arXiv:2603.15066cs.RO2026-03被引 1

用正负压驱动的气动人工肌肉,可灵活实现多种运动形态。

Multi-Mode Pneumatic Artificial Muscles Driven by Hybrid Positive-Negative Pressure

  • 通过正负压组合驱动,实现可编程的收缩、弯曲、扭转等动作。
  • 多层骨架设计使收缩比提升,单个器件集成多种运动模式。
  • 超薄轻便,适合柔性穿戴设备与小型软体机器人应用。

人工肌肉体现了人们对实现类人机器人运动的追求。本文提出一种充气流体驱动的折纸启发式人工肌肉(IN-FOAM),其结构由内层充气骨架和外层包裹皮肤构成,可通过正压(压缩空气)与负压(真空)协同驱动。IN-FOAM采用低成本热封材料,经热压与热封工艺制造,未激活时极薄,具备柔性、轻量化和便携性。骨架图案可编程,支持收缩、弯曲、扭转和旋转等多种运动。通过实验、理论与数值分析,研究了其基本力学行为。结果表明,通过不同操作模式调节混合正负压,可调控输出力与收缩量。进一步提出多层骨架结构以提升收缩比,并设计多通道骨架,实现单一器件内集成多种运动模式。这些成果表明,IN-FOAM在柔性可穿戴设备和紧凑型软体机器人中具有广阔应用前景。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Artificial muscles embody human aspirations for engineering lifelike robotic movements. This paper introduces an architecture for Inflatable Fluid-Driven Origami-Inspired Artificial Muscles (IN-FOAMs). A typical IN-FOAM consists of an inflatable skeleton enclosed within an outer skin, which can be driven using a combination of positive and negative pressures (e.g., compressed air and vacuum). IN-FOAMs are manufactured using low-cost heat-sealable sheet materials through heat-pressing and heat-sealing processes. Thus, they can be ultra-thin when not actuated, making them flexible, lightweight, and portable. The skeleton patterns are programmable, enabling a variety of motions, including contracting, bending, twisting, and rotating, based on specific skeleton designs. We conducted comprehensive experimental, theoretical, and numerical studies to investigate IN-FOAM's basic mechanical behavior and properties. The results show that IN-FOAM's output force and contraction can be tuned through multiple operation modes with the applied hybrid positive-negative pressure. Additionally, we propose multilayer skeleton structures to enhance the contraction ratio further, and we demonstrate a multi-channel skeleton approach that allows the integration of multiple motion modes into a single IN-FOAM. These findings indicate that IN-FOAMs hold great potential for future applications in flexible wearable devices and compact soft robotic systems.

软体机器人人工肌肉气动驱动可穿戴

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