ACTIVE REELING AND STEERING CONTROL OF A VINE ROBOT

    公开(公告)号:WO2022192190A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-15

    申请号:PCT/US2022/019257

    申请日:2022-03-08

    摘要: A soft vine robot includes a main body configured as a tube inverted back inside itself to define a pressure channel, such that when the channel is pressurized, the main body everts, and inverted material of the main body everts and passes out of a tip at a distal end of the main body. A reeling mechanism is controlled by a reeling motor, the reeling mechanism being within the tube and being configured to actively feed the inverted material to provide or assist eversion and to actively retract extended material of the main body back. Control and communications electronics control the reeling motor. T reeling mechanism can include a steering mechanism with a bending axis controlled by a steering motor. By actively supplying eversion or inversion forces in the robot body, the soft vine robot can grow with reduced pressure compared to base reeled robots.

    CONTRACTILE DEVICE FOR USE AS AN ACTUATOR, PUMP OR COMPRESSOR

    公开(公告)号:WO2020249983A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-17

    申请号:PCT/GB2020/051445

    申请日:2020-06-15

    申请人: ACTUATION LAB LTD

    摘要: This invention concerns a contractile device. The device includes a body, which has a wall including a tessellation of elements. The body is deformable through pressurisation of fluid within the body between a first, extended state and a second, contracted state in which the axial length of the body is reduced and the internal volume increased compared to the first, normal state. The tessellation of elements includes a series of protruding and intruding formations which are arranged such that the body remains substantially cylindrical through its deformation between its normal and deformed states. The protruding and intruding formations of the tessellation of elements may be in the form of protruding and intruding pyramids.

    流体圧アクチュエータ
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2020129743A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-25

    申请号:PCT/JP2019/048201

    申请日:2019-12-10

    IPC分类号: F15B15/10

    摘要: 流体圧アクチュエータは、チューブ(110)とチューブ(110)外周面を覆うスリーブ(120)を含むアクチュエータ本体部(100)と、アクチュエータ本体部(100)の封止機構(200,300)を備える。封止機構(200)は、アクチュエータ本体部(100)に挿通される封止部材(210)、アクチュエータ本体部(100)を封止部材(210)に拘束するかしめリング(230)、及び封止部材(210)にスリーブ(120)を係止する係止リング(220)を備える。封止部材(210)は、頭部(211)、チューブ(110)に挿通される胴体部(212)、及び頭部(211)と胴体部(212)の間に設けられるスリーブ被係止部(213)を有する。スリーブ被係止部(213)は、フランジ部分(214)と、フランジ部分(214)から頭部(211)側に向かって外径が縮小する縮径部分(217)を含む。

    WIRELESS ACTUATORS
    7.
    发明申请
    WIRELESS ACTUATORS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:WO2020077102A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-04-16

    申请号:PCT/US2019/055658

    申请日:2019-10-10

    摘要: A method of performing wireless actuation by inductive heating of magnetic particles. The method provides a bladder having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface forming an interior area, the bladder configured to expand or retract so as to change an area of the interior area, (ii) a plurality of magnetic particles suspended in a fluid medium and disposed within the interior area, and (iii) a sleeve disposed on the outer surface of the bladder. The method excites the plurality of magnetic particles by application of an alternating magnetic field to which the particles reaction. The method causes, by the excited magnetic particles, a phase transition to the fluid medium within the interior area which causes the bladder to expand, such that the sleeve confining the bladder generates actuation from the expansion or retraction of the bladder.

    空気圧式アクチュエータ
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2019087267A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-09

    申请号:PCT/JP2017/039200

    申请日:2017-10-30

    IPC分类号: F15B15/10

    摘要: 本発明の課題は、耐久性を向上させた空気圧式アクチュエータを提供することであり、その解決手段は、空気圧によって膨張及び収縮する筒状のチューブ(110)と、所定方向に配向されたコード(121)を編み込んだ筒状のスリーブ(120)と、によって構成されるアクチュエータ本体部(100)を具え、無負荷且つ無加圧状態において、前記コード(121)のアクチュエータの軸方向(D AX )に対する平均角度(Θ 1 )が20度以上45度未満であり、空気圧5MPaで、前記コード(121)のアクチュエータの軸方向(D AX )に対する平均角度(Θ 3 )が45度である状態において、前記アクチュエータ本体部(100)の外表面の面積(S1)に対する前記コード(121)の間隙(122)の総面積(S2)の比(S2/S1)が35%以下であることを特徴とする、空気圧式アクチュエータ(10)である。

    TEXTILE ACTUATORS
    9.
    发明申请
    TEXTILE ACTUATORS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:WO2018222930A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-06

    申请号:PCT/US2018/035483

    申请日:2018-05-31

    摘要: A textile actuator worn by a user comprises a textile envelope that defines a chamber made fluid-impermeable by a fluid-impermeable bladder contained in the textile envelope and/or a fluid-impermeable structure incorporated into the textile envelope. The textile envelope has a pre-determined geometry that produces an equilibrium state at a non-180-angle displacement and that stops further displacement upon pressurization of the chamber and prevents over-extension the joint. A fluid is delivered into or out of the chamber to displace the textile envelope primarily by transitioning from an uninflated state to the pre-determined geometry due to displacement of the textile envelope rather than via stretching or contraction of the textile envelope. When actuated, the textile actuator (a) displaces a body segment of the user and/or (b) supports and holds the body segment of the user in place.