查看更多>>摘要：This article provides an overview of the application of bionic technology in marine cruising equipment,discussing its research progress and future development trends.Marine cruising is a crucial means of gaining insights into the marine environment and conducting scientific research.However,conventional marine cruising equipment faces numerous challenges when dealing with complex and ever-changing marine environments.Bionic technology,as a means of drawing inspiration from the structure and functions of living organisms,offers new approaches and methods to address the challenges faced by marine cruising equipment and has found widespread application.The article primarily focuses on the applications and historical developments of bionic technology in propulsion methods,drag reduction,and surface antifouling.It summarizes the design principles,manufacturing techniques,and optimization methods for marine biomimetic cruising equipment.Finally,this paper analyzes the achievements,challenges,and future directions of bionic technology in marine cruising equipment.The application of bionic technology in marine cruising equipment holds vast potential for development,enabling us to better confront the challenges of marine exploration and research by drawing wisdom from nature and driving advancements in marine science.
查看更多>>摘要：Herein,a control method based on the optimal energy efficiency of a hydraulic quadruped robot was proposed,which not only realizes the optimal energy efficiency of flying trot gait but also ensures the stability of high-speed movement.Concretely,the energy consumption per unit distance was adopted as the energy efficiency evaluation index based on the constant pressure oil supply characteristics of the hydraulic system,and the global optimization algorithm was adopted to solve the optimal parameters.Afterward,the gait parameters that affect the energy efficiency of quadruped were analyzed and the mapping relationship between each parameter and energy efficiency was captured,so as to select the optimum combination of energy efficiency parameters,which is significant to improve endurance capability.Furthermore,to ensure the stability of the high-speed flying trot gait motion of the hydraulic quadruped robot,the active compliance control strategy was employed.Lastly,the proposed method was successfully verified by simulations and experiments.The experimental results reveal that the flying trot gait of the hydraulic quadruped robot can be stably controlled at a speed of 2.2 m/s.
查看更多>>摘要：This paper introduces a self-sensing anthropomorphic robot hand driven by Twisted String Actuators(TSAs).The use of TSAs provides several advantages such as muscle-like structures,high transmission ratios,large output forces,high efficiency,compactness,inherent compliance,and the ability to transmit power over distances.However,conventional sensors used in TSA-actuated robotic hands increase stiffness,mass,volume,and complexity,making feedback control challenging.To address this issue,a novel self-sensing approach is proposed using strain-sensing string based on Conductive Polymer Composite(CPC).By measuring the resistance changes in the strain-sensing string,the bending angle of the robot hand's fingers can be estimated,enabling closed-loop control without external sensors.The developed self-sensing anthropomorphic robot hand comprises a 3D-printed structure with five fingers,a palm,five self-sensing TSAs,and a 3D-printed forearm.Experimental studies validate the self-sensing properties of the TSA and the anthropomorphic robot hand.Additionally,a real-time Virtual Reality(VR)monitoring system is implemented for visualizing and monitoring the robot hand's movements using its self-sensing capabilities.This research contributes valuable insights and advancements to the field of intelligent prosthetics and robotic end grippers.
查看更多>>摘要：In this paper,we present the development of our latest flapping-wing micro air vehicle(FW-MAV),named Explobird,which features two wings with a wingspan of 195 mm and weighs a mere 25.2 g,enabling it to accomplish vertical take-off and hover flight.We devised a novel gear-based mechanism for the flapping system to achieve high lift capability and reliability and conducted extensive testing and analysis on the wings to optimise power matching and lift performance.The Explobird can deliver a peak lift-to-weight ratio of 1.472 and an endurance time of 259 s during hover flight powered by a single-cell LiPo battery.Considering the inherent instability of the prototype,we discuss the derivatives of its longitudinal system,underscoring the importance of feedback control,position of the centre of gravity,and increased damping.To demonstrate the effect of damping enhancement on stability,we also designed a passive stable FW-MAV.Currently,the vehicle is actively stabilised in roll by adjusting the wing root bars and in pitch through high-authority tail control,whereas yaw is passively stabilised.Through a series of flight tests,we successfully demonstrate that our prototype can perform vertical take-off and hover flight under wireless conditions.These promising results position the Explobird as a robust vehicle with high lift capability,paving the way towards the use of FW-MAVs for carrying load equipment in multiple tasks.
查看更多>>摘要：In-pipe robots have been widely used in pipes-with smooth inner walls.However,current in-pipe robots face challenges in terms of moving past obstacles and climbing in marine-vessel pipeline systems,which are affected by marine biofouling and electrochemical corrosion.This paper takes inspiration from the dual-hook structure of Trypoxylus dichotomus's feet and gecko-like dry adhesives,proposing an in-pipe robot that is capable of climbing on rough and smooth pipe inwalls.The combination of the bioinspired hook and dry adhesives allows the robot to stably attach to rough or smooth pipe inwalls,while the wheel-leg hybrid mechanism provides better conditions for obstacle traversal.The paper explores the attachment and obstacle-surmounting mechanisms of the robot.Moreover,motion strategies for the robot are devised based on different pipe structural features.The experiments showed that this robot can adapt to both smooth and rough pipe environments simultaneously,and its motion performance is superior to conventional driving mechanisms.The robot's active turning actuators also enable it to navigate through horizontally or vertically oriented 90° bends.
查看更多>>摘要：In developing and exploring extreme and harsh underwater environments,underwater robots can effectively replace humans to complete tasks.To meet the requirements of underwater flexible motion and comprehensive subsea operation,a novel octopus-inspired robot with eight soft limbs was designed and developed.This robot possesses the capabilities of underwater bipedal walking,multi-arm swimming,and grasping objects.To closely interact with the underwater seabed environment and minimize disturbance,the robot employs a cable-driven flexible arm for its walking in underwater floor through a bipedal walking mode.The multi-arm swimming offers a means of three-dimensional spatial movement,allowing the robot to swiftly explore and navigate over large areas,thereby enhancing its flexibility.Furthermore,the robot's walking arm enables it to grasp and transport objects underwater,thereby enhancing its practicality in underwater environments.A simplified motion models and gait generation strategies were proposed for two modes of robot locomotion:swimming and walking,inspired by the movement characteristics of octopus-inspired multi-arm swimming and bipedal walking.Through experimental verification,the robot's average speed of underwater bipedal walking reaches 7.26 cm/s,while the horizontal movement speed for multi-arm swimming is 8.6 cm/s.
查看更多>>摘要：The lightweight design of hydraulic quadruped robots,especially the lightweight design of the leg joint Hydraulic Drive Unit(HDU),can improve the robot's response speed,motion speed,endurance,and load capacity.However,the lightweight design of HDU is a huge challenge due to the need for structural strength.This paper is inspired by the geometric shape of fish bones and biomimetic reinforcing ribs on the surface of the HDU shell are designed to increase its strength and reduce its weight.First,a HDU shell with biomimetic fish bone reinforcing ribs structure is proposed.Then,the MATLAB toolbox and ANSYS finite element analysis module are used to optimize the parameters of the biomimetic reinforcing ribs structure and the overall layout of the shell.Finally,the HDU shell is manufactured using additive manufacturing technology,and a performance testing platform is built to conduct dynamic and static performance tests on the designed HDU.The experimental results show that the HDU with biomimetic fish bone reinforcing ribs has excellent dynamic performance and better static performance than the prototype model,and the weight of the shell is reduced by 20％compared to the prototype model.This work has broad application prospects in the lightweight and high-strength design of closed-pressure vessel components.
查看更多>>摘要：Perching allows small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAVs)to maintain their altitude while significantly extending their flight duration and reducing noise.However,current research on flying habitats is poorly adapted to unstructured environments,and lacks autonomous capabilities,requiring ideal experimental environments and remote control by personnel.To solve these problems,in this paper,we propose a bat-like UAV perching mechanism by investigating the bat upside-down perch-ing method,which realizes double self-locking in the perching state using the ratchet and four-link dead point mechanisms.Based on this perching mechanism,this study proposes a control strategy for UAVs to track targets and accomplish flight perching autonomously by combining a binocular camera,single-point LiDAR,and pressure sensors.Autonomous perch-ing experiments were conducted for crossbar-type objects outdoors.The experimental results show that a multirotor UAV equipped with the perching mechanism and sensors can reliably achieve autonomous flight perching and re-flying off the target outdoors.The power consumption is reduced to 2.9％of the hovering state when perched on the target object.
查看更多>>摘要：The earthworm has been attracted much attention in the research and development of biomimetic robots due to their unique locomotion mechanism,compact structure,and small motion space.This paper presents a new design and prototype of a worm-inspired metameric robot with a movement pattern similar to that of earthworms.The robot consists of multiple tel-escopic modules connected in series through joint modules.The telescopic module mimics the contraction and elongation motion modes of the earthworm segments.A kinematic and dynamic analysis is conducted on the telescopic module,and an input torque calculation method is provided to ensure sufficient friction between the robot and the pipe wall.The gait modes of the prototype robot for straight and turning locomotion are introduced,and these modes are extended to robots constructed by different numbers of telescopic modules.In addition,a method is proposed to increase the friction between the robot and the pipe wall in the aforementioned gait modes without changing the robot structure,thereby improving the robot's motion ability in pipelines.The theoretical model of gait modes has also been validated through gait experiments.The findings of this paper would provide a useful basis for the design,modeling,and control of future worm inspired robots.
查看更多>>摘要：Reinforcement learning(RL)provides much potential for locomotion of legged robot.Due to the gap between simulation and the real world,achieving sim-to-real for legged robots is challenging.However,the support polygon of legged robots can help to overcome some of these challenges.Quadruped robot has a considerable support polygon,followed by bipedal robot with actuated feet,and point-footed bipedal robot has the smallest support polygon.Therefore,despite the existing sim-to-real gap,most of the recent RL approaches are deployed to the real quadruped robots that are inherently more stable,while the RL-based locomotion of bipedal robot is challenged by zero-shot sim-to-real task.Especially for the point-footed one that gets better dynamic performance,the inevitable tumble brings extra barriers to sim-to-real task.Actually,the crux of this type of problem is the difference of mechanics properties between the physical robot and the simulated one,making it difficult to play the learned skills well on the physical bipedal robot.In this paper,we introduce the embedded mechanics properties(EMP)based on the optimization with Gaussian processes to RL training,making it possible to perform sim-to-real transfer on the BRS1-P robot used in this work,hence the trained policy can be deployed on the BRS1-P without any struggle.We validate the performance of the learning-based BRS1-P on the condition of disturbances and terrains not ever learned,demonstrating the bipedal locomotion and resistant performance.
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