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用流体压力传感器同时实现软机械臂的形变感知与触觉检测

A Model-Based Decoupling Strategy for Proprioception and Contact Sensing in an Architected Soft Manipulator

论文配图:A Model-Based Decoupling Strategy for Proprioception and Contact Sensing in an Architected Soft Manipulator
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  • 基于分段曲率模型,从6个气压读数中解耦出形变和接触信号
  • 形变估计相对弯曲误差仅0.11±0.02,接触检测率达97%(178次实验)
  • 适合需要高柔性和多模态感知的软体机器人应用

软连续体机器人需要嵌入式传感实现本体感知和接触检测,但将传感器集成到稀疏、高度可变形的结构中仍具挑战。本文提出一种基于模型的解耦策略,从嵌入软结构段的共用流体压力传感器中分离本体感知与接触信号。每个内嵌修剪螺旋(ITH)段包含六个沿周向局部锯齿状布设的气道。在仅有三个主运动自由度(轴向压缩、x方向弯曲、y方向弯曲)的情况下,六个压力读数构成过定系统。通过分段恒定曲率模型将压力映射为形状,采用Huber回归识别残差异常的通道,其异常值指示外部接触。在单个ITH段上,该方法实现了相对弯曲误差0.11±0.02的本体形状估计,且在178次试验中接触检测率达到97%。我们将八个ITH段集成至空气螺旋(Air-Helix)——一种肌腱驱动的软连续体操作臂,并展示了整臂探索性演示,包括触觉示教、阻抗控制力调节及触觉物体重构。结果表明,局部流体神经化结合模型驱动冗余解析,是实现结构化软体机器人并发本体感知与接触感知的可行路径。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Soft continuum robots require embedded sensing for proprioception and contact detection, yet integrating sensors into sparse, highly deformable architected structures remains challenging. We present a model-based strategy that decouples proprioceptive and contact signals from a common set of fluidic pressure sensors embedded in a soft architected segment. Each segment of the Innervated Trimmed Helicoid (ITH) contains six air channels routed in a localized zigzag pattern along the circumference. With only three principal kinematic degrees of freedom (axial compression, bending in x, bending in y), the six pressure readings form an overdetermined system. A piecewise constant curvature model maps pressures to shape, and Huber regression identifies outlier channels whose residuals indicate external contact. On a single ITH segment, this approach achieves proprioceptive shape estimation with a relative bending error of 0.11 +/- 0.02 and a contact detection rate of 97% across 178 trials. We integrate eight ITH segments into Air-Helix, a tendon-driven soft continuum manipulator, and present exploratory whole-arm demonstrations that include tactile teaching by demonstration, admittance-controlled force regulation, and tactile object reconstruction. The results suggest that localized fluidic innervation combined with model-based redundancy resolution is a practical path toward concurrent proprioception and contact sensing in architected soft robots.

软体机器人触觉感知本体感知流体传感

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