使用膨胀诱导曲的软多孔元材料用于智能执行
Kieran Barvenik1, Michael Bonthron1, Anthony Jones1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Nature communications
|August 25, 2025
概括
这项研究引入了新的充气细胞超材料,在充气时可以曲,从而实现可编程的形状变化. 这些柔软的超材料为柔软的智能机器和新的执行机制提供了先进的控制.
科学领域:
- 材料科学
- 机械工程
- 机器人技术
背景情况:
- 细胞超材料提供可调节的结构属性关系以增强机械反应.
- 传统的超材料依赖于压缩或通缩进行模式转换.
- 软智能机器需要先进的编程和测序能力.
研究的目的:
- 理论上研究和实验实现一种新的软,多孔的超材料,在膨胀时表现出曲的不稳定性.
- 通过几何参数调节来演示可编程的曲后行为.
- 开发软智能机器的新型驱动机制.
主要方法:
- 理论研究和可充气细胞元材料的实验实现.
- 内部压力腔和周期性孔隙结构的工程.
- 分析和数值方法来预测曲压力和模式重新配置.
主要成果:
- 通过调整几何参数,在充气细胞元材料中展示了可编程的曲后行为.
- 使用分析和数值模型准确预测了临界屈曲压力和模式重新配置.
- 在膨胀时达到可控制的圆周叶数.
结论:
- 充气细胞超材料为软智能机器提供了卓越的编程和测序能力.
- 开发的超材料可以为突然的全局结构重构提供新的驱动机制.
- 应用包括精细物体的选择性抓取和单个输入的多通道流体操作.
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