提出可精准控制正负压的软机器人气动系统,提升运动范围与响应速度。
BiPneu: Design and Control of a Bipolar-Pressure Pneumatic System for Soft Robots

- 设计双模式滑模控制器,自动切换模式抑制迟滞误差。
- 多步追踪误差低至1.44 kPa,正弦跟踪误差降35.6%。
- 适合需要高精度压力控制的软体机器人研究与应用。
正负压调节对软体机器人执行器至关重要,可实现大行程与多样动作模式。然而,由于充气-放气动力学不对称、阀件非线性及切换引发的流动扰动,实现双极性高性能调节仍具挑战。本文提出一种可扩展、低成本的多通道双极性气动系统BiPneu,支持宽范围、高精度、快速响应的压力调控,并无缝兼容高级软件生态。基于混合电-气模型,提出一种带迟滞监督模式选择的双模式滑模控制器(DM-SMC)。仿真与实验表明,相比先进模型预测控制和调优后的PID控制器,DM-SMC在阶跃与正弦压力跟踪中表现更优:多步测试平均绝对误差为1.44 kPa,正弦跟踪误差为4.23 kPa,较PID分别降低11.9%和35.6%,同时改善控制能耗、阀门切换频率与瞬态响应。在具有压力依赖体积的波纹管执行器上验证了其鲁棒性。最终通过两个软体机器人实例展示能力:基于软并联机械臂的快速小球操控,以及基于有限元法(FEM)的实时远程操作软波纹管执行器。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Positive-negative pressure regulation is critical to soft robotic actuators, enabling large motion ranges and versatile actuation modes. However, achieving high-performance regulation across both pressure polarities remains challenging due to asymmetric inflation-deflation dynamics, valve nonlinearities, and switching-induced flow disturbances. This paper presents BiPneu, a scalable and cost-efficient multi-channel bipolar-pressure pneumatic system for soft robots that enables wide-range, accurate, and responsive pressure regulation while providing seamless compatibility with high-level software ecosystems. A dual-mode sliding-mode controller (DM-SMC) with hysteresis-supervised mode selection is proposed based on a hybrid electro-pneumatic model. Extensive simulation and experiments demonstrate the superior performance of DM-SMC in tracking step and sinusoidal pressure references compared with both advanced model predictive controllers and well-tuned PID controllers. Experimental results show average absolute errors of 1.44 kPa in multi-step tests and 4.23 kPa in sinusoidal tracking, corresponding to reductions of 11.9% and 35.6% relative to PID control, along with improved control effort, valve switching rate, and transient response. Robustness of DM-SMC is further verified on a bellow actuator with pressure-dependent volume. Finally, BiPneu's capability is demonstrated via two soft robotic examples, quick ball-maneuvering with a soft parallel manipulator and real-time finite element method (FEM)-based teleoperation of a soft bellows actuator.
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