arXiv:2608.27221cs.RO2026-08中稿 · Nature Machine Int…

可自重构的柔性机器人,能变形成不同形态协作完成任务。

Tensegrity Continuum Robots Enable Task-Adaptive Morphologies for Cooperative Behaviors

  • 用张拉整体结构+爪式连接,实现柔性和可重组结合。
  • 能自动变成链条、环状、分叉等形态,支持协同搬运与多模式移动。
  • 适合需要灵活应变的复杂场景,如救援、太空探索。

能够根据任务和环境改变形态与行为的机器人,为可适应、多功能系统带来巨大潜力。模块化可重构机器人(MRRs)通过单元拼接实现功能多样性,但多数依赖刚性模块,缺乏结构柔性,能力受限。连续体机器人凭借柔性骨架具备顺应性,却无法自重构为适应任务的多机器人构型。本文提出一种新型MRR,融合张拉整体柔性躯干与爪式连接机制,使每个机器人既能独立操作与移动,又能自主重组为链条、环状、分支等多种形态,实现协同操作与运动。我们在多样任务与真实环境中验证了其性能,包括协同物体搬运与运输、多模态移动及实际场景中的运动-操作一体化。该成果为可适应、多功能机器人集群奠定了基础,有望应用于制造、太空探索与搜救等领域。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Robots that can change their morphologies and behaviors for different tasks and environments hold great promise for adaptable, multifunctional systems. Modular reconfigurable robots (MRRs) can achieve such functionalities by docking and rearranging individual units, but most rely on rigid modules that lack structural compliance, resulting in limited capabilities. Continuum robots offer compliance through flexible backbones, yet they cannot self-reconfigure into task-adaptive multi-robot configurations. Here, we introduce an MRR that unifies the advantages of both architectures by combining a tensegrity-based compliant body with claw-based connection mechanisms. Each robot can manipulate and locomote independently, and multiple robots can self-reconfigure into different morphologies (e.g., chains, loops, branches) for cooperative manipulation and locomotion. We demonstrate the robots' capability across diverse tasks and environments, including coordinated object manipulation and transport, multimodal locomotion, and loco-manipulation in real-world scenarios. These results lay a foundation for adaptable and multifunctional robotic collectives, with broad potential applications in manufacturing, space exploration, and search-and-rescue operations.

可重构机器人柔性机器人协同控制张拉整体

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