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灵感来自Parthenocissus的软爬机器人
Kecheng Qin1, Wei Tang1, Huaizhi Zong1
1State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Science advances
|March 26, 2025
概括
灵感来自植物生长,这种柔软的爬爬机器人使用一种新的爬爬机制来坚持复杂的表面. 它模仿了自然的粘附和收缩,用于多功能登,即使是在不连续的结构上.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 生物启发工程 生物启发工程
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 爬行机器人可以在垂直和复杂的表面上提供移动性.
- 现有的机器人与不连续和多样化的结构表面作斗争.
- 大自然提供了灵感,例如Parthenocissus的成长和登行为.
研究的目的:
- 为机器人开发一种新的成长登机制.
- 创建一个灵感来自Parthenocissus的软爬机器人.
- 为了增强机器人的粘附和爬升能力在复杂的表面上.
主要方法:
- 一个柔软的爬机器人被设计成一个结合成长爬机制.
- 微结构生物膜被培养以增强粘附力,模仿植物吸水器.
- 形状记忆合金收缩用于机器人曲和运动.
- 机器人表现出完全收缩,以完成无损任务.
主要成果:
- 机器人成功地爬上了各种复杂的表面,包括不连续的表面.
- 这种生物启发的成长登机制被证明是有效的.
- 机器人的粘附和移动性因生物膜生长而显著增强.
- 机器人可以在操作后完全收回.
结论:
- 灵感来自Parthenocissus的成长登机制是登机器人的可行范式.
- 这种方法使机器人能够在具有挑战性的,复杂的和不连续的表面上导航.
- 开发的软机器人展示了多功能爬机器人设计的新方向.
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