arXiv:2602.17474cs.RO2026-02中稿 · 9th IEEE-RAS Inter…

用光学传感提升柔性执行器的精准控制,实现高速重复的弯曲状态识别。

Optically Sensorized Electro-Ribbon Actuator (OS-ERA)

  • 嵌入软性光波导传感器,通过光学信号感知执行器弯曲形态。
  • 能准确分类8种弯曲状态,且在不同电压和速度下保持稳定。
  • 解决传统电容式传感精度不足问题,助力闭环控制实现。

电致带状执行器(ERAs)具有轻量化、大位移和快速响应的特点,但其内置传感依赖电容式传感器,精度有限,制约了精确控制。本文提出光学传感电致带状执行器(OS-ERA),通过设计并集成两个柔性光波导传感器,实现对执行器复杂曲率运动的可靠本体感知。我们训练一个分类器,将传感信号映射至八类弯曲状态。在六个独立测试中验证模型表现,对比训练轨迹发现:传感信号始终遵循训练流形,预测序列与实际行为高度吻合,具备可重复性。即使在刻意设置的驱动速度和电压差异下,信号轨迹形状保持不变,分类准确率仍稳定,表明系统具有电压与速度无关性。最终,OS-ERA实现了高保真度的弯曲状态识别,兼具快速性与可重复性,突破了ERA长期存在的传感瓶颈,为闭环控制奠定基础。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Electro-Ribbon Actuators (ERAs) are lightweight flexural actuators that exhibit ultrahigh displacement and fast movement. However, their embedded sensing relies on capacitive sensors with limited precision, which hinders accurate control. We introduce OS-ERA, an optically sensorized ERA that yields reliable proprioceptive information, and we focus on the design and integration of a sensing solution without affecting actuation. To analyse the complex curvature of an ERA in motion, we design and embed two soft optical waveguide sensors. A classifier is trained to map the sensing signals in order to distinguish eight bending states. We validate our model on six held-out trials and compare it against signals' trajectories learned from training runs. Across all tests, the sensing output signals follow the training manifold, and the predicted sequence mirrors real performance and confirms repeatability. Despite deliberate train-test mismatches in actuation speed, the signal trajectories preserve their shape, and classification remains consistently accurate, demonstrating practical voltage- and speed-invariance. As a result, OS-ERA classifies bending states with high fidelity; it is fast and repeatable, solving a longstanding bottleneck of the ERA, enabling steps toward closed-loop control.

执行器光学传感闭环控制柔性机器人

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