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ArticleBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Research on Self-Stiffness Adjustment of Growth-Controllable Continuum Robot (GCCR) Based on Elastic Force Transmission.

Mingyuan Wang, Jianjun Yuan, Sheng Bao, Liang Du, Shugen Ma

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Article in Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Special Issue: Design and Control of a Bio-Inspired Robot.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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5 authors.

Mingyuan WangShanghai Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics, School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5931-6048
Jianjun YuanShanghai Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics, School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
Sheng BaoShanghai Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics, School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
Liang DuShanghai Robotics Institute, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
Shugen MaDepartment of Robotics, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu-Shi 525-8577, Japan.

Funding

Shanghai Pujiang Program 21PJ1403600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Continuum robots have good adaptability in unstructured and complex environments. However, affected by their inherent nature of flexibility and slender structure, there are challenges in high-precision motion and load. Thus, stiffness adjustment for continuum robots has consistently attracted the attention of researchers. In this paper, a stiffness adjustment mechanism (SAM) is proposed and built in a growth-controllable continuum robot (GCCR) to improve the motion accuracy in variable scale motion. The self-stiffness adjustment is realized by antagonism through cable force transmission during the length change of the continuum robot. With a simple structure, the mechanism has a scarce impact on the weight and mass distribution of the robot and required no independent actuators for stiffness adjustment. Following this, a static model considering gravity and end load is established. The presented theoretical static model is applicable to predict the shape deformations of robots under different loads. The experimental validations showed that the maximum error ratio is within 5.65%. The stiffness of the robot can be enhanced by nearly 79.6%.

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antagonism mechanismelastic force transmissiongrowth-controllable continuum robot (GCCR)rod-driven continuum robotstiffness adjustment mechanism (SAM)

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PMID37754184
PMCPMC10526793

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