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Self-Preloading Flexible Attachment Actuator with Multi-Mechanism Hierarchical Structure

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Flexible attachment actuators are popular in a wide range of applications,owing to their flexibility and highly reliable attachment.However,their reversible adhesion performance depends on the actual effective contact area and peel angle during operation.Therefore,a good actuator must ensure a uniform and reliable pre-pressure load on an adhesive surface,to increase the effective contact area of the attached surface,thereby maximizing adhesion.This study was inspired by fusion bionics for designing a hierarchical attachment structure with vacuum-adsorption and dry-adhesion mechanisms.The designed structure used the normal force under the negative pressure of a suction cup as a stable source of a pre-pres-sure load.By optimizing the rigid and flexible structural layers of the attachment structure,a load was applied uniformly to the adhesion area;thus,reliable attachment was achieved by self-preloading.The structure achieved detachment by exploiting the large deformation of a pneumatic structure under a positive pressure.The hierarchical attachment structure achieved up to 85%of the optimal performance of the adhesive surface.Owing to its self-preloading and reliable attach-ment characteristics,the designed structure can be used as an attachment unit in various complex scenarios,such as small,lightweight climbing platforms and the transport of objects in long,narrow pipelines.

Multi-mechanism attachmentSelf-preloadingHierarchical structureAdhesionVacuum adsorption

Zhouyi Wang、Qingsong Yuan、Zhiyuan Weng、Junsheng Yao、Xuan Wu、Lei Li、-Weipeng Li、Yiping Feng、Zhendong Dai

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College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,210016 Nanjing,China

State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,210016 Nanjing,China

Robotics Laboratory China,Nanhu Academy of Electronics and Information Technology,314000 Jiaxing,Zhejiang,China

国家重点研发计划国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures

2023YFE020700051975283U22B20401005-IZD2300225

2024

仿生工程学报(英文版)
吉林大学

仿生工程学报(英文版)

CSTPCDEI
影响因子:0.837
ISSN:1672-6529
年,卷(期):2024.21(4)
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