来自渔绳和线的人造肌肉
Carter S Haines1, Márcio D Lima, Na Li
1The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083, USA.
概括
研究人员用常见的聚合物纤维制造出廉价,高性能的人造肌肉. 这些人造肌肉提供了高强度,长寿命和快速启动,适用于各种应用.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 聚合物科学 聚合物科学
背景情况:
- 当前人工肌肉的高成本和性能限制限制限制了它们的广泛应用.
- 现有的人工肌肉遭受低周期寿命,歇斯底里,和低效率.
研究的目的:
- 从易于获得的材料中开发出廉价,高性能的人造肌肉.
- 展示聚合物纤维在创造可扩展,高效的人工肌肉方面的潜力.
主要方法:
- 低成本高强度聚合物纤维 (捕鱼线,线) 通过扭曲插入进行转换.
- 通过极端扭曲来制造卷状的人工肌肉.
- 执行机制的理论和实验分析.
主要成果:
- 演示了具有快速,可扩展,非歇斯底里性和长寿命拉伸和扭矩驱动的人工肌肉.
- 达到了49%的收缩,举起比人类肌肉重100倍以上的负载.
- 产生的5.3千瓦/千克机械输出功率相当于喷气式发动机.
- 展示了对温度敏感的织品和节能窗的应用.
- 已确认的大冲压拉伸式 actuation 结果来自扭转式 actuation.
结论:
- 廉价的聚合物纤维可以转化为高性能的人工肌肉.
- 扭曲插入是创建可扩展和高效的人工肌肉的有效方法.
- 这些新型的人工肌肉在机器人,织品和节能等领域具有广泛的应用潜力.
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