梅莱格罗斯:以大象为灵感的单立体抓手,带有光学传感器
Petr Trunin1,2, Diana Cafiso1, Anderson Brazil Nardin1
1Soft BioRobotics Perception, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova, Italy.
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
|February 2, 2026
概括
灵感来自大象的干,MELEGROS是一个新的软机器人抓手. 这种单体设计将光学传感器和气动驱动器集成到一个单一的3D打印中,从而实现了多功能操作和传感.
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
- 软材料 软材料 软材料
背景情况:
- 大象树干作为集成抓手的模型,结合了结构,驱动和传感.
- 现有的软抓手通常涉及复杂的多材料制造或肌系统,导致机械不匹配.
研究的目的:
- 为了开发MELEGROS,一个以象为灵感的带有光学传感器的单立体捕获器.
- 为了证明感知是软机器人技术中内在的,共同制造的能力.
- 为了创建一个柔软的抓手,增强操纵和感知能力.
主要方法:
- 利用单一的软树脂和连续的3D打印来创建一个单一的晶格结构.
- 整合了六个光学波导传感器和五个气动腔室,直接安装在抓手结构中.
- 采用气动 actuation 延长,压缩和曲的能力.
主要成果:
- MELEGROS (132克) 实现了具有集成传感和执行的单体制造.
- 抓手表现出多样化的操纵能力,包括举起其重量的两倍,捏,,伸手,抓住和抓住脆弱的物体.
- 集成的光学传感器提供了独特的触觉和自身感知反,使多功能感知成为可能.
结论:
- 梅莱格罗斯代表了软机器人的新范式,展示了完全嵌入式传感和连续结构的潜力.
- 单体设计消除了机械不匹配,简化了控制和模拟.
- 这种方法可以实现多功能,生物灵感的操纵与固有的传感能力.
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