ABSTRAKThe cranes are widely used to facilitate the transport of goods. This project aims to
create a miniature crane to study and analyze its behavior, especially the swing of the
load while moving, and then develop and implement a system controlling the position
and velocity of the load of the crane using a specific control technique.
The purpose of controlling this apparatus is automatically move the crane to a
particular position at a certain speed, while trying to keep the swing of the mass to a
minimum/no sway. The method used is the state feedback control implemented in
VB.net and it produces a very good response.
The overall structure of the miniature crane system consists of a computer/program,
the LabJack, amplifiers, a motor, sensors, and the miniature crane apparatus.The use
of linearization technique could overcome the problem of the dead zone on the motor.
