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  • Robotics
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Engineering

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  • Shape memory alloys (SMAs) offer advantages for soft robotics, including lightweight design and high power density.
  • Designing SMA-based continuum bending joints is challenging due to inherent trade-offs in mechanical properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an integrated multicomponent modeling framework for antagonistic SMA wire bending joints.
  • To introduce a model-based optimal design methodology to balance performance metrics and satisfy robotic task requirements.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a framework with four submodels: bending angle, load-deflection stiffness, distal twisting angle, and output force.
  • Unified submodels under a common temperature input to analyze coupled relationships and trade-offs.
  • Implemented an optimal design methodology to determine parameters for SMA bending joints.

Main Results:

  • Experimental validation confirmed the accuracy of the developed submodels for SMA bending joints.
  • The optimal design methodology successfully balanced mechanical performance metrics.
  • Comparison with nonoptimal prototypes validated the proposed design approach.

Conclusions:

  • The integrated modeling framework and optimal design methodology effectively address coupling effects in antagonistic SMA wires.
  • This approach minimizes iterative prototyping, facilitating the integration of SMA wires into flexible and soft robots.