt joint, the force sensor is in contact with the butt joint surface of the butt joint guide block, and the stress of the butt joint surface of the butt joint guide block and the butt joint surface of the locking core is fed back to the control module.
As a preferred mode of the present invention, a stress threshold of the force sensor is preset in the control module, and is used to indicate that the locking core and the docking guide block are docked in place, and when the stress magnitude fed back by the force sensor reaches the preset threshold, it indicates that the locking core is inserted to reach a specified position; when the stress fed back by the force sensor changes suddenly, the control module controls the locking core of the six-freedom-degree platform to adjust.
As a preferred aspect of the present invention, the six-degree-of-freedom platform includes: the device comprises a base and six electrically-driven linear actuators; the base is used as a fixed end of the six-degree-of-freedom platform and is fixedly connected with the unmanned vehicle unit; the locking core is fixed on the locking core connecting plate; the fixed ends of the six electric-driven linear actuators are hinged with the base, and the actuating ends of the six electric-driven linear actuators are respectively hinged with the locking core connecting plate; and the six electric-driven linear actuators are controlled to move so as to drive the locking core to move in the transverse, longitudinal, vertical, yaw, roll and pitch directions.
In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the lock mechanism includes a lock pin and a lock pin actuator;
more than one locking pin actuators are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction on the outer circumference of the butt joint guide block, pin hole groups which correspond to the locking pin actuators one by one are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction on the outer circular surface of the locking core, and each pin hole group comprises more than one pin hole; the actuating end of each locking pin actuator is provided with locking pins which are in one-to-one correspondence with the pin holes in the pin hole group; a spring is arranged inside the locking pin; initially, the locking pin actuator pulls on the locking pin compression spring;
when the locking core enters the butt joint guide hole in the butt joint guide block, the locking pin actuator releases force, and when the locking core rotates to the pin hole and corresponds to the locking pin in position, the locking pin automatically extends out under the action of the spring and enters the pin hole corresponding to the locking pin.
As a preferred mode of the present invention, the control module adopts a full digital servo control system, which comprises a microcontroller, a programmable logic controller, a servo driver and a motor;
the microcontroller calculates the relative position and posture of two unmanned vehicle units to be butted according to the sensing information of the sensing module; the programmable logic controller reversely calculates the stretching amount of six electric-drive linear actuators in the active capture module through relative positions and postures, transmits the stretching amount to the servo driver, and the servo driver drives the servo motor to rotate so as to change the positions of the electric-drive linear actuators.
As a preferred aspect of the present invention, an encoder mounted on the servo motor detects the speed and position information of the servo motor in real time and transmits the information to the servo driver, so as to form a closed-loop control, so as to precisely control the expansion and contraction amount of the electrically driven linear actuator in real time.
Has the advantages that:
(1) the reconfigurable autonomous docking control method for the unmanned vehicle can accurately sense the relative position and posture change of two unmanned vehicle units to be docked, and provides a basis for dynamic docking; therefore, autonomous dynamic docking between the unmanned vehicle units can be realized, topology reconstruction of the unmanned vehicle is rapidly realized, and complex environment and task requirements in future intelligent transportation and smart cities are met.
(2) The reconfigurable autonomous docking control system for the unmanned vehicles is provided with a sensing module, an active capturing module, a locking module and a control module, and can meet the requirements of dynamic docking and disassembly among unmanned vehicle units. The sensing module consists of a plurality of physical quantity sensors and can accurately sense the motion state, relative position and posture change of the butted and butted unmanned vehicle units; the active capture module can dynamically adjust according to the position and posture change of the docking unmanned vehicle unit, so as to realize dynamic docking and active capture between the docking unmanned vehicle units; the locking module realizes the locking between the butted unmanned vehicle units after the butting process is finished, and ensures the driving stability of the unmanned vehicle units after the butting is finished.
(3) The active capture module adopts a six-degree-of-freedom platform, and the postures of the active capture module in the transverse, longitudinal, vertical, yaw, roll, pitch and other directions can be adjusted through telescopic control of an electric cylinder of the six-degree-of-freedom platform, so that the flexible docking requirement is met; the multi-sensor sensing module based on the vision sensor, the laser ranging sensor and the force sensor can guarantee accuracy and stability of a butt joint process, and high-precision flexible butt joint is achieved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an active capture module of an autonomous docking control system of a reconfigurable unmanned vehicle according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a locking module of the reconfigurable autonomous docking control system for the unmanned vehicle;
fig. 3 is a working schematic diagram of a control module of the autonomous docking control system of the reconfigurable unmanned vehicle.
Wherein: the device comprises a vision sensor 1, an electrically driven linear actuator 2, a base 3, a laser ranging sensor 4, a force sensor 5, a locking core 6, a locking pin actuator 7, a butt joint guide block 8, an image recognition positioning plate 9, a laser sensor detection plate 10 and a locking core connecting plate 11.
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The embodiment provides an autonomous docking control system for a reconfigurable unmanned vehicle, which is used for realizing autonomous dynamic docking and disassembly between unmanned vehicle units.
This autonomic butt joint control system includes: the device comprises an active capture module, a locking module, a sensing module and a control module; each unmanned vehicle unit is provided with the autonomous docking control system; when two unmanned vehicle units need to be in butt joint, an active capture module on one unmanned vehicle unit is in butt joint with a locking module on the other unmanned vehicle unit, and for convenience of description, an unmanned vehicle unit for providing the active capture module in the two unmanned vehicle units is in active butt joint, and an unmanned vehicle unit for providing the locking module is in passive butt joint.
As shown in fig. 1, the active capture module includes: an electrically driven linear actuator 2, a base 3 and a lock core 6; the active capture module is arranged at the front end of the unmanned vehicle unit; the active capture module adopts a six-degree-of-freedom platform, the base 3 is used as a fixed end of the six-degree-of-freedom platform, and the base 3 is fixedly connected with a vehicle body of the unmanned vehicle unit; the locking core 6 is fixed in the middle of the locking core connecting plate 11, and three groups of pin holes are uniformly distributed on the outer circumferential surface of the locking core 6 at intervals along the circumferential direction.
Every two six electric-driven linear actuators 2 form a group, three groups of electric-driven linear actuators 2 are uniformly distributed on the base 3 at intervals along the circumferential direction, and the other ends of the two electric-driven linear actuators 2 in each group are respectively hinged with the locking core connecting plate 11; namely, the fixed end of the electric drive linear actuator 2 is hinged with the base 3, and the actuating end is hinged with the locking core connecting plate 11. And a locking core connecting plate 11 connected with a locking core 6 is used as a movable end of the six-degree-of-freedom platform. By controlling the extension and retraction of the six electric-driven linear actuators 2, the postures of the active capture module in the transverse, longitudinal, vertical, yaw, roll and pitch directions can be adjusted.
When the autonomous docking control systems of the two unmanned vehicle units are docked, the control module on the active docking vehicle controls the six electrically-driven linear actuators 2 to move according to expected positions and postures, so that the motion of the movable end of the platform in six freedom directions (transverse, longitudinal, vertical, yaw, roll and pitch) in a Cartesian coordinate system is realized, and finally the locking core 6 on the movable end of the platform is dynamically controlled to be aligned with the docking guide block 8 on the locking module of the passive docking vehicle in a high-precision mode, and the docking action is completed.
The sensing module is installed on the initiative capture module, and the sensing module includes: the device comprises a vision sensor 1 arranged on a base 3, and three laser ranging sensors 4 and three force sensors 5 arranged on a locking core connecting plate 11; wherein the vision sensor 1 is positioned right above the base 3, and the image acquisition direction of the vision sensor 1 faces to the movable end of the six-degree-of-freedom platform; the three laser ranging sensors 4 are uniformly distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the locking core connecting plate 11; the three force sensors 5 are arranged on the end face of the end of the locking core connecting plate 11 where the locking core 6 is located and are uniformly distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction; preferably, the three force sensors 5 and the three laser distance measuring sensors 4 are offset in position from one another. And each sensor in the sensing module is respectively connected with the control module and used for sending the detected signal to the control module.
As shown in fig. 2, the locking module arrangement includes: the device comprises a locking mechanism, an image recognition positioning plate 9, a butt joint guide block 8 and a laser sensor detection plate 10; the locking module is arranged at the rear end of the vehicle body of the unmanned vehicle unit; wherein the butt joint guide block 8 is fixedly connected with the vehicle body of the unmanned vehicle unit through a bracket; the docking guide block 8 is centrally provided with a docking guide hole for cooperating with the locking core 6 for accommodating the locking core 6. The laser sensor detection plate 10 is arranged on the outer circumference of the middle part of the butt joint guide block 8, and divides the butt joint guide block 8 into two parts along the axial direction, wherein one part is used for butt joint with the active capture module, and the other part is used for installing a locking mechanism.
The locking mechanism is used for realizing the position locking after the butt joint of the butt joint guide block 8 and the locking core 6, and adopts a locking pin and a locking pin actuator 7. Specifically, three locking pin actuators 7 are uniformly distributed on the outer circumference of the butt joint guide block 8 at intervals along the circumferential direction, the actuating end of each locking pin actuator 7 is provided with locking pins which are in one-to-one correspondence with pin holes on the locking core 6, and in order to ensure that the locking pins can be smoothly inserted into the corresponding pin holes, a spring is arranged inside each locking pin; initially, the locking pin actuator 7 pulls the locking pin to compress the spring, so that the spring is in a compressed state and the locking pin is not pushed out; after the locking core 6 enters the butt joint guide hole in the butt joint guide block 8, the locking pin actuator 7 releases force, the locking core 6 is rotated through the six-degree-of-freedom platform, when the locking core 6 rotates to the pin hole and corresponds to the locking pin in position, the locking pin automatically extends out under the action of the restoring force of the spring and enters the pin hole, and therefore locking between the butt joint guide block 8 and the locking core 6 is achieved. An image recognition positioning plate 9 is connected to one of the locking pin actuators 7; preferably, the image recognition positioning plate 9 is located at a position right above the docking guide block 8, and corresponds to the position of the vision sensor 1 on the base 3.
The image recognition positioning plate 9 on the passive docking car is used for being matched with the vision sensor 1 on the active docking car, and the vision sensor 1 can obtain the relative position information of the image recognition positioning plate 9 on the passive docking car locking module based on a position area recognition algorithm and an edge line recognition algorithm and send the relative position information to the control module; the control module adjusts the position of the locking core 6 on the six-degree-of-freedom platform according to the position, so that the locking core 6 and the butt joint guide block 8 reach an expected relative position, and the accurate butt joint requirement is met.
The laser sensor detection board 10 on the passive docking car is used for being matched with the three laser ranging sensors 4 on the active docking car; when an active capture module on an active butt joint vehicle is in butt joint with a locking module on a passive butt joint vehicle, a control module on the active butt joint vehicle establishes a two-plane parallel mathematical model according to distance information between a laser sensor detection plate 10 on the locking module of the passive butt joint vehicle and the distance information respectively detected by three laser ranging sensors 4, an included angle between the axis of a locking core 6 on the active butt joint vehicle and the axis of a guide block 8 on the passive butt joint vehicle is calculated, then the locking core 6 on a six-degree-of-freedom platform is controlled to move to eliminate the included angle, so that the butt joint guide block 8 is coaxial with the locking core 6, and the locking core 6 can be accurately inserted into the butt joint guide block 8 during butt joint.
In addition, during butt joint, the force sensor 5 on the active butt joint vehicle is in contact with the plane where the guide block 8 in the locking module of the passive butt joint vehicle is located, and the control module judges whether the plane where the guide block 8 is located is parallel to the plane where the locking core connecting plate 11 is located or not according to the stress fed back by the three force sensors 5 (if the two planes are parallel, the stress of the positions where the three force sensors 5 are located are the same). Meanwhile, a threshold value of the stress detected by the force sensors is preset in the control module, and the threshold value indicates that the locking core 6 and the butt joint guide block 8 are in butt joint in place, namely when the stress fed back by the three force sensors reaches the preset threshold value, the locking core 6 is inserted to reach a specified position. In addition, force sensor 5 still is used for detecting the stress sudden change that leads to because the unequally disturbance of ground when the butt joint, and when the sudden change appears in stress, control module in time controls the locking core 6 of six degrees of freedom platforms and adjusts, and the rocking that the unequally disturbance of ground arouses when avoiding the butt joint leads to the mechanism to damage.
The multi-sensor sensing module based on the vision sensor, the laser ranging sensor and the force sensor can ensure the accuracy and stability of the butt joint process. When the butt joint is started, the vision sensor 1 acquires the position information of the image recognition positioning plate 9 and feeds the position information back to the control module, and the relative position of the butt joint system of the two unmanned vehicle units to be butt jointed is adjusted to initially meet the requirement required by flexible butt joint; then, the laser ranging sensor 4 acquires distance information of the active capture module and the locking module of the two unmanned vehicle units to be butted, so that the movable end (the active capture module) and the fixed end (the locking module) of the butt joint system of the two unmanned vehicle units are kept parallel; when the movable end and the fixed end are aligned, the locking core 6 on the active capture module is slowly inserted into the butt joint guide block 8 of the locking module, and in the process, the force sensor 5 acquires stress information between the active capture module and the locking module during butt joint, so that butt joint of two unmanned vehicle units is ensured to be in place, and deviation and collision caused by road jolt are avoided during flexible butt joint.
As shown in FIG. 3, the docking action between the active capture module and the locking module operates under the control of the control module. The control module realizes the control of the six electrically-driven linear actuators 2 according to the information detected by the sensing module. The control module adopts a full-digital servo control system and comprises a microcontroller, a programmable logic controller, a servo driver and a motor. The microcontroller carries out the attitude calculation of the active capture module according to the information transmitted by the sensing module, the programmable logic controller calculates the elongation of six electric-driven linear actuators 2 in the active capture module through position inverse solution, transmits the elongation to the servo driver, and drives the servo motor to rotate by the servo driver, so that the positions of the electric-driven linear actuators 2 are changed, namely the electric-driven linear actuators 2 are controlled to stretch out and draw back, and the motion of the motion platform in six degrees of freedom in a Cartesian coordinate system is realized. The encoder installed on the servo motor detects the speed and the position information of the servo motor in real time and sends the speed and the position information to the servo driver to form a closed-loop control system, so that the elongation of each electrically-driven linear actuator 2 is accurately controlled in real time, meanwhile, the servo driver transmits the speed and the position information to the microcontroller, and the microcontroller ensures the coordinated action and the control accuracy of the six actuators.
The working principle of the butt joint system is as follows:
after the control modules of the two unmanned vehicle units receive the docking command, the relative positions of the two unmanned vehicle units are close to meet the docking requirement through the intersection of trajectory planning and trajectory tracking.
Then, the vision sensor 1 on the active capture module of the active butt joint vehicle detects the image recognition positioning plate 9 on the locking module of the passive butt joint vehicle, and controls the locking core 6 on the active capture module to perform initial position adjustment according to the position information transmitted by the vision sensor 1. After preliminary adjustment, the control module on the active butt joint vehicle controls the active capture module to eliminate the included angle between the axis of the locking core 6 and the axis of the butt joint guide block 8, which are calculated by the three laser sensors 1, so that the axes of the locking core and the axis of the butt joint guide block coincide to meet the requirement of accurate butt joint. After the locking core 6 on the active docking vehicle aligns to the docking guide block 8 on the passive docking vehicle, the control module on the active docking vehicle controls the active capture module to insert the locking core 6 into the docking guide block 8; meanwhile, the force sensor 5 is in contact with the plane where the butt joint guide block 8 on the locking module is located, and the control module on the active butt joint vehicle adjusts the position relation between the butt joint guide block 8 and the locking core 6 according to the feedback stress so as to enable the butt joint guide block and the locking core to be in place. And finally, the locking pin on the butt joint guide block 8 on the passive butt joint vehicle is pushed into the pin hole on the locking core 6 under the action of the locking pin actuator 7, so that the locking of the active capture module and the locking module is completed, and the butt joint of the two unmanned vehicle units is completed.
When the control modules of two butted unmanned vehicle units receive a disassembly command, the control module on the passive butted vehicle firstly controls the locking pin actuator 7 to act, and the locking pin is pulled back to separate the locking pin from the pin hole on the locking core 6 of the active butted vehicle, so that the active capture module on the active butted vehicle and the locking module on the passive butted vehicle are unlocked; then the active butt joint vehicle and/or the passive butt joint vehicle move backwards to separate the locking core 6 from the butt joint guide block 8, and the disassembly of the two unmanned vehicle units is completed.
In summary, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1.可重构无人车自主对接控制系统,其特征在于,包括:主动捕捉模块、锁定模块、传感模块及控制模块;1. A reconfigurable unmanned vehicle autonomous docking control system, characterized in that it comprises: an active capture module, a locking module, a sensing module and a control module; 每辆无人车单元上均设置有自主对接系统;当需要将两辆无人车单元对接时,其中一辆无人车单元上的主动捕捉模块与另一辆无人车单元上的锁定模块对接;Each unmanned vehicle unit is provided with an autonomous docking system; when two unmanned vehicle units need to be docked, the active capture module on one unmanned vehicle unit and the locking module on the other unmanned vehicle unit docking; 所述主动捕捉模块采用六自由度平台,所述六自由度平台的固定端与无人车单元固接,活动端设置有锁定芯(6);所述六自由度平台能够带动所述锁定芯(6)沿横向、纵向、垂向、横摆、滚转及俯仰方向运动,以调整所述锁定芯(6)的位置和姿态;The active capture module adopts a six-degree-of-freedom platform, the fixed end of the six-degree-of-freedom platform is fixedly connected to the unmanned vehicle unit, and the movable end is provided with a locking core (6); the six-degree-of-freedom platform can drive the locking core (6) Move along the horizontal, vertical, vertical, yaw, roll and pitch directions to adjust the position and attitude of the locking core (6); 所述锁定模块包括:锁定机构和对接导向块(8);所述对接导向块(8)与无人车单元固接;所述对接导向块(8)上设置有用于和所述锁定芯(6)配合的对接导向孔,用于容纳所述锁定芯(6);所述锁定机构用于所述对接导向块(8)和锁定芯(6)对接后的位置锁定;The locking module includes: a locking mechanism and a docking guide block (8); the docking guide block (8) is fixedly connected to the unmanned vehicle unit; the docking guide block (8) is provided with a locking core ( 6) The matching butt-jointing guide hole is used for accommodating the locking core (6); the locking mechanism is used to lock the position of the butting guide block (8) and the locking core (6) after the jointing; 所述传感模块用于感知所述主动捕捉模块上锁定芯(6)相对锁定模块上对接导向块(8)的位置和姿态,并发送给所述控制模块;所述控制模块依据所述传感模块的感知信息控制所述主动捕捉模块调整所述锁定芯(6)相对所述对接导向块(8)的位置和姿态,使两辆无人车单元对接时,所述锁定芯(6)插入所述对接导向块(8)的对接导向孔中;The sensing module is used to sense the position and attitude of the locking core (6) on the active capture module relative to the docking guide block (8) on the locking module, and send it to the control module; The sensing information of the sensor module controls the active capture module to adjust the position and posture of the locking core (6) relative to the docking guide block (8), so that when the two unmanned vehicle units are docked, the locking core (6) Insert into the butting guide hole of the butting guide block (8); 所述传感模块包括安装在六自由度平台固定端的视觉传感器(1)以及安装在六自由度平台活动端端面的两个以上激光测距传感器(4);所述视觉传感器(1)和两个以上所述激光测距传感器(4)分别与所述控制模块相连,用于将检测的信号发送给控制模块;The sensing module includes a vision sensor (1) mounted on the fixed end of the six-degree-of-freedom platform and two or more laser ranging sensors (4) mounted on the end face of the six-degree-of-freedom platform movable end; the vision sensor (1) and the two The above-mentioned laser ranging sensors (4) are respectively connected to the control module, and are used for sending detected signals to the control module; 所述对接导向块(8)上设置有用于和所述视觉传感器(1)配合的图像识别定位板(9),所述视觉传感器(1)通过对所述图像识别定位板(9)的识别,获得所述对接导向块(8)相对所述锁定芯(6)的位置;所述控制模块以此为依据调整六自由度平台上锁定芯(6)的位置,使锁定芯(6)与对接导向块(8)达到期望相对位置;The docking guide block (8) is provided with an image recognition positioning plate (9) for cooperating with the visual sensor (1), and the visual sensor (1) recognizes the image recognition positioning plate (9) by , obtain the position of the docking guide block (8) relative to the locking core (6); the control module adjusts the position of the locking core (6) on the six-degree-of-freedom platform based on this, so that the locking core (6) is The docking guide block (8) reaches the desired relative position; 所述对接导向块(8)上设置有用于和激光测距传感器(4)配合的激光传感器检测板(10),两个以上所述激光测距传感器(4)沿周向间隔分布,所述控制模块根据两个以上激光测距传感器(4)分别检测到的与所述激光传感器检测板(10)之间的距离信息,获得所述锁定芯(6)轴线与所述对接导向块(8)轴线之间的夹角,所述控制模块以此调整所述锁定芯(6)的姿态使所述对接导向块(8)与所述锁定芯(6)同轴;The docking guide block (8) is provided with a laser sensor detection plate (10) for cooperating with the laser distance measuring sensor (4), two or more of the laser distance measuring sensors (4) are distributed at intervals in the circumferential direction, and the The control module obtains the axis of the locking core (6) and the docking guide block (8) according to the distance information respectively detected by the two or more laser ranging sensors (4) and the laser sensor detection board (10). ) the included angle between the axes, the control module adjusts the posture of the locking core (6) by this, so that the docking guide block (8) is coaxial with the locking core (6); 所述传感模块还包括两个以上力传感器(5);两个以上所述力传感器(5)安装在六自由度平台活动端端面上,且沿周向间隔分布;所述力传感器(5)与所述控制模块相连;The sensing module further includes two or more force sensors (5); the two or more force sensors (5) are mounted on the end face of the movable end of the six-degree-of-freedom platform and are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction; the force sensors (5) ) is connected to the control module; 两辆无人车单元对接时,所述力传感器(5)与所述对接导向块(8)对接面接触,向所述控制模块反馈对接导向块(8)对接面与所述锁定芯(6)对接面的应力;When the two unmanned vehicle units are docked, the force sensor (5) is in contact with the docking surface of the docking guide block (8), and the docking guide block (8) docking surface and the locking core (6) are fed back to the control module. ) stress on the butt surface; 所述控制模块内预设有所述力传感器(5)的应力阈值,用于指示所述锁定芯(6)和所述对接导向块(8)的对接到位,当所述力传感器(5)反馈的应力大小到达预设阈值时,表示所述锁定芯(6)插入到达指定位置处;当所述力传感器(5)反馈的应力出现突变时,所述控制模块控制六自由度平台的锁定芯(6)进行调整。The stress threshold of the force sensor (5) is preset in the control module, which is used to indicate that the locking core (6) and the abutment guide block (8) are in place, when the force sensor (5) When the magnitude of the feedback stress reaches the preset threshold, it means that the locking core (6) is inserted to reach the specified position; when the stress fed back by the force sensor (5) has a sudden change, the control module controls the locking of the six-degree-of-freedom platform The core (6) is adjusted. 2.如权利要求1所述的可重构无人车自主对接控制系统,其特征在于,所述六自由度平台包括:底座(3)和六个电驱动直线作动器(2);所述底座(3)作为所述六自由度平台的固定端,与无人车单元固接;所述锁定芯(6)固定在锁定芯连接板(11)上;六个所述电驱动直线作动器(2)的固定端与所述底座(3)铰接,作动端分别与所述锁定芯连接板(11)铰接;通过控制六个所述电驱动直线作动器(2)运动,驱动所述锁定芯(6)在横向、纵向、垂向、横摆、滚转及俯仰方向上运动。2. The autonomous docking control system for reconfigurable unmanned vehicles according to claim 1, wherein the six-degree-of-freedom platform comprises: a base (3) and six electrically driven linear actuators (2); the The base (3) is used as the fixed end of the six-degree-of-freedom platform and is fixedly connected to the unmanned vehicle unit; the locking core (6) is fixed on the locking core connecting plate (11); The fixed end of the actuator (2) is hinged with the base (3), and the actuating end is hinged with the locking core connecting plate (11) respectively; by controlling the movement of the six electric-driven linear actuators (2), The locking core (6) is driven to move in the lateral, longitudinal, vertical, yaw, roll and pitch directions. 3.如权利要求1所述的可重构无人车自主对接控制系统,其特征在于,所述锁定机构包括锁定销及锁定销作动器(7);3. The reconfigurable autonomous vehicle docking control system according to claim 1, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a locking pin and a locking pin actuator (7); 所述对接导向块(8)外圆周沿周向间隔分布有一个以上锁定销作动器(7),所述锁定芯(6)外圆面上沿周向间隔分布有与所述锁定销作动器(7)一一对应的销孔组,每个销孔组包括一个以上销孔;每个锁定销作动器(7)的作动端设置有与销孔组中的销孔一一对应的锁定销;所述锁定销内部设置有弹簧;初始时,所述锁定销作动器(7)拉住所述锁定销压缩弹簧;The outer circumference of the docking guide block (8) is distributed with more than one locking pin actuators (7) at intervals along the circumferential direction, and the outer circumference of the locking core (6) is spaced along the circumferential direction with the locking pin actuators. There are one-to-one pin-hole groups corresponding to the actuators (7), and each pin-hole group includes more than one pin-hole; a corresponding locking pin; a spring is arranged inside the locking pin; initially, the locking pin actuator (7) pulls the locking pin to compress the spring; 当所述锁定芯(6)进入所述对接导向块(8)上的对接导向孔内后,所述锁定销作动器(7)卸力,当所述锁定芯(6)转动至销孔与所述锁定销位置对应时,所述锁定销在弹簧作用下自动伸出,进入与之对应的销孔内。When the locking core (6) enters the abutting guide hole on the abutting guide block (8), the locking pin actuator (7) releases the force, and when the locking core (6) rotates to the pin hole When corresponding to the position of the locking pin, the locking pin automatically extends under the action of the spring and enters the corresponding pin hole. 4.如权利要求2所述的可重构无人车自主对接控制系统,其特征在于,所述控制模块采用全数字伺服控制系统,包括微型控制器、可编程逻辑控制器、伺服驱动器及伺服电机;4. The reconfigurable unmanned vehicle autonomous docking control system according to claim 2, wherein the control module adopts an all-digital servo control system, comprising a microcontroller, a programmable logic controller, a servo driver and a servo motor; 所述微型控制器根据传感模块的感知信息进行待对接的两辆无人车单元的相对位置和姿态解算;所述可编程逻辑控制器通过相对位置和姿态反解算出所述主动捕捉模块中六个电驱动直线作动器(2)的伸缩量,传递给所述伺服驱动器,由所述伺服驱动器驱动伺服电机转动,进而改变所述电驱动直线作动器(2)的位置。The microcontroller calculates the relative positions and attitudes of the two unmanned vehicle units to be docked according to the sensing information of the sensing module; the programmable logic controller inversely calculates the active capture module through the relative positions and attitudes The telescopic amount of the six electrically driven linear actuators (2) is transmitted to the servo driver, and the servo motor is driven by the servo driver to rotate, thereby changing the position of the electrically driven linear actuator (2). 5.如权利要求4所述的可重构无人车自主对接控制系统,其特征在于,安装在所述伺服电机上的编码器实时检测所述伺服电机的速度、位置信息并发送到所述伺服驱动器,形成闭环控制,以精准地实时控制所述电驱动直线作动器(2)的伸缩量。5. The reconfigurable unmanned vehicle autonomous docking control system according to claim 4, wherein the encoder installed on the servo motor detects the speed and position information of the servo motor in real time and sends it to the The servo driver forms a closed-loop control to precisely control the telescopic amount of the electrically driven linear actuator (2) in real time.
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