软体机械手配单片阀,实现毫克级粉末精准定量取用
SCU-Hand with Integrated Single-Sheet Valve: A Funnel-Shaped Robotic Hand for Milligram-Scale Powder Handling
- 基于锥形软体结构加可调阀,实现微量粉末逐量释放
- 90%以上实验误差在±2毫克内,最大误差仅20毫克
- 自适应流变模型+在线参数识别,适配多种粉末
实验室自动化有望通过无人干预的连续机器人操作加速固态材料发现。尽管已有系统用于粉末研磨和X射线衍射分析,但毫克级粉末处理仍因粉末流动复杂性和任务多样性而难以完全自动化。本文提出SCU-Hand-SV(带单片阀的软锥形通用机械手),在保持原有软体与锥形设计基础上,在锥顶集成可控阀门,实现毫克级粉末的精确、分步释放。该系统通过反馈控制与外部天平联动,基于粉末流动模型并结合在线参数识别进行自适应调节。对玻璃珠、谷氨酸钠和二氧化钛的实验表明,在20毫克至3克的目标范围内,80%的试验误差控制在-2毫克至+2毫克之间,最大误差约20毫克。通过引入常用料仓流变预测模型并实时更新参数,系统有效应对粉末动态变化。相比直接使用PID控制,该模型驱动方法显著提升精度与收敛速度。结果表明,该系统具备高效灵活的称重能力,具有向更大剂量扩展的潜力,并适用于多种实验室自动化任务。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Laboratory Automation (LA) has the potential to accelerate solid-state materials discovery by enabling continuous robotic operation without human intervention. While robotic systems have been developed for tasks such as powder grinding and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, fully automating powder handling at the milligram scale remains a significant challenge due to the complex flow dynamics of powders and the diversity of laboratory tasks. To address this challenge, this study proposes the SCU-Hand-SV (Soft Conical Universal Robotic Hand with Single-sheet Valve), which preserves the softness and conical sheet designs in prior work while incorporating a controllable valve at the cone apex to enable precise, incremental dispensing of milligram-scale powder quantities. The SCU-Hand-SV is integrated with an external balance through a feedback control system based on a model of powder flow and online parameter identification. Experimental evaluations with glass beads, monosodium glutamate, and titanium dioxide demonstrated that 80% of the trials achieved an error within -2 mg to +2 mg, and the maximum error observed was approximately 20 mg across a target range of 20 mg to 3 g. In addition, by incorporating flow prediction models commonly used for hoppers and performing online parameter identification, the system is able to adapt to variations in powder dynamics. Compared to direct PID control, the proposed model-based control significantly improved both accuracy and convergence speed. These results highlight the potential of the proposed system to enable efficient and flexible powder weighing, with scalability toward larger quantities and applicability to a broad range of laboratory automation tasks.
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