TY - GEN
T1 - Design, Fabrication and Experiments of a 3D-motion Soft Elastomer Actuator
AU - Zhang, Jian
AU - Zhou, Junjie
AU - Yuan, Shihua
AU - Jing, Chongbo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - This paper introduces the design and manufacture method of a new type of soft fluidic elastomer actuators. Firstly, we describe the design scheme of the soft actuator and the drive principle of omnidirectional bending and elongation. Based on 3D printing, three elastic air chambers constrained by double helix winding are radially distributed and driven by positive pressure. The actuators can complete the movement of three degrees of freedom of omnidirectional bending, elongation and contraction. And then, in order to test the characteristic parameters of the actuator, the actuator test system is designed to test the bending angle and elongation of the soft actuator under different driving pressures. This research provides technical support for the research of soft manipulator.
AB - This paper introduces the design and manufacture method of a new type of soft fluidic elastomer actuators. Firstly, we describe the design scheme of the soft actuator and the drive principle of omnidirectional bending and elongation. Based on 3D printing, three elastic air chambers constrained by double helix winding are radially distributed and driven by positive pressure. The actuators can complete the movement of three degrees of freedom of omnidirectional bending, elongation and contraction. And then, in order to test the characteristic parameters of the actuator, the actuator test system is designed to test the bending angle and elongation of the soft actuator under different driving pressures. This research provides technical support for the research of soft manipulator.
KW - 3D-motion
KW - Design and Fabrication
KW - Positive pressure driven
KW - Soft Elastomer Actuators
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072386318&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICMA.2019.8816517
DO - 10.1109/ICMA.2019.8816517
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85072386318
T3 - Proceedings of 2019 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2019
SP - 497
EP - 501
BT - Proceedings of 2019 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 16th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2019
Y2 - 4 August 2019 through 7 August 2019
ER -
