提出可解耦刚度与输出的变刚度执行器,提升康复机器人交互安全性。
DSO-VSA: a Variable Stiffness Actuator with Decoupled Stiffness and Output Characteristics for Rehabilitation Robotics
- 采用变长杠杆与摆线机构结合,实现线性力矩-变形关系。
- 刚度可调范围从接近零到理论无穷大,支持连续调节。
- 双电机负载共享与级联PI控制,显著抑制刚度波动。
中风导致的运动功能障碍常造成上肢功能严重丧失,亟需安全透明的人机交互康复机器人。变刚度执行器适合此类应用,但现有设计通常存在刚度与偏转角度耦合的问题,增加了建模与控制难度。为此,本文提出一种用于康复机器人的变刚度执行器,其刚度与输出特性实现解耦。系统融合变长杠杆与摆线直线运动机构,实现线性力矩-变形关系,并支持刚度从近零到理论上无限的连续调节。同时采用基于行星齿轮系统的差速传动机构,实现双电机负载共享。在此基础上构建级联PI控制器,位置环项联合调控刚度与偏转角,有效抑制刚度波动与输出扰动。原型机通过刚度标定、刚度调节、扭矩控制、解耦特性及双电机负载共享实验验证,展现出在康复外骨骼及其他人机交互系统中的应用潜力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Stroke-induced motor impairment often results in substantial loss of upper-limb function, creating a strong demand for rehabilitation robots that enable safe and transparent physical human-robot interaction (pHRI). Variable stiffness actuators are well suited for such applications. However, in most existing designs, stiffness is coupled with the deflection angle, complicating both modeling and control. To address this limitation, this paper presents a variable stiffness actuator featuring decoupled stiffness and output behavior for rehabilitation robotics. The system integrates a variable stiffness mechanism that combines a variable-length lever with a hypocycloidal straight-line mechanism to achieve a linear torque-deflection relationship and continuous stiffness modulation from near zero to theoretically infinite. It also incorporates a differential transmission mechanism based on a planetary gear system that enables dual-motor load sharing. A cascade PI controller is further developed on the basis of the differential configuration, in which the position-loop term jointly regulates stiffness and deflection angle, effectively suppressing stiffness fluctuations and output disturbances. The performance of prototype was experimentally validated through stiffness calibration, stiffness regulation, torque control, decoupled characteristics, and dual-motor load sharing, indicating the potential for rehabilitation exoskeletons and other pHRI systems.
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