多模式机车超薄软机器人用于探索狭窄的空间
Xi Wang1, Siqian Li1, Jung-Che Chang1
1Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, NG7 2GX, Nottingham, UK.
Nature communications
|July 26, 2024
概括
研究人员开发了薄软机器人 (TS-机器人),能够在具有挑战性的狭窄空间中进行基础设施检查. 这些机器人表现出多式移动,爬行,爬和游泳在不同的领域.
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:
- 安全关键基础设施需要定期检查以防止故障.
- 检查这些环境是困难的,因为狭窄的空隙和不同的领域 (固体,液体,空气).
研究的目的:
- 开发一类薄软机器人 (TS-机器人),用于在具有挑战性的检查环境中进行导航.
- 为了使机器人能够进入狭窄的空间并执行跨领域的移动.
主要方法:
- 设计的TS-机器人厚度为1.7毫米,采用双驱动三明治结构.
- 包含可调节的波桑比率拉伸机制和介电弹性体用于执行.
- 实现了直线和波浪式步态,以实现运动.
主要成果:
- 特斯-机器人展示了显著的输出力 (约. 41倍的重量) 和速度 (1.16 BL/s, 13.06 BT/s).
- 成功执行爬行,爬和游泳的动作.
- 展示了在不同领域之间过渡的协作能力.
结论:
- TS-Robots为检查受限和多域环境提供了一个可行的解决方案.
- 开发的机器人可以通过狭窄的入口进行导航,并在固体,液体和空气领域之间进行过渡.
- 潜在的应用包括在具有挑战性的环境中对基础设施进行检查和维护.
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