软,模块化动力,用于编制具有嵌入式能源的机器人
Chong-Chan Kim1, Anunth Rao Ramaswami1, Robert F Shepherd1
1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, 124 Hoy Road, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|January 2, 2025
概括
研究人员开发了一种类似虫的自动驱动软机器人,灵感来自生物肌肉. 这种创新的软执行器拥有高能量密度,可以在复杂的环境中导航,甚至可以承载大量的有效载荷.
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
- 生物启发工程 生物启发工程
背景情况:
- 生物肌肉表现出适应性,模块化结构与储能,使不同的自然架构.
- 寻求人工类型来复制生物软肌的功能.
研究的目的:
- 为了呈现一个自动供电,柔软的液压机驱动器作为生物软肌肉的人工模拟.
- 为了展示使用这些执行器的虫机器人的组装和能力.
主要方法:
- 使用干粘合方法制造电池袋,将分离器粘合到-尿共聚合物体上.
- 在水定位中整合阳解体和阴解体,每一个都含有用于辐射运动的电机和肌执行器.
- 连续组装独立的,以创建一个模块化机器人虫.
主要成果:
- 机器人虫使用氧化还原流电池图案实现了高系统能量密度 (51.3 Jg-1).
- 证明了在单次充电时超过100米的长理论运行范围.
- 成功导航封闭,曲的路径和登垂直管道,有效载荷为自身体重的1.5倍.
结论:
- 开发的软液压机驱动器为创建自动供电,适应性强的软机器人提供了有前途的方法.
- 模块化设计和高能量密度使复杂的机动和显著的有效载荷能力成为可能.
- 这一创新为具有多功能应用的先进生物灵感机器人铺平了道路.
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