开放式推进器 (OpenThruster):一个开源的,主要是3D打印的,用于船舶的推进器
Milind Fernandes1, Soumya Ranjan Sahoo1, Mangal Kothari2
1Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, UP, India.
HardwareX
|August 12, 2025
概括
开放式推进器 (OpenThruster) 项目为DIY应用提供了一个低成本的3D打印海洋推进器. 性能测试显示出一致的推力,尽管3D打印螺旋根据制造方法有很大的差异.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 海洋工程 海洋工程
- 添加剂制造 添加剂制造 添加剂制造
背景情况:
- 海上机器人车辆推进器的高成本限制了业余爱好者和研究人员的可访问性.
- 现有的DIY推进器设计往往缺乏详细的性能数据和来源信息.
- 3D打印技术的进步使得可以创建易于使用,低成本的海洋推进器.
研究的目的:
- 提供对开源项目OpenThruster的更新和扩展评估.
- 专注于DIY海洋推进器的性能变化,制造方法和动态建模.
- 评估可访问,低成本的3D打印推进器的一致性和性能.
主要方法:
- 使用开源软件设计和模拟了OpenThruster.
- 使用现成组件进行性能评估,包括无人机电机和VESC6驱动板.
- 在游泳池水中进行了柱子推力测量,并通过三种不同的3D打印技术评估了螺旋.
主要成果:
- OpenThruster在310W时实现了18N的平均峰值推力,制造成本低于6美元.
- 来自各种供应商的测试无人机电机显示推力变化高达11%,但没有统计学上显著的差异.
- 使用不同的3D打印方法制造的螺旋在推力输出方面表现出显著的差异.
结论:
- 该OpenThruster项目为海洋机器人车辆推进提供了一个可行的,低成本的解决方案.
- 通过仔细选择组件,可以实现性能的一致性,但3D打印方法显著影响螺旋性能.
- 对螺旋优化3D打印技术的进一步研究可以提高推进器效率.
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