以肌肉为基础的生物同步机器人通过生物优化的双螺旋机械设计来控制方向
Chuang Zhang1,2, Lianchao Yang1,2,3, Wenxue Wang1,2
1State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
Soft robotics
|February 26, 2024
概括
研究人员开发了一种新的软生物同步机器人,使用肌肉组织进行运动. 这种可操纵的机器人可以在各种表面上无线运输微粒,从而推进软机器人和组织工程.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 生物同步机器人将人工结构与活体肌肉细胞相结合,提供高效率和小型化等优势.
- 对生物同步机器人来说,控制运动至关重要,但可引导的动力敏捷性仍然是一个挑战.
- 现有的设计往往缺乏先进的方向控制,限制了它们的实际应用.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个生物优化的双脚完全软的生物同步机器人,具有增强的运动可控性.
- 为了使无线可转向的机车和货物运输使用肌肉执行和电场转向.
- 解决当前生物同步机器人设计中可转向动力敏捷性的局限性.
主要方法:
- 构建了一个完全软的双脚机器人,由两个肌肉组织驱动.
- 集成了一个可控制方向的电场,由外部循环分布的多个电极产生,用于转向.
- 测试了机器人的移动性和货物运输能力,在人工聚烯和生物猪肉表面.
主要成果:
- 成功开发了一种生物同步机器人,能够无线操纵运动.
- 在人造和生物表面上证明有效地运输微粒子货物.
- 通过基于电场的方向盘实现了增强的动力敏捷性.
结论:
- 开发的生物同步机器人为推进可引导软机器人的有效策略提供了有效的策略.
- 这项工作为非生物软机器人设计和肌肉组织工程提供了洞察力.
- 该研究强调了将生物元件与人工系统集成为复杂功能的潜力.
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