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Area of Science:

  • Robotics
  • Materials Science
  • Actuation Systems

Background:

  • Reconfigurable modular robots offer advantages like versatility and sustainability over fixed designs.
  • Soft actuators enhance adaptability and safety but often lack high-speed, high-strain capabilities and untethered operation.
  • Existing modular robotic systems require improvements in actuation performance and connection methods for greater agility.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel class of electrically actuated robotic modules (HEXEL modules) with enhanced performance.
  • To enable rapid reconfiguration and high agility in robotic systems through modularity.
  • To address the limitations of existing soft actuators in terms of speed, strain, and untethered operation.

Main Methods:

  • Development of hexagonal electrohydraulic (HEXEL) modules combining soft actuators and rigid exoskeletons.
  • Characterization of individual HEXEL module actuation performance, including speed and strain.
  • Utilizing embedded magnetic connections for reversible mechanical and electrical coupling between modules.
  • Modeling the quasi-static force-stroke behavior of HEXEL modules.

Main Results:

  • HEXEL modules demonstrate high-speed actuation (4618% per second strain rate, 15.8-hertz bandwidth) and high strain (49% contraction).
  • Modules exhibit high specific power (122 W/kg) and enable untethered operation via magnetic connections for electronics.
  • Demonstrated successful reconfiguration into diverse robotic systems, including jumping, pipe-crawling, muscle, array, platform, and rolling robots.

Conclusions:

  • HEXEL modules represent a significant advancement in soft robotic actuation, offering high performance and reconfigurability.
  • The magnetic connection system facilitates rapid assembly and untethered functionality, paving the way for agile robotic systems.
  • These modules hold promise for creating next-generation, rapidly reconfigurable, high-speed robots with diverse applications.