An atomic force microscopy (AFM) tip-based scratch method has been used to machine 2D/3D micro-nanostructures. However, the machining efficiency is too low for being applied in a wide application. The AFM tip-based na...
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For a multi-fingered robot hand, the individual control over single joints cannot guarantee their fine collaboration. For achieving a high-precision synchronization, a theory of synchronous control is introduced to mu...
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For a multi-fingered robot hand, the individual control over single joints cannot guarantee their fine collaboration. For achieving a high-precision synchronization, a theory of synchronous control is introduced to multi-fingered robot hands. This paper introduced a new model-free and cross-coupling control strategy. It had been tested on the humanoid robot fingers and showed high positioning performance. For realizing the mutual influence between the control of all joints, we establish the synchronization error by the differential disposal of adjacent actuator errors, then position errors and synchronization errors are incorporated into a unified control frame. Meanwhile, considering the complex dynamic formulations of the dexterous hand and the characteristics of the control system, a model-free, cross-coupled trajectory tracking method is introduced and the explicit dynamic modeling parameters is not necessary. Finally, we tested our method on a multi-fingered hand platform HIT/DLR-II. The results prove that the new method has superior performance over traditional non-synchronous approaches.
Visual servoing process is widely applied in robot control. In the visual servoing process, an interpolation of the robot end pose is necessary. In the interpolation, quaternion suffers a lot for the discontinuity in ...
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Visual servoing process is widely applied in robot control. In the visual servoing process, an interpolation of the robot end pose is necessary. In the interpolation, quaternion suffers a lot for the discontinuity in trajectory velocity and acceleration. In this paper, we propose an acceleration-level continuous interpolation method and apply it to visual servoing process. In the method, we make up use of the conversion between different rotation descriptors and achieve a smooth enough trajectory. Simulations and experiments are carried out to validate the method and the results show considerable performance.
The robots with robotic grippers can take the place of human to carry objects and use tools efficiently in different situations. This paper presents a novel hydraulic driven robotic gripper named the WLRG-I (the first...
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(纸本)9781665405362
The robots with robotic grippers can take the place of human to carry objects and use tools efficiently in different situations. This paper presents a novel hydraulic driven robotic gripper named the WLRG-I (the first generation of Wheel-legged robot gripper) which bears large load and has strong robustness. The WLRG-I is installed on the wheel-legged humanoid robot arm to make the WLR-III (the third generation of Wheel-legged robot) have the capability of grasping daily tools and fulfilling special operation tasks in harsh environments. This paper focuses on the design of gripper transmission structure, kinematics and statics. Firstly, the linkage mechanism is proposed according to the design goal. Then, the kinematics and statics of the gripper are studied, and a structural model is established. In addition, PID controller is used to control the position of the gripper with angle feedback. Finally, position tracking and load experiments are completed to verified the accuracy of the control. The gripper can grasp objects of 20kg with 2.15kg dead weight. To the authors’ best knowledge, robot grippers with such a high load-to-weight ratio are very rare.
Planetary rovers, integrated with the state-of-the-art technologies in different fields, are required to explore extraterrestrial surfaces to achieve their scientific goals. The perception of the extraterrestrial envi...
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(纸本)9781665431545
Planetary rovers, integrated with the state-of-the-art technologies in different fields, are required to explore extraterrestrial surfaces to achieve their scientific goals. The perception of the extraterrestrial environment, especially the terrain, greatly affects the mobility of rovers. The estimation of terrain parameters often requires wheel-terrain interaction data under various slip ratios. The data of multi-slip conditions can be obtained by adjusting the slope angles of the terrain or rover load in experiments. However, these methods are neither safe nor practical for planetary rovers that are exploring extraterrestrial planets. In this study, the required wheel slip conditions can be obtained based on the Monte Carlo method and terramechanics theory, by actively adjusting rotation speeds of the rover’s wheels. Simulations in the Vortex physics engine environment verified that the proposed method could generate the multi-slip conditions in a flat terrain without requiring the rover to go up/down high slopes. Furthermore, by measuring the wheel-terrain interaction data, normal force, drawbar pull, driving torque, sinkage under various slip ratios the terrain parameters can be estimated.
The variable-sweep wing for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can greatly improve the aerodynamic performance at high-speed and low-speed by changing the sweep angle. In this paper, a shear variable-sweep wing is proposed...
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(纸本)9781665405362
The variable-sweep wing for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can greatly improve the aerodynamic performance at high-speed and low-speed by changing the sweep angle. In this paper, a shear variable-sweep wing is proposed and studied based on a parallelogram mechanism. The skeleton of morphing wing is a single-degree-of-freedom mechanism composed of parallelogram mechanism unit topology. The skin of morphing wing is applied an innovative Kevlar/carbon fiber hybrid composite skin. The composite skins are stitched to the skeleton and sheared as the sweep-angle changes. The kinematics model of the morphing wing is established, and the wing area, aspect ratio, root-to-tip ratio and relative thickness are analyzed. Moreover, establish the composite skin buckling model and obtain the skin parameters that can be smoothly and continuously deformed within the range of sweep-angle changes. Finally, the variable-sweep morphing wing prototype is developed and scanned to verify the smoothness of the designed morphing skins and the deformation performance of morphing wing.
While all of the polymorphs of pure NH4I and KI are non-polar, we identify that (NH4)0.95K0.05I is ferroelectric and (NH4)0.87K0.13I and (NH4)0.83K0.17I are pyroelectric through measurements of their pyroelectric curr...
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The β and γ phases of methylammonium chloride CH3NH3Cl and methylammonium bromide CH3NH3Br are identified to be ferroelectric via pyroelectric current and dielectric constant measurements. The magnetic susceptibilit...
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Soft robots made from soft materials can safely interact with humans and environments compared with the traditional rigid robots. However, the inherent compliance of the soft robots makes them difficult to realize the...
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(纸本)9781665431545
Soft robots made from soft materials can safely interact with humans and environments compared with the traditional rigid robots. However, the inherent compliance of the soft robots makes them difficult to realize the jumping motion. Although many soft robots can jump through the design of bistable structure. However, the existing soft robots need rigid spine to be embedded in the soft body. Therefore, it is still hard for the jumping of a soft robot with pure soft body. This paper offers the design method for the pure soft bistable robot with jumping ability. The critical buckling force and total elastic potential energy of the robot can be increased by designing the soft body with different thickness. We use the twisted artificial muscle (TAM) to realize the jumping motion of the soft bistable robot. The proposed robot can jump at a height nearly two times its body height. We envision that the design method will promote the application of the soft robot with pure soft body to realize more types of motion strategy.
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