由DEA对驱动的手指假肢作为激进分子-对抗分子的人工肌肉
Alexandre B S da Silva1,2, Gabriel E P Mendes1, Eduardo S Bragato1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitoria 29075-910, Brazil.
Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 23, 2024
概括
这项研究介绍了一种轻量级的3D打印指纹假肢,使用介电弹性体执行器 (DEA) 作为人工肌肉. 这种柔软的机器人执行器技术为截肢者恢复日常生活活动提供了对刚性假肢的有希望的替代方案.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 生物材料科学 生物材料科学
- 假肢工程 假肢工程
背景情况:
- 上肢损失显著影响日常活动,生活质量和自尊.
- 目前的机器人假肢经常使用重型,刚性执行器,限制功能和用户体验.
- 软机器人技术的进步通过灵活的执行器和人工肌肉提供了潜在的解决方案.
研究的目的:
- 设计和测试一种使用介电弹性体执行器 (DEA) 的新型手指假肢.
- 开发一种轻量级的3D打印假肢手部件,模仿自然肌肉功能.
- 为了解决上肢假肢中的传统刚性执行器的局限性.
主要方法:
- 发展纤维受约束介电弹性体 (FCDEs) 作为激动剂-对抗剂的人造肌肉.
- 设计和建模3D打印 (PLA) 指假肢用于曲运动.
- 整合和测试DEA对来驱动假肢手指.
主要成果:
- 制造的手指假肢证明了DEAs驱动的成功曲运动.
- 实验结果与拟议的生物机械模型非常相匹配.
- 3D打印的设计实现了轻量级的形状.
结论:
- 拟议的DEA驱动的手指假体显示出作为轻量级和符合严格机器人执行器的替代品的巨大潜力.
- 这种柔软的机器人方法为恢复截肢者的独立性和自主性提供了一个有希望的途径.
- 进一步的发展可能会导致更具功能和自然主义的假肢.
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