一个多功能软机器人形状显示器,具有高速执行,传感和控制.
B K Johnson1, M Naris1, V Sundaram1
1Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
Nature communications
|July 31, 2023
概括
研究人员使用电液驱动器和磁传感器开发了一种新型软形状显示器. 这种高速的多功能显示器可以在机器人,触觉等领域实现先进的应用.
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
- 人与计算机的交互
背景情况:
- 机器人现有的形状显示器经常与高保真性变形,快速变形和集成感应能力相斗争.
- 这些局限性阻碍了它们在触觉,制造和空气动力学等领域的应用.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个具有增强性能特性的多功能软形显示器.
- 通过集成的执行和传感来解决当前形状变形技术的局限性.
主要方法:
- 设计了一个10x10的可扩展蜂单元阵列,集成高速电液软启动和基于磁性的传感.
- 控制电路嵌入到蜂单元中,以便协调操作.
- 该系统旨在实现高性能,可逆形状变形和敏感状态检测.
主要成果:
- 已证明高性能可逆形状在高达50赫兹的频率变形.
- 每个细胞实现了对表面变形 (0.1毫米) 和外部力 (50 mN) 的高灵敏度传感.
- 展示了各种应用,包括用户交互,图像显示,物体质量传感和固体和液体的动态操纵.
结论:
- 开发的软形显示器提供了丰富的多功能和高性能功能.
- 紧密整合电液驱动器,软传感器和控制器在规模上是推进软机器人的关键.
- 这项技术为交互表面,先进机器人技术和新型传感应用开辟了新的途径.
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