果冻机器人Z:扭绞和盘绕聚合物(TCP)驱动的水母软体机器人的游泳性能及分析

Jelly-Z: swimming performance and analysis of twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) actuated jellyfish soft robot.

作者信息

Matharu Pawandeep Singh, Gong Pengyao, Guntaka Koti Pramod Reddy, Almubarak Yara, Jin Yaqing, Tadesse Yonas T

机构信息

Humanoid, Biorobotics and Smart Systems Laboratory (HBS Lab), Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.

Fluids, Turbulence Control and Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.

出版信息

Sci Rep. 2023 Jul 8;13(1):11086. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-37611-1.

Abstract

Monitoring, sensing, and exploration of over 70% of the Earth's surface that is covered with water is permitted through the deployment of underwater bioinspired robots without affecting the natural habitat. To create a soft robot actuated with soft polymeric actuators, this paper describes the development of a lightweight jellyfish-inspired swimming robot, which achieves a maximum vertical swimming speed of 7.3 mm/s (0.05 body length/s) and is characterized by a simple design. The robot, named Jelly-Z, utilizes a contraction-expansion mechanism for swimming similar to the motion of a Moon jellyfish. The objective of this paper is to understand the behavior of soft silicone structure actuated by novel self-coiled polymer muscles in an underwater environment by varying stimuli and investigate the associated vortex for swimming like a jellyfish. To better understand the characteristics of this motion, simplified Fluid-structure simulation, and particle image velocimetry (PIV) tests were conducted to study the wake structure from the robot's bell margin. The thrust generated by the robot was also characterized with a force sensor to ascertain the force and cost of transport (COT) at different input currents. Jelly-Z is the first robot that utilized twisted and coiled polymer fishing line (TCP) actuators for articulation of the bell and showed successful swimming operations. Here, a thorough investigation on swimming characteristics in an underwater setting is presented theoretically and experimentally. We found swimming metrics of the robot are comparable with other jellyfish-inspired robots that have utilized different actuation mechanisms, but the actuators used here are scalable and can be made in-house relatively easily, hence paving way for further advancements into the use of these actuators.

摘要

通过部署水下仿生机器人,可以对地球表面70%以上被水覆盖的区域进行监测、传感和探索,且不会影响自然栖息地。为了制造一种由软聚合物致动器驱动的软机器人,本文描述了一种受水母启发的轻型游泳机器人的开发,该机器人实现了7.3毫米/秒(0.05体长/秒)的最大垂直游泳速度,并且具有设计简单的特点。这个名为Jelly-Z的机器人利用收缩-扩张机制进行游泳,类似于海月水母的运动。本文的目的是通过改变刺激来了解新型自卷曲聚合物肌肉驱动的软硅树脂结构在水下环境中的行为,并研究类似水母游泳时的相关涡旋。为了更好地理解这种运动的特性,进行了简化的流固模拟和粒子图像测速(PIV)测试,以研究机器人钟形边缘的尾流结构。还使用力传感器对机器人产生的推力进行了表征,以确定不同输入电流下的力和运输成本(COT)。Jelly-Z是第一个利用扭曲和卷曲聚合物钓鱼线(TCP)致动器来实现钟形部分关节运动并展示成功游泳操作的机器人。在此,从理论和实验两方面对水下环境中的游泳特性进行了深入研究。我们发现该机器人的游泳指标与其他利用不同驱动机制的受水母启发的机器人相当,但这里使用的致动器具有可扩展性,并且相对容易在内部制造,因此为进一步推进这些致动器的应用铺平了道路。

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