生物启发的圆形软执行器用于模拟人类直肠的排便过程
Zebing Mao1, Sota Suzuki2, Ardi Wiranata3
1Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan. mao.z.aa@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp.
概括
研究人员开发了软肌肉执行器和直肠模型来模拟排便. 第三种执行器类型表现出卓越的性能,展示了生物医学应用软机器人的潜力.
科学领域:
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 软机器人软机器人 软机器人软机器人
- 消化系统模拟器消化系统模拟器
背景情况:
- 软机器人越来越多地用于医疗,用于康复,抓取和人工器官.
- 消化系统的关键部分直肠在机器人模拟中被忽视,这是由于社会耻辱.
- 现有的研究缺乏模拟排便过程的模型.
研究的目的:
- 通过开发柔软的圆形肌肉执行器 (CMA) 和直肠模型来弥补模拟排便过程的差距.
- 设计,制造和测试用于复制直肠功能的新型软CMA.
- 评估不同CMA设计在模拟排便中的性能.
主要方法:
- 使用柔性材料制造软直肠模型和CMA.
- 设计和测试三种不同的CMA类型.
- 使用气动系统来控制执行器.
- 合成模拟便使用酸盐和化.
主要成果:
- 第三种类型的软CMA表现出优越的压力生成能力.
- 使用最佳执行器实现的最大面积收缩达到1.0的值.
- 通过使用开发的软执行器和模型,成功模拟了排便过程.
结论:
- 开发的软CMA和直肠模型有效地复制了排便过程.
- 该研究强调了软执行器在先进的生物医学应用中的巨大潜力.
- 这项研究为未来软机器人技术的发展奠定了基础,用于消化系统模拟和其他医疗领域.
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