轻量化机械手用缆绳对抗驱动,单电机控多指,自重仅236克却能举起百倍自身重量。
Antagonistic Bowden-Cable Actuation of a Lightweight Robotic Hand: Toward Dexterous Manipulation for Payload Constrained Humanoids
- 采用抗拮缆绳与滚动关节优化,单电机控制各指关节,无须同步
- 末端质量236克,指尖力超18牛,可提起超自身百倍重量
- 适合对负载敏感的人形机器人,尤其需灵巧操作的场景
追求人类级灵巧性的类人机器人需要具备高抓握力、快速驱动、多自由度和轻量化结构的机械手,且尺寸接近人体。传统方案常因沉重执行器和庞大传动系统而限制机械臂载荷能力。本文提出一种基于鲍登缆绳的轻量化类人手,结合滚动接触关节优化与抗拮缆绳驱动,实现单电机每关节控制,缆绳长度偏差极小。通过将执行器模块移至躯干,显著降低远端质量,同时保持类人尺度与灵巧性。该设计无需电机同步。实验表明,不含远程执行器与缆绳护套的手部组件(末端质量236克)可稳定完成灵巧任务,指尖力超过18牛,举重能力超过自身质量百倍。通过Cutkosky分类抓取与受扰动下的轨迹一致性验证了鲁棒性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Humanoid robots toward human-level dexterity require robotic hands capable of simultaneously providing high grasping force, rapid actuation speeds, multiple degrees of freedom, and lightweight structures within human-like size constraints. Meeting these conflicting requirements remains challenging, as satisfying this combination typically necessitates heavier actuators and bulkier transmission systems, significantly restricting the payload capacity of robot arms. In this letter, we present a lightweight anthropomorphic hand actuated by Bowden cables, which uniquely combines rolling-contact joint optimization with antagonistic cable actuation, enabling single-motor-per-joint control with negligible cable-length deviation. By relocating the actuator module to the torso, the design substantially reduces distal mass while maintaining anthropomorphic scale and dexterity. Additionally, this antagonistic cable actuation eliminates the need for synchronization between motors. Using the proposed methods, the hand assembly with a distal mass of 236g (excluding remote actuators and Bowden sheaths) demonstrated reliable execution of dexterous tasks, exceeding 18N fingertip force and lifting payloads over one hundred times its own mass. Furthermore, robustness was validated through Cutkosky taxonomy grasps and trajectory consistency under perturbed actuator-hand transformations.
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