The Electric Forklift Wheel Control by Using a P-Controller Compared with the Remote-Control Position

The purpose of this paper is to study the wheel system for the electric forklift robot operated using remote control. The usage of this forklift is to facilitate the heavy load of workers in the industrial field. The wheel system which is equipped with the robot called Drive Steering Wheel, has two functions such as driving forward, backward and turning in range of 180 degrees with transition and orientation at the same time. Consequently, two motors are used in the steering and drive function with a sensor called an encoder, the aim of using this encoder is to control the turning position by using a P-controller. Observably, the robot can move up to the speed of 0.47m/s by operating at a long distance with remote control. The experimental result testing between the remote and the actual angle of the turning motor shows that the controller gain kp=6.5 is the best result compared to another gain kp.