Electrically Activated Soft Robots: Speed Up by Rolling. 2021

Wen-Bo Li, and Wen-Ming Zhang, and Qiu-Hua Gao, and Qiwei Guo, and Song Wu, and Hong-Xiang Zou, and Zhi-Ke Peng, and Guang Meng
State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Soft robots show excellent body compliance, adaptability, and mobility when coping with unstructured environments and human-robot interactions. However, the moving speed for soft locomotion robots is far from that of their rigid partners. Rolling locomotion can provide a promising solution for developing high-speed robots. Based on different rolling mechanisms, three rolling soft robot (RSR) prototypes with advantages of simplicity, lightweight, fast rolling speed, good compliance, and shock resistance are fabricated by using dielectric elastomer actuators. The experimental results demonstrate that the impulse-based and gravity-based RSRs can move both stably and continuously on the ground with a maximum speed higher than 1 blps (body length per second). The ballistic RSR exhibits a high rolling speed of ∼4.59 blps. And during its accelerating rolling process, the instantaneous rolling speed of the robot prototype reaches about 0.65 m/s (13.21 blps), which is much faster than most of the previously reported locomotion robots driven by soft responsive materials. The structure design and implementation methods based on different rolling mechanisms presented can provide guidance and inspiration for creating new, fast-moving, and hybrid mobility soft robots.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008124 Locomotion Movement or the ability to move from one place or another. It can refer to humans, vertebrate or invertebrate animals, and microorganisms. Locomotor Activity,Activities, Locomotor,Activity, Locomotor,Locomotor Activities
D004867 Equipment Design Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware. Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012371 Robotics The application of electronic, computerized control systems to mechanical devices designed to perform human functions. Formerly restricted to industry, but nowadays applied to artificial organs controlled by bionic (bioelectronic) devices, like automated insulin pumps and other prostheses. Companion Robots,Humanoid Robots,Remote Operations (Robotics),Social Robots,Socially Assistive Robots,Telerobotics,Soft Robotics,Assistive Robot, Socially,Companion Robot,Humanoid Robot,Operation, Remote (Robotics),Operations, Remote (Robotics),Remote Operation (Robotics),Robot, Companion,Robot, Humanoid,Robot, Social,Robot, Socially Assistive,Robotic, Soft,Social Robot,Socially Assistive Robot,Soft Robotic
D020724 Elastomers A generic term for all substances having the properties of stretching under tension, high tensile strength, retracting rapidly, and recovering their original dimensions fully. They are generally POLYMERS. Synthetic Rubber,Elastomer,Rubber, Synthetic,Rubbers, Synthetic,Synthetic Rubbers
D040761 Biomimetic Materials Materials fabricated by BIOMIMETICS techniques, i.e., based on natural processes found in biological systems. Bio-Inspired Devices,Bio-Inspired Materials,Bioinspired Devices,Bioinspired Materials,Biomimetic Devices,Biomimicry Devices,Biomimicry Materials,Bio Inspired Devices,Bio Inspired Materials,Bio-Inspired Device,Bio-Inspired Material,Bioinspired Device,Bioinspired Material,Biomimetic Device,Biomimetic Material,Biomimicry Device,Biomimicry Material,Device, Bio-Inspired,Device, Bioinspired,Device, Biomimetic,Device, Biomimicry,Devices, Bio-Inspired,Devices, Bioinspired,Devices, Biomimetic,Devices, Biomimicry,Material, Bio-Inspired,Material, Bioinspired,Material, Biomimetic,Material, Biomimicry,Materials, Bio-Inspired,Materials, Bioinspired,Materials, Biomimetic,Materials, Biomimicry

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