气动编码块使无电子流体软机器人的可编程性成为可能
Sergio Picella1,2, Catharina M van Riet1,3, Johannes T B Overvelde1,2
1Autonomous Matter Department, AMOLF, Amsterdam 1098 XG, Netherlands.
Science advances
|December 20, 2024
概括
研究人员为软机器人开发了新的气动编码块,可以在没有电子设备的情况下实现复杂的行为. 这一创新使得自主软抓手能够根据环境相互作用调整行动,模仿生物系统.
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
- 生物模拟学是一种生物模拟学.
背景情况:
- 自主系统需要根据环境线索做出决策,这对软机器人来说是一个挑战.
- 目前的无电子气动软机器人经常使用类似数字的流体电路.
- 现有的方法可以限制软机器人设备的简单性和自主性.
研究的目的:
- 为软机器人设计新的气动编码块.
- 在无电子软机器人系统中实现复杂的,自主行为.
- 提供一种由生物系统启发的替代设计策略.
主要方法:
- 开发了专门的气动编码块,类似于软件控制语句 (If,If...break,For).
- 利用非线性机械元件的模拟性来实现气动逻辑.
- 将这些块结合到程序中,以实现序列和控制机器人的行为.
主要成果:
- 成功设计和实施用于软机器人的气动编码块.
- 证明了对自主软抓手的控制,并具有环境依赖的行为切换.
- 展示了使用这些气动块创建复杂序列的能力.
结论:
- 气动编码块为软机器人的复杂行为提供了一个新的范式.
- 这种方法提高了无电子软机器人的自主性和简单性.
- 该战略为设计软机器人功能提供了一个仿生替代方案.
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