arXiv:2603.03735cs.RO2026-03中稿 · 9th IEEE-RAS Inter…

研究蛇形机器人鳞片摩擦与运动速度的关系,发现摩擦比无法稳定预测速度。

Characterization and Correlation of Robotic Snake Scale Friction and Locomotion Speed

  • 设计可拆卸模块化仿生鳞片,实现多角度摩擦测试
  • 在草地、树皮等4种表面测试不同攻角下的摩擦系数和运动速度
  • 实验表明摩擦各向异性与速度无稳定相关性,需改进测量方法

蛇形机器人模仿生物蛇在岩石、草丛、土壤、树干及路面等多种环境中的移动能力。其多环境适应性源于无腿运动策略,结合特定步态与具有摩擦各向异性的皮肤。为实现类似性能的软体机器人设计,需理解如何在工程系统中构建摩擦各向异性,以及摩擦各向异性比值变化对不同表面运动速度和方向的影响。尽管以往研究已对正反向摩擦比进行表征,但横向摩擦及其比值常被忽略。本文贡献包括:(i) 开发一种新型可关节化、模块化且可更换鳞片的伪皮肤结构;(ii) 在草地、树皮、光滑表面、地毯等目标表面,对攻角为15°、25°、35°、45°的相同鳞片进行摩擦特性实验测量;(iii) 分别记录各攻角与表面组合下的运动速度。结果显示,虽摩擦系数随鳞片攻角呈现一定趋势,符合文献与直觉,但未发现摩擦比与运动速度之间的稳定相关性。结论为:摩擦比单独不足以预测蛇形机器人实际运动速度,或需更精确的测量方法来捕捉这些比值。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Snake robots are inspired by the ability of biological snakes to move over rock, grass, leaves, soil, up trees, along pavement and more. Their ability to move in multiple distinct environments is due to their legless locomotion strategy, which combines distinct gaits with a skin that exhibits frictional anisotropy. Designing soft robotic snakes with similar capabilities requires an understanding of how this underlying frictional anisotropy should be created in engineered systems, and how variances in the frictional anisotropy ratio affect locomotion speed and direction on different surfaces. While forward and backward frictional ratios have been characterized for previous scale designs, lateral friction and the associated ratios are often overlooked. In this paper, our contributions include: (i) the development of a novel articulated pseudo-skin design that is modular, easy to construct and has removable or replaceable scales; (ii) experimental measurement of the frictional characteristics of otherwise-identical scales at varying angles of attack (15°, 25°, 35°, 45°) on different surfaces of interest (grass, bark, smooth surface, carpet);(iii) separate measurements of locomotion speed for each angle and surface. Consequently, while we observed some consistent trends between frictional coefficients and scale angle, aligning with literature and intuition, we were not able to consistently identify expected correlations between frictional ratios and locomotion speed. We conclude that either frictional ratios alone are not sufficient to predict the observed speed of a snake robot, or that specific measurement approaches are required to accurately capture these ratios.

蛇形机器人摩擦各向异性运动控制

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