一个模块化策略,用于分布式,体现无电子软机器人的控制
Qiguang He1, Rui Yin1, Yucong Hua1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Science advances
|July 7, 2023
概括
研究人员开发了一种无电子技术的方法,用于使用响应性材料控制软机器人. 这种方法可以实现自主传感和适应性轨迹变化,以应对环境刺激.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 生物仿真工程 生物仿真工程
背景情况:
- 传统的机器人依赖于庞大的电子传感器,微控制器和执行器来与环境互动.
- 开发自主传感和控制对于下一代软机器人至关重要.
- 现有的方法往往与软机器人系统中电子元件的复杂性和体积作斗争.
研究的目的:
- 为软机器人提供一种无电子自主控制的创新方法.
- 展示机器人的物理构成如何体现其传感,控制和执行反循环.
- 为了使软机器人能够自主感知和响应环境刺激,而无需外部电子设备.
主要方法:
- 设计的模块化控制单元使用响应性材料,特别是液晶弹性体.
- 将这些模块集成到软机器人机体中,以创建一个嵌入式控制系统.
- 启用模块来感知外部刺激,如光,热和溶剂.
主要成果:
- 基于环境刺激,在机器人轨迹中证明了自主变化.
- 展示了将多个控制模块组合在一起以获得复杂,基于逻辑的响应的能力.
- 实现了自主决策,在采取行动之前需要多个环境事件.
结论:
- 拟议的框架为软机器人体内控制提供了一种新的策略.
- 这种无电子的方法可以在不确定的和动态的环境中实现自主操作.
- 该系统为实现更具适应性和自给自足的软机器人平台提供了途径.
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