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Modeling and Experimental Study of a Novel Multi-DOF Parallel Soft Robot
  In view of the demand for flexible drive and large load of the soft robot in the practical application, a novel type of flexible-actuated multi-degree-of-freedom (multi-DOF) parallel soft robot is designed. The proposed robot in parallel combination of three groups of flexible-actuated elements (FAEs) realizes large load by increasing the bearing area at the connection between flexible-actuated units (FAUs). In order to improve the driving flexibility, the multi-layer FAU is used to drive independently in parallel so as to realize omnidirectional bending movement by pneumatic drive. With the coupled analysis in terms of motion and force, the mapping model of kinematic attitude parameters and the external load force with output air pressure value is established. Finally, an experimental prototype is developed and an experimental test platform is built. Then, the comparison among the experimental data, simulation results and theoretical results verifies the capability of multi-DOF omnidirectional movement and flexible-actuated large load.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    25 March 2020

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

  • DOI:

    10.1109/access.2020.2983260

  • Funders:

    Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province; National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program); Graduate innovation funding program of Hebei Province; Jihua Laboratory, Guangdong; Science Technology Research of Higher Education of Hebei Province

Citation

Zhang, J., Wei, H., Shan, Y., Li, P., Zhao, Y., Qi, L., & Yu, H. (2020). Modeling and Experimental Study of a Novel Multi-DOF Parallel Soft Robot. IEEE Access, 8, 62932-62942. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.2983260

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Keywords

Flexible drive , large load , kinematic and static models , parallel soft robot

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