动态和联锁可帮助水合软机器人实现越野机动车
Baoyi Wu1,2, Yaoting Xue3, Israt Ali4
1Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Related Technologies, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Protective Technologies, Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China.
Research (Washington, D.C.)
|September 18, 2024
概括
受英寸的启发,研究人员开发了一种热反应性水凝执行器,能够在复杂的地形上进行多维运动. 这种柔软的机器人材料展示了有效的能量转移来激活静态负载,为先进的仿生设备铺平了道路.
科学领域:
- 软物质物理学 软物质物理学
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 生物材料是一种生物材料.
背景情况:
- 自然运动依赖于受控的软组织变形来进行环境相互作用.
- 水凝提供了多功能生物模拟变形能力,但在复杂的地形上难以移动.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种能够在复杂地形上移动的水凝执行器.
- 探索水凝执行器作为仿生电机的潜力.
主要方法:
- 通过界面扩散聚合,一种同otropic热敏水凝被转化为一种 anisotropic 执行器.
- 创建了一个多截面结构,以实现具有不同自由度的自适应变形.
- 驱动器与地形的相互作用产生了一个动态的杆和杆互锁,用于机车运动.
主要成果:
- 水凝执行器在人工和自然粗的基板上演示了持续的多维运动.
- 执行器充当水凝电机,激活静态货物以克服复杂的地形.
- 该系统显示了生物仿真机械变色装置的潜力.
结论:
- 开发的水凝驱动器设计原理使其能够在具有挑战性的地形上行驶.
- 这种控制策略为可变形材料,软机器人和仿生设备的进步提供了潜力.
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