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对于高效的机器人而言,弹性能量循环驱动器是高效的机器人
Erez Krimsky1, Steven H Collins1,2
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Science robotics
|March 20, 2024
概括
这项研究介绍了机器人弹性能量循环执行器. 这种创新设计在循环任务中显著降低了能源消耗,提高了机器人的效率.
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
- 能源系统 能源系统
背景情况:
- 电机在机器人技术中是必不可少的,但在循环运行过程中经常表现出低能效.
- 在重复的机器人任务中出现了大量的能源浪费,影响了性能和运营成本.
研究的目的:
- 开发和评估一种弹性能量循环驱动器,以提高机器人在循环机器人任务中的机动效率.
- 保持传统电机的功能多功能性,同时提高节能.
主要方法:
- 设计了一个与电机并行的驱动器,并使用电离合器单独接弹.
- 开发了一种能够储存和释放弹性能量的原型执行器.
- 在五个不同的重复任务中测试了原型,代表了常见的机器人应用.
主要成果:
- 弹性能量循环驱动器在所有测试任务中至少减少了50%的功耗.
- 在最有利的情景中,执行器实现了高达97%的能源效率提高.
- 低功耗的电离合器有效控制了能量储存和释放.
结论:
- 由低功率离合器促进的弹性能量回收,提供了一种可行的方法来提高机器人系统的能源效率.
- 这项技术有可能显著提高移动机器人和辅助设备的性能,减少移动机器人和辅助设备的能源足迹.
- 开发的执行器在需要循环运动的各种工程系统中为节能提供了一个有前途的解决方案.
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