嵌入式形状变形用于形态适应性机器人
Jiefeng Sun1,2, Elisha Lerner3, Brandon Tighe3
1Adaptive Robotics Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. jiefeng.sun@yale.edu.
Nature communications
|September 27, 2023
概括
研究人员为机器人开发了一种嵌入式形状变形系统,将驱动,传感和锁定集成到机器人中.
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
- 机械工程 机械工程
背景情况:
- 现有的形状变形机器人通常需要外部设备,这限制了它们的自主性和实用性.
- 将形状变形能力直接集成到机器人的身体中是一个重大挑战.
研究的目的:
- 为机器人引入一种新的嵌入式形状变形方案.
- 为了演示机器人体内的形状激活,感应和锁定的整合.
- 通过各种机器人系统展示这种嵌入式方案的多功能性.
主要方法:
- 开发一个集成的形状变形系统与嵌入式的驱动,传感和锁定机制.
- 设计和制造三种不同的变形机器人系统:自适应式抓手,四足机器人和无两机器人.
- 创建一个嵌入式变形模块库,用于可编程的形状转换.
主要成果:
- 成功演示了能够自适应抓取的自我感知形状变形抓柄.
- 展示了一种四足机器人,可以改变其身体形状以实现各种陆地运动 (行走,爬行,爬).
- 介绍了一种无机器人,能够将其四肢转化为两运动,并提供了一个模块库,用于多功能可编程形状.
结论:
- 嵌入式形状变形方案使机器人能够自主地重新配置它们的形态.
- 这种综合方法克服了外部支持设备的局限性,为更具适应性和多功能机器人铺平了道路.
- 开发的系统为各种环境中的按需形态适应提供了一个有希望的解决方案.
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