非常敏捷的平面游泳机器人
Florian Hartmann1,2, Mrudhula Baskaran3, Gaetan Raynaud3
1Soft Transducers Laboratory (LMTS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Science robotics
|February 19, 2025
概括
一个新的厘米尺度的游泳机器人使用柔软的胸实现了快速,机动,不受束的操作. 这种设计可以在水产养殖场等杂乱的水生环境中进行探索和测量.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
- 生物模拟学是一种生物模拟学.
背景情况:
- 水生环境对机器人来说是个挑战,因为它们的环境是无结构的和混乱的.
- 在水体中有效的导航和数据收集对于水产养殖等应用至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个快速,高度机动,厘米尺度的游泳机器人,在复杂的水生环境中进行自主操作.
- 为了使水生机器人能够有效地运动,沟通和收集能量.
主要方法:
- 通过一对柔软的,毫米薄的胸和电激发的移动波来实现运动.
- 每侧一个单一的软电动液压执行器产生推进力.
- 一个紧的,轻量级的电源供应器使得无线运行,电压和功耗降低.
主要成果:
- 机器人展示了快速翻译 (5.1厘米/秒) 和旋转 (195°/秒).
- 它可以在狭窄的空间中航行,穿过草地植物,并推超过自身体重16倍的物体.
- 通过实验研究和建模确定了优化的尺寸和操作条件.
结论:
- 开发的游泳机器人提供高性能和机动性,用于探索复杂的水生环境.
- 潜在的应用包括用于水产养殖和环境勘探的植物和水参数的持续监测.
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