可重新配置的原木,具有可变刚度的关节,用于自适应机器人运动和抓取
Elisha Lerner1, Zhe Chen1, Jianguo Zhao1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, 1374 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
概括
研究人员使用形状记忆聚合物开发了具有可调节纹刚性的原木机器人. 这使得机器人系统中的多功能形状,动作和自适应抓取能力成为可能.
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:
- 原木原理为机器人系统提供了紧且可折叠的设计.
- 控制原木结构的刚性是实现多功能运动和形状的关键.
- 现有的对原木的刚性控制方法是有限的.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究可编程机械性质的原木的飞行硬度调整.
- 为了展示一种新的复合材料,用于主动控制的原木链.
- 为了展示可变刚度原木在运动和抓取中的应用.
主要方法:
- 使用热塑料和形状记忆聚合物层的复合物制造四个可变刚度接头 (VSJ) 的原始模块.
- 通过朱尔加热对VSJs进行主动刚性控制.
- 通过受控加热实验来表征原木模块运动和机器人应用.
主要成果:
- 复合材料有效地作为一个活生生的链,具有积极控制的刚性.
- 原创模块通过改变VSJ刚度和温度来展示多功能运动和形状.
- 一个由两个原木模块构建的双腿机器人表现出可编程的移动步态和自适应的抓取.
结论:
- 这项工作介绍了一种创新的方法,用于创建具有可编程刚性和多功能功能的原木结构.
- 开发的技术有可能使先进的机器人系统和可编程的机械超材料成为可能.
- 这些发现有助于在不同应用的原木/基里加米灵感结构领域.
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