Closed-loop 4D printing of autonomous soft robots
2024 (English)In: Smart materials in additive manufacturing: 4d-printed robotic materials, sensors, and actuators, volume 3, Elsevier BV , 2024, p. 203-233Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
4D printing (4DP) enables researchers and developers to fabricate soft robots in a more repeatable and integrated manner. The employment of smart materials also reinforces the performance and flexibility of the robot. However, compared with the traditional rigid robots, the 4D-printed soft robots normally have high nonlinearity and time-variant dynamics, which makes the modeling of these robots challenging. Furthermore, as an inherent disadvantage of all soft robots, they also suffer from low actuation precision and poor controllability. This chapter reviews the efforts in modeling and control of 4D-printed soft robots and then summarizes the available approaches. Then, this chapter will compare these approaches based on a 4D-printed actuator using temperature-stimulated shape memory polymers. It is demonstrated that the learning-based methods have great potential in performing better modeling and control of the 4D-printed robots compared with traditional alternatives.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2024. p. 203-233
Keywords [en]
4D printing, autonomous systems, closed-loop control, control engineering, control systems, machine learning, Robotics, smart material, soft robots
National Category
Robotics and automation Control Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-353589DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-13673-3.00008-0Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85202870408OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-353589DiVA, id: diva2:1899265
Note
Part of ISBN: 9780443136733, 9780443136740
QC 20240925
2024-09-192024-09-192025-02-05Bibliographically approved