一个旋转关节方向机制,用于尖端转向的软生长机器人
Tianchen Ji1, Zheyuan Bi1, Lin Cao1
1School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Frontiers in robotics and AI
|August 1, 2025
概括
软生长机器人 (SGR) 通过使用一种新的转向机制,在狭窄的空间中实现可控导航. 这一创新为检查和救援应用程序提供了精确的定向增长.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 机械工程 机械工程
背景情况:
- 软生长机器人 (SGR) 提供了独特的优势,可以通过材料变化在狭窄的空间中进行导航.
- 由于种植尖端的动态性质,控制SGR尖端增长的方向仍然是一个重大挑战.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证SGR的紧型转向机制,使其能够控制方向增长.
- 为了应对在没有复杂的外部系统的情况下在SGR中精确转向方向盘的挑战.
主要方法:
- 将肌驱动的旋转关节与可调节压力的内部膀集成在一起,以调节摩擦.
- 开发一个机器人平台来实现和测试转向机制.
- 通过动力学建模和实验性表征进行验证.
主要成果:
- 该机制成功地使SGR的局部曲和随后的定向增长成为可能.
- 实验结果表明可靠的尖端方向盘与动力学模型密切匹配.
- 机器人与环境轻柔地互动,展示了机器人适用于微妙任务的适用性.
结论:
- 拟议的转向机制提供了一个可扩展和结构简单的解决方案,用于在SGR中增强远程导航.
- 这种进步使SGR在复杂环境中的检查,搜索和救援行动中更容易应用.
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