三个模块化管内机器人对环境适应运动的平行直角形状变化的效应
1Department of Robotics, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan.
Frontiers in robotics and AI
|October 9, 2023
概括
这项研究介绍了一种新的管道机器人,它具有改变形状的能力,可以适应障碍物. 它独特的设计简化了控制和降低了成本,证明了有效适应水平管道.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 机械工程 机械工程
- 机械电子学是什么意思 机械电子学
背景情况:
- 管道内机器人需要先进的移动解决方案来在复杂的环境中导航.
- 对自主管道检查和维护机器人来说,障碍谈判是一个关键的挑战.
- 现有的机器人往往缺乏有效的机制来适应不同的管道几何形状.
研究的目的:
- 介绍一款新的管道内机器人设计,采用未经调整的平行直径爬行器模块.
- 为了实现自动的车身形状变化,以提高对障碍物的适应性.
- 为了简化机器人控制,降低成本,提高在各种管道条件的适应性.
主要方法:
- 开发一个机器人,其中有三个未完成的平行图爬虫模块.
- 实现一个单驱动器,差速变速机制,以改变形状.
- 爬虫机械输出 (扭矩) 的准静态分析,以确定变速比要求.
- 实验验证机器人的性能和环境参数的影响.
主要成果:
- 机器人成功地将其爬行器形状转换为平行四边形的水平管道截面.
- 该设计实现了缩小,降低成本,并简化了对障碍物适应的控制.
- 平行直线的配置确保了前后对称性,增强了双向适应性.
- 该研究发现了适应垂直截面阶梯管道的局限性.
结论:
- 拟议的低效平行图爬行机器人为管道内导航和障碍物适应提供了一个有前途的解决方案.
- 简单的单驱动器机制有效地管理形状变化,无需复杂的控制系统.
- 进一步的研究可能将重点放在提高垂直或更复杂的管道配置的适应性上.
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