A soft quadruped robot enabled by continuum actuatorsShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: 2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Lyon, France: IEEE, 2021, Vol. 2021-August, p. 834-840Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Soft robots are a group of robots made from highly compliant materials. Compared to their rigid counterparts, soft robots show better mobility and stronger adaptability to the environment. Specifically, soft quadruped robots, using four soft actuators as robot legs, have become a popular design, and are proven to be feasible and reliable in performing soft locomotion. Traditional soft quadruped robots are actuated using pneumatic forces which require high pressure sources. Additionally, the travel range of these robots are limited. This paper proposes a new design of soft quadruped robot that is fully actuated with electric motors. The main components of the robot are 3D printed and can be easily assembled. The four soft legs of the robot are modeled with experimental data and a closed loop controller is developed to regulate the deformation and motion. The legs can perform complex movement which enables the quadruped robot to move with different gaits.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lyon, France: IEEE, 2021. Vol. 2021-August, p. 834-840
Keywords [en]
Soft quadruped robot; Continuum actuators, closed loop control; 3D printing
National Category
Robotics and automation Control Engineering Other Mechanical Engineering
Research subject
Machine Design; Applied and Computational Mathematics, Optimization and Systems Theory; Industrial Information and Control Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-303334DOI: 10.1109/CASE49439.2021.9551496ISI: 000878693200106Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85116982225OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-303334DiVA, id: diva2:1602396
Conference
17th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2021 Lyon 23 August 2021 through 27 August 2021
Projects
KTH XPRESKTH IRIS Area 2Closed-Loop 4D Printing with High PrecisionPrinting of soft untethered devices with re- programmability and self-maintainable shapes
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 2017-04550Swedish Research Council, 2019-05232XPRES - Initiative for excellence in production research
Note
Part of Proceedings: ISBN 978-166541873-7
2021-10-122021-10-122025-02-05Bibliographically approved