灵感来自草的机器人具有混合移动性,用于陆地勘探
Sanjay Manoharan1, Biruktait Lemecho2, Mustafa M Fadlelmula2
1Laboratory for Advanced Fabrication Technologies, Institute of Electrical and Micro Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Neuchâtel, 2000, Switzerland. sanjay.manoharan@epfl.ch.
Nature communications
|November 20, 2025
概括
一辆以草为灵感的新型火星车使用风来实现被动运动,使用四旋翼来进行主动控制,为重型有效载荷节省能源. 这种混合系统可实现高效的无人地面勘探和环境绘图.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 空气动力学 在空气动力学.
- 生物启发的工程是生物启发的工程.
背景情况:
- 传统的漫游车在不同地形上面临能源限制和移动性挑战.
- 自然的草通过风驱动的运动表现出高效的被动运动.
- 了解空气流动力学对于设计有效的移动系统至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发一款混合式火星车,将被动风驱动的移动性与主动控制相结合.
- 为了提高无人勘探的能源效率和有效载荷能力.
- 调查以草为灵感的设计,以提高空气动力学性能.
主要方法:
- 对自然草和固体球体上的空气流量进行分析,以了解拖动和唤醒动态.
- 生态启发的球形外的制造,模仿虫的多孔性,用于被动移动.
- 集成嵌入式四旋翼飞机用于当被动运动不足时的积极机动.
- 为分布式环境绘图和数据继电器部署探测器网格网络.
主要成果:
- 与固体形式相比,模仿草的多孔性显著提高了空气动力学阻力和移动性.
- 混合系统有效地利用被动运动,只在必要时激活主动推进,从而降低能源消耗.
- 网状网络中的多个漫游器确保了可靠的数据中继,用于环境绘图,即使有漂移节点.
- 实验室和实地测试证实了火星车在节能勘探中的适用性和有效性.
结论:
- 这款以草为灵感的混合式火星车为无人陆地探索提供了一种新的,节能的解决方案.
- 这种生物灵感设计为强大的移动系统提供了基础,能够在充满挑战的环境中导航.
- 积极和被动移动的整合大大降低了能源支出,同时保持了运营能力.
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