一个相互连接的软模块化机器人,带有机车模块和灵活的结构,通过单一的方法来执行
1Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Soft robotics
|April 4, 2025
概括
这项研究介绍了一种新的模块化软机器人,具有灵感来自于原木的执行器和阻塞包裹,用于适应性移动和操纵. 这种创新设计增强了软机器人的环境互动和合作能力.
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
- 机械工程 机械工程
背景情况:
- 软机器人在适应性和安全性方面比刚性机器人提供了优势.
- 模块化设计可以提高机器人的多功能性和可重新配置性.
- 控制符合标准的结构及其与环境的相互作用仍然是一个挑战.
研究的目的:
- 为了介绍一个新的互联软机器人系统.
- 为简化架构展示统一的气动驱动.
- 探索适应性运动和操纵能力.
主要方法:
- 开发高度合规的机车模块,配有灵感来自于Origami的执行器和吸管.
- 集成具有阻塞能力的柔性外,通过颗粒式阻塞进行刚度调节.
- 实施统一的气动动作系统,用于整合控制.
- 使用基于模拟的设计优化与基因算法来理解增强.
主要成果:
- 这种柔软的机器人表现出强大的全方位运动和合作运动.
- 演示的能力包括形状形成,物体抓取和运输,障碍物导航和各种地形运动.
- 颗粒干扰有效调节外刚度,以实现动态环境相互作用.
- 优化显著提高了系统的抓取性能.
结论:
- 相互连接的软机器人系统成功地将合规的模块和机体融合在一起,以实现先进的环境交互.
- 这种模块化方法推进了软机器人技术,提供了增强的适应性和合作功能.
- 统一的气动系统简化了架构,同时保持了全面的控制.
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