软的机器人模拟液体的图案
Giacomo Sasso1, Nicola Pugno1,2, James J C Busfield3
1School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Rd, London, E1 4NS, UK.
Scientific reports
|September 22, 2023
概括
一个新的软机器人混合器使用电响应材料,用于精确的液体图案和高效的混合. 与传统摇机相比,这种技术提供了更高的效率和更低的温度升高,有利于温度敏感的应用.
科学领域:
- 机器人和材料科学 机器人和材料科学
- 流体动力学和微流体学
背景情况:
- 液体图案对于微流体设备,聚合物结构和处理敏感材料至关重要.
- 目前的方法,如摇器往往是低效的,杂的,能源密集的,并可以提高液体温度.
- 需要先进的技术来提供精确的控制和温柔的液体处理.
研究的目的:
- 为了引入一个新的软机器人混合器,利用电响应型智能材料.
- 为了证明该设备在液体中创建和稳定各种空间模式的能力.
- 为了比较其混合效率和热影响与传统的轨道振动器.
主要方法:
- 基于介电弹性体执行器的软机器人混合器的开发.
- 使用旋转和转移的组合来操纵液体流动.
- 使用轨道振动器对混合效率和温度变化的实验比较.
主要成果:
- 软机器人设备成功地创建并保持稳定的空间液态图案数分钟.
- 在8分钟后,与轨道震动器 (~80%) 相比,达到更高的混合效率 (~94%) .
- 经过6小时的混合后,显著降低了温度升高 (+1°C vs +5°C).
结论:
- 电响应软机器人混合机为液体模式和混合提供了多功能和高效的替代方案.
- 该技术提供了优越的性能,减少了热应力,非常适合敏感的生物和化学应用.
- 这一进步使得在微流体和材料结构环境中精确控制流体动力学.
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