昆虫规模的混合机动: 飞行和跳跃的结合提高了效率和多功能性
Yi-Hsuan Hsiao1, Songnan Bai2, Zhongtao Guan1
1Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Science advances
|April 9, 2025
概括
这项研究介绍了一种具有望远镜脚的新型跳跃昆虫规模机器人. 这种设计大大降低了功耗,并提高了用于多功能机车的有效载荷能力.
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
- 微力学是微力学的一个方面.
背景情况:
- 昆虫规模的机器人面临能源效率和障碍物导航方面的挑战.
- 地球上的机动是节能的,但仅限于平面.
- 飞行提供了多功能性,但需要高功率的空中机器人.
研究的目的:
- 为昆虫规模的机器人开发一种新的运动策略.
- 为了增加机动性,将翼飞行与跳跃机制相结合.
- 解决受限能源和微型机器人的巨大障碍的局限性.
主要方法:
- 集成一个亚格拉姆翅机器人与望远镜腿机制.
- 开发连续跳跃能力,控制跳跃高度和频率.
- 在各种具有挑战性的地形和动态表面上测试机 locomotion.
主要成果:
- 机器人以可调节的高度 (1.5-20厘米) 和频率 (2-8.4赫兹) 进行了连续跳跃的演示.
- 成功地驾驶障碍物,穿越具有挑战性的表面,并在旋转的平面上保持稳定.
- 与飞行相比,实现了64%的功耗降低,有效载荷能力增加了10倍.
结论:
- 跳跃设计为昆虫规模的机器人提供了一种更节能,更具有效载荷能力的飞行替代方案.
- 这种方法可以实现多功能机动,克服重大障碍和充满挑战的环境.
- 为了实际应用,需要对自主动力和控制系统进行进一步的研究.
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