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A Muscle-Driven Mechanism for Locomotion of Snake-Robots

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العنوان: A Muscle-Driven Mechanism for Locomotion of Snake-Robots
المؤلفون: Marcela Lopez, Mahdi Haghshenas-Jaryani
المصدر: Automation, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-26 (2021)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Technology (General)
مصطلحات موضوعية: snake robots, artificial muscle, muscle-driven mechanism, limbless locomotion, Technology (General), T1-995
الوصف: This paper presents the concept of muscle-driven locomotion for planar snake robots, which combines the advantages of both rigid and soft robotic approaches to enhance the performance of snake robot locomotion. For this purpose, two adjacent links are connected by a pair of pneumatic artificial muscles wherein an alternate actuation of these soft actuators causes a rotational motion at the connecting joints. The muscle-based actuated linkage mechanism, as a closed six-linkage mechanism, was designed and prototyped. The linear motion and force generation of the pneumatic artificial muscle was experimentally characterized using isotonic and isometric contraction experiments. A predictive model was developed based on the experimental data to describe the relationship between the force–length–pressure of the PAMs. Additionally, the muscle-driven mechanism was kinematically and dynamically characterized based on both theoretical and experimental studies. The experimental data generally agreed with our model’s results and the generated joint angle and torque were comparable to the current snake-like robots. A skx-link planar snake robot with five joints, five pairs of antagonistic muscles, and an associated pneumatic controller was prototyped and examined for simple movements on a straight-line. We demonstrated the muscle-driven locomotion of the six-link snake robot, and the results show the feasibility of using the proposed mechanism for future explorations of snake robot locomotion.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2673-4052
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4052/3/1/1; https://doaj.org/toc/2673-4052
DOI: 10.3390/automation3010001
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/5d1f90b8533845039e32cc8b267b938d
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.5d1f90b8533845039e32cc8b267b938d
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:26734052
DOI:10.3390/automation3010001