使用接触有限元模拟器的刺激曲圆柱形机器人的滚动
Shaobo He1,2, Hao Yu3, M B N Kouwenhoven3,4
1Department of Foundational Mathematics, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215123, China. Chen.Xuan@xjtlu.edu.cn.
Soft matter
|March 11, 2025
概括
形状像曲圆柱体的软机器人可以实现自主移动. 这项研究引入了一种新的有限元分析方法来模拟它们的滚动运动,准确地复制实验观测.
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
- 计算力学 计算力学 计算力学
背景情况:
- 硬的曲圆柱不像直的圆柱一样滚动.
- 软圆柱体可以通过刺激 (如光,热) 曲,使其滚动.
- 模拟软机器人涉及复杂的多物理和非线性接触力学.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证一个计算模型来模拟刺激曲软圆柱体的滚动运动.
- 研究这些软机器人的动态和环境相互作用.
主要方法:
- 具有接触元素的有限元分析 (FEA).
- 引入伪热场方法来模拟刺激诱导的曲.
- 模拟各种运动模式.
主要成果:
- 成功复制了实验性的运动模式:光热运动,在斜面上爬,转向和向后滚动.
- 参数分析显示,模拟结果与实验数据之间存在很强的一致性.
- 验证了伪热场方法在模拟软机器人的有效性.
结论:
- 开发的FEA方法有效地模拟了刺激曲软圆柱形机器人的复杂动态.
- 这项工作为软机器人模拟自主运动提供了一个范例.
- 突出了这些软机器人系统的有趣和非直观的动态.
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