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  • Robotics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Sensor Technology

Background:

  • Soft robots offer advantages in dexterity and safety but often lack robust motion sensing.
  • Bellows-driven continuum joints are common in soft robotics but challenging to monitor.
  • Existing sensing methods can be complex, expensive, or not robust in soft robotic applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel inductance-based sensing system for bellows-driven continuum joints in soft robots.
  • To demonstrate the system's capability in measuring joint motion, including lateral displacements.
  • To validate the use of inductance sensing for closed-loop control of soft robot joint orientation.

Main Methods:

  • Developed an inductance-based sensing system using coils wrapped around bellows.
  • Implemented a dual-section sensing approach for piece-wise constant-curvature approximation of joint deformation.
  • Measured changes in mutual inductance to infer bellows extension and joint motion.
  • Utilized sensor feedback for controlling joint orientation.

Main Results:

  • The inductance sensors accurately measured joint motion, achieving an RMS error of 1.1° for bending.
  • The system successfully measured lateral displacements, which are typically unobservable.
  • Inductance sensors provided effective feedback for closed-loop orientation control of the joint.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed inductance-based system offers accurate and robust motion feedback for bellows-driven continuum joints.
  • This technology enables the development of self-sensing soft robots with enhanced capabilities.
  • Inductance sensing presents a viable alternative for robust motion measurement in soft robotic systems.