具有角度编程的状轨迹使得具有超微妙性,超强度和超精度的多功能抓器成为可能
Yaoye Hong1, Yao Zhao1, Joseph Berman2
1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
Nature communications
|August 2, 2023
概括
这项研究引入了一种新的软抓手,使用角度编程的状轨迹. 这种多功能抓手实现了对各种物体的超温和,超强和超精确处理,包括脆弱的液体和微型物体.
科学领域:
- 机器人和软物质工程 机器人和软物质工程
- 材料科学和生物仿真学
背景情况:
- 用单个软抓柄处理超软,超薄和超重的物体是一个重大的挑战,因为在合规性,强度和精度之间存在固有的权衡.
- 现有的软抓器往往难以平衡微妙的操纵与承受重载或精细精度的能力.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种单一的柔软抓柄,能够多功能地处理各种各样的物体,从超软到超重.
- 通过创新的轨迹编程实现超温和,超强和超精确的抓取性能.
主要方法:
- 使用了以角度编程的状抓取轨迹.
- 结合实验验证,理论分析和计算模拟.
- 设计了一个可扩展和独立于材料的抓手,包括天然叶子的生物降解选项.
主要成果:
- 在最小接触压力 (0.05 kPa) 的情况下,证明了脆弱液体的微妙抓取.
- 实现了提升物体的16000倍,是抓手自己的重量.
- 成功地在高成功率的表面上对超薄 (4μm片) 和微尺度 (2μm纤维) 的物体进行了精确的抓取.
结论:
- 开发的软抓手在极端场景中表现出色,克服了在合规性,强度和精度方面的传统限制.
- 显式控制的轨迹可以与机器人系统和各种应用的假肢无集成.
- 潜在的应用范围包括农业,食品加工,生物医学,微创手术和深海勘探.
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