arXiv:2409.10000cs.RO2024-09被引 4

软体藤蔓机器人可深入复杂废墟,实现自主导航与重复路径追踪。

Development and Testing of a Vine Robot for Urban Search and Rescue in Confined Rubble Environments

  • 模仿植物生长,通过气动肌肉实现伸缩与转向。
  • 在模拟废墟中穿透深达1.2米,可稳定重复走相同路线。
  • 适合地震等灾害后的狭小空间搜救,尤其适用于地形复杂区域。

城市灾害后快速响应与安全作业的需求推动了救援机器人的发展。传统无人机和地面机器人在密集废墟中受限严重。本文提出一种受植物生长启发的新型藤蔓机器人,属于软体机器人,可通过材料外翻实现持续生长,以穿越狭窄空间。原型采用气动肌肉实现转向与振荡,结合基于方程的长度控制与反馈压力调节系统,完成伸缩动作。在人工废墟试验场中,我们测试了不同环境条件与参数(体积比、环境重量、振荡频率、转向)下的性能。结果表明,该机器人可在混合尺寸与重量障碍物中实现显著穿透深度(最大1.2米),并保持重复轨迹,展现出在复杂地下路径中测绘与导航的潜力。研究验证了其在城市搜救任务中的适用性,后续将提升其鲁棒性与实际部署能力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

The request for fast response and safe operation after natural and man-made disasters in urban environments has spurred the development of robotic systems designed to assist in search and rescue operations within complex rubble sites. Traditional Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) face significant limitations in such confined and obstructed environments. This paper introduces a novel vine robot designed to navigate dense rubble, drawing inspiration from natural growth mechanisms found in plants. Unlike conventional robots, vine robots are soft robots that can grow by everting their material, allowing them to navigate through narrow spaces and obstacles. The prototype presented in this study incorporates pneumatic muscles for steering and oscillation, an equation-based robot length control plus feedback pressure regulating system for extending and retracting the robot body. We conducted a series of controlled experiments in an artificial rubble testbed to assess the robot performance under varying environmental conditions and robot parameters, including volume ratio, environmental weight, oscillation, and steering. The results show that the vine robot can achieve significant penetration depths in cluttered environments with mixed obstacle sizes and weights, and can maintain repeated trajectories, demonstrating potential for mapping and navigating complex underground paths. Our findings highlight the suitability of the vine robot for urban search and rescue missions, with further research planned to enhance its robustness and deployability in real-world scenarios.

软体机器人搜救机器人藤蔓结构废墟探测

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