Author Archives: Bo Tang

Commander-In-Chief of Tianwen-3 Zuoxin Zhou And His Team Visit Our Research Center

17 Jun 24
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ID: NEWS2024-No.5

Time: June 16, 2024

Place: Harbin, China

Event: On June 14, Mr. Zuoxin Zhou, the commander-in-chief of Tianwen-3 along with his delegation come to visit the Research Center of Aerospace Mechanism and Control at Harbin Institute of Technology.

Mr. Zhou presents the overall implementation plan for the Tianwen-3 Mars exploration mission. On behalf of the research team, Mr. Qiquan Quan puts forward the research progress on the Mars rotorcraft. Mr. Peng Liu reports on the research progress of the vision navigation for the Mars rotorcraft. Academician Zongquan Deng of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, together with the research team conduct in-depth technical exchanges and discussions with Mr. Zhou along with his delegation concerning the Mars rotorcraft.

This article is contributed by Bo Tang.

An Academic Lecture Delivered by Prof. Shugen Ma

26 Mar 24
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ID: NEWS2024-No.2

Time: March 25, 2024

Place: Harbin, China

Event: Professor Shugen Ma from the Thrust of Robotics and Autonomous Systems at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) visited Harbin Institute of Technology at the invitation of Professor Zongquan Deng for an academic exchange. During the visit, Professor Ma delivered a lecture titled “From Study of Biomimetic Robotics to Design of Environment-Adaptive Robotic Mechanisms”. The lecture took place on the 25th from 10:00 to 11:30 at Room K723 in the Technology Innovation Building (TIB).

This article is contributed by Bo Tang.

Dr. Qiquan Quan Selected for Young Scientist Studio Support Program

13 Mar 24
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ID: NEWS2024-No.1

Time: March 13, 2024

Place: Harbin, China

Event: The selection process for the seventh batch of Young Scientist Studios at Harbin Institute of Technology is completed, with a total of 25 young scientist studios selected across the university. Dr. Qiquan Quan is selected for the Young Scientist Studio Support Program successfully.

This article is contributed by Bo Tang.

Professor Qiquan Quan attended the First National Conference on Space Mechanism

17 Nov 23
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ID: NEWS2023-No.8

Time: November 17, 2023

Place: Qinhuangdao, China

Event: The First National Conference on Space Mechanism organized by the Space Mechanism Division of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME) was held in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province from November 3rd to 5th, 2023. Professor Qiquan Quan and his doctoral student, Bo Tang, attended the conference. On November 5th, in Session 4, Bo Tang presented an academic report titled “Design and optimization of rotor blades for Mars quadcopter.”

This article is contributed by Bo Tang.

Yajun Wu visits the AMT laboratory

10 Aug 23
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ID: NEWS2023-No.6

Time: August 8, 2023

Place: Harbin, China

Event: On July 26, 2023, Ms. Yajun Wu who graduated in 2018, with her parents visit the AMT laboratory. Ph.D. candidate Mr. Bo Tang introduces the development of research about the Mars rotorcraft and asteroid exploration to them. Ms. Yajun Wu also shares her working experience after graduation and discusses freely the current employment situation in Mainland and abroad with Prof. Qiquan Quan.

This article is contributed by Yajun Wu.

Workshop with GDU technical experts in Harbin

23 Jun 23
Bo Tang
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ID: NEWS2023-No.4

Time: June 23, 2023

Place: Harbin, China

Event: On June 19, 2023, GDU technical experts Mr. Yuan Xue and Mr. Shuai Song are invited by Prof. Qiquan Quan to participate in a workshop on data flow and communication protocols of UAV in Harbin. The workshop is held at the Volga Manor, Harbin.

Mr. Yuan Xue and Mr. Shuai Song have a deep technical exchange with Prof. Qiquan Quan, Prof. Peng Liu, Prof. Rui Wu of Harbin Institute of Technology, engineers and graduate students of the Aerospace Mechanism Testing (AMT) laboratory in data flow and communication protocols. During the meeting, Prof. Qiquan Quan introduces the current progress of development of the Mars rotorcraft of Harbin Institute of Technology; Mr. Kaijie Zhu reports the general design of the Mars rotorcraft; Mr. Bo Tang reports the design of the rotor system of the Mars rotorcraft, and Mr. Huanhe Wang reports the design of the communication protocols.

After the meeting, Prof. Qiquan Quan accompanies Mr. Yuan Xue and Mr. Shuai Song to have lunch together at Volga Manor.

This article is contributed by Bo Tang.

2023 GRADUATION SEASON

22 Jun 23
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ID: NEWS2023-No.3

Time: June 22, 2023

Place: Harbin, China

Event: On May 31, Yachao Dong, Hao Cai, Yuanxu Wu, Kaiyi Wang, Ming Lu, Yang Xu, Yuheng Wang, Lanchen Kou, the master students of Aerospace Mechanism Testing Laboratory (AMT), worked hard and managed to pass their thesis defenses. Among them, the dissertation of Yachao Dong won the award of “Excellent Master Degree Dissertation of Harbin Institude of Technology”. AMT held a photo shoot for everyone. Teachers and students from the AMT took part in the activity together.

Yachao Dong finished his thesis titled “Design of an attitude control system of Mars helicopter and experimental study” and decide to stay at Harbin Institude of Technology to pursue his PhD degree. Hao Cai finished his thesis titled “Design and experimental study of the Marsbird-IV rotorcraft” and will join China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology(CALT). Yuanxu Wu finished his thesis titled “Development and experimental study of adirectly coil-actuated attitude adjusting rotor” and will join Zetop Technologies Co., Ltd. Kaiyi Wang finished his thesis titled “Optimization of three-dimensional structure and two-dimensional airfoil for Mars rotorcraft blade” and decide to stay at Harbin Institude of Technology to pursue his PhD degree. Ming Lu finished his thesis titled “Design and experimental study of parallelly-actuated ultrasonic metal tube sealing welder” and will join Zetop Technologies Co., Ltd. Yang Xu finished his thesis titled “Design and experimental study of pneumatically-actuated ultrasonic metal spot welder” and decide to stay at Harbin Institude of Technology to pursue his PhD degree. Yuheng Wang finished his thesis titled “Design and experimental study of ultrasonic metal welder for wire harness” and decide to stay at Harbin Institude of Technology to pursue his PhD degree. Lanchen Kou finished his thesis titled “Design and experimental study of torque sensor for high temperature and cryogenic environment” and decide to stay at Harbin Institude of Technology to pursue his PhD degree.

This article is contributed by Yuheng Wang.

 

 

DR. QUAN PROMOTES TO IEEE SENIOR MEMBER

21 Jun 23
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ID: NEWS2023-No.2

Time: June 21, 2023

Place: Harbin, China

Event: Dr. Qiquan Quan is elevated to the grade of IEEE Senior Member on June 21.

Upgrading and reconstruction of valves of the Mars atmosphere simulator

13 Dec 22
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ID: NEWS2022-No.12

Time: December 13, 2022

Place: Harbin, China

Event: The Mars atmosphere simulator is a significant experimental setup for testing rotor performance in the simulated atmosphere of Mars. To improve the recovery speed of air pressure inside the tank after the experiment is completed, a larger size air inlet valve is replaced outside the tank, thus reducing the air pressure recovery time to less than 80 minutes. To solve a potential safety hazard that the experimenters are locked in the tank by mistake, a safety valve is installed inside the tank, which can be used for self-rescue in case of emergency to protect the life of the experimenters.

 

This work is completed by Bo Tang and Yuheng Wang. This article is contributed by Bo Tang.

Swashplate Attitude Adjusting Motors for MarsBird-IV Tested Successfully

17 Nov 22
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ID: NEWS2022-No.11

Time: November 17, 2022

Place: Harbin, China

Event: MarsBird-IV is one of the serialized Mars rotorcraft prototypes developed by AMT laboratory. MarsBird-IV employs a parallel swashplate mechanism to realize its attitude control. At present, the prototype is developed and the test of the swashplate attitude adjusting motors is preliminarily completed. A FPGA control circuit drives the servos under the control of an xPC target computer and receives the commands with a delay in the range of 5×10–5 to 10–4 s. Experiments show that the angular position control accuracy of servos is ±0.06° so that the servos can reach the designated position quickly and accurately. AMT laboratory will further optimize the control algorithm to reduce the angular position oscillation and improve the control accuracy of the servos.

 

This work is completed by Yachao Dong and Hao Cai. This article is contributed by Yachao Dong.