Design and kinematic analysis of an elephant-trunk-like robot with shape memory alloy actuators
In this paper, a new elephant-trunk-like robot with shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators was designed using a modular method. It consisted of a series of 2-degree of freedom (DOF) joint modules and showed the merits of light weight, compact structure, and flexibility. For each joint module, a sensor m...
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Published in | 2017 IEEE 2nd Advanced Information Technology, Electronic and Automation Control Conference (IAEAC) pp. 157 - 161 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
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IEEE
01.03.2017
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Summary: | In this paper, a new elephant-trunk-like robot with shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators was designed using a modular method. It consisted of a series of 2-degree of freedom (DOF) joint modules and showed the merits of light weight, compact structure, and flexibility. For each joint module, a sensor module based on MPU6050 chip was used to measure the pose of the end-effector in the form of Yaw-Pitch-Row Euler angles. Based on a piecewise-constant-curvature assumption, the kinematic analyses for the one-module robot and n-module robot were performed and developed. Experimental results obtained using the one-module elephant-trunk-like robot demonstrates the efficiency of the kinematic model. |
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DOI: | 10.1109/IAEAC.2017.8053997 |