A kind of Ultralight robot based on the driving of dielectric elastomer resonator
Technical field
The invention belongs to lightweight robotic technology field, in particular to a kind of Ultralight robot architecture.
Background technique
An important branch of the light and small humanoid robot as robot field, because its volume only has several microns or tens micro-
The characteristic dimension of rice is widely used in detection, the drug conveying, the detection and military affairs of industrial narrow environment of body cavities
The fields such as scouting.It is light to be broadly divided into wheeled light and small humanoid robot, imitative Inchworm type according to the difference of motion mode for light and small humanoid robot
Small scale robot, the light and small humanoid robot of sufficient formula, the light and small humanoid robot of inertia friction formula and the light and small humanoid robot of resonant mode etc. are several
Seed type.Pneumatic, microcomputer electric drive, intellectual material driving and energy field driving can be divided into again by driving method point
Deng.Since light and small humanoid robot size is smaller, MEMS manufacture and assembly need accurate machining cooperation, and pneumatic
And energy field driving usually requires external air pump and Flied emission equipment etc., these heavy external equipments are to a certain extent
Limit the free movement of light and small humanoid robot.The light and small humanoid robot of resonant mode is because its structure is simple, Motion Resolution rate is high, movement
Speed is taken the course of its own in numerous small-sized robot motion's structures fastly, but traditional driver based on resonance mechanism is main
Or piezoelectric patches, vibrating motor etc., drive form is more single, and the linear oscillator of mainly driver causes mechanism kinematic,
The small-sized robot motion's form developed based on this is also more single, and the limited and traditional resonant mode of robot function is light
Small scale robot is rigid member, and bioaffinity is poor.
In recent years, electroactive polymer intellectual material-dielectric elastomer (Dielectric elastomer, DE)
Occur, provides a kind of brand-new design thinking for simple, the efficient small-sized kinematic robot of production structure.This material is outside
It can produce large deformation under electrical impulse, after excitation is removed, it can be restored to original geomery again, therefore be otherwise known as
" artificial-muscle ", " soft machinery ".Relative to traditional intelligence material, DE have light weight, movement flexibly, low energy consumption, is readily formed
And be subjected to large deformation and outstanding advantages of damage not easy to fatigue, so that it be made to rapidly become a research in intellectual material field
Hot spot is a kind of splendid resonant mode actuator material.
Summary of the invention
It is an object of the invention to design one kind using resonance mechanism of the dielectric elastomer material under dynamic electric voltage load
Based on the Ultralight robot of dielectric elastomer resonator driving, to solve existing small-sized kinematic robot, structure is complicated,
The disadvantage that manufacture craft is cumbersome, control difficulty is big.
In order to reach the goals above, the present invention, which adopts the following technical scheme that, is achieved:
A kind of Ultralight robot based on the driving of dielectric elastomer resonator, including dielectric elastomer resonator and support
Component two parts;
Dielectric elastomer resonator includes dielectric elastomer basis material, up and down constraint frame and upper and lower compliant conductive electricity
Pole;
The upper constraint frame of dielectric elastomer resonator is connected with upper surface copper foil electrode, is connected with down on lower constraint frame
Surface copper foil electrode, upper surface copper foil electrode and lower surface copper foil electrode are located at two sides opposite on dielectric elastomer resonator;
Dielectric elastomer basis material is held on wherein by upper constraint frame and lower constraint frame;Dielectric elastomer basis material upper surface
It is printed with the upper surface flexible electrode of electrical connection upper surface copper foil electrode, dielectric elastomer basis material lower surface, which is connected with, to be electrically connected
Connect the lower surface flexible electrode of lower surface copper foil electrode;
It is arranged fluted on supporting member, dielectric elastomer resonator is inserted into the groove of supporting member, and can be free
Sliding.
Further, the surface of supporting member and ground face contact is processed into using the method for sand paper one direction polishing with each
The surface of anisotropy frictional force.
Further, used dielectric elastomer basis material is the VHB4910 material of 3M company.
Further, after dielectric elastomer basis material carries out the mechanical pretensions of equal 4 × 4 times of twin shafts on stretching device
It is held between constraint frame up and down.
Further, supporting member is that pearl cotton supports foam;Pearl cotton support foam include bottom plate disposed in parallel and
One end of top plate, bottom plate and top plate passes through the side wall being vertically arranged and connects, so that top plate is in cantilever-shaped;The upper surface and top of bottom plate
The lower surface of plate is equipped with a pair of of groove far from one end of side wall.
Further, dielectric elastomer resonator is arranged in parallel with side wall.
Further, upper and lower compliant conductive electrode be MG Chemicals company No. 846 conductive carbon rouge and upper surface it is soft
Property electrode and lower surface flexible electrode project coincidence on the direction perpendicular to dielectric elastomer basis material.
Further, constraint frame uses and constrains frame with a thickness of the organic glass of 1mm up and down.
Further, the Dynamic Signal being applied on dielectric elastomer resonator is the sinusoidal signal for having direct current biasing.
Further, surface flexible electrode and lower surface flexible electrode are rounded, upper constraint frame and lower constraint frame
Center has a circular space, the edge of upper surface flexible electrode and lower surface flexible electrode and corresponding upper constraint frame and it is lower about
The circular space edge interval of beam frame is arranged.
A kind of Ultralight Robot Design based on the driving of dielectric elastomer resonator of the present invention, composed structure are ultralight
Resonator and EPE foam composition.Resonator insertion is freely slidable next on the EPE foam groove after cutting
Robot motion direction is finely adjusted, realizes linear motion of the robot under constant frequency.Wherein, resonator is in load thousand
When lying prostrate the high-voltage electricity of rank, reduction, area expansion can be generated in thickness direction under the action of Maxwell's stress.When load frequency
Rate will generate vibration force and pass to support foam, the surface of support foam and ground face contact when reaching the resonant frequency of resonator
It has passed through unidirectional sand paper polishing pretreatment in advance, form it into the micro-structure surface with anisotropy frictional force, shaking
Robot is set to generate the motoricity advanced in the case where power and frictional force coupling.Simultaneously as this structure of dielectric elastomer
The nonlinear characteristic of model and its non-linear electrostrictive make its vibration characteristics have strong nonlinear characteristic, so by changing
Frequency can enable resonator export the vibration force of uneven distribution, so as to make robot motion's direction change.
Compared with prior art, the invention has the following advantages:
Its drive mechanism of vibration movement mechanism disclosed by the invention is resonance of the dielectric elastomer under dynamic electric voltage load
Characteristic, energy conversion efficiency is high and its material property is but also the robot based on this production has ultralight weight.The present invention
Designed robot architecture and control is extremely simple, has potential application in engineering field.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is a kind of Ultralight robot architecture's schematic diagram based on the driving of dielectric elastomer resonator of the present invention.Wherein:
1 be dielectric elastomer resonator, 2 be pearl cotton support foam;
Fig. 2 is the side view of robot.Wherein 2-2 is the surface with ground face contact;
Fig. 3 is pearl cotton supporting member.Wherein 2-1 is groove;
Fig. 4 is dielectric elastomer resonator structure schematic diagram, wherein 1-1 is upper surface flexible electrode, and 1-2 is upper constraint
Frame, 1-3 are upper surface copper foil electrode, and 1-4 is dielectric elastomer basis material, and 1-5 is lower surface copper foil electrode, under 1-6 is
Frame is constrained, 1-7 is lower surface flexible electrode.
Specific embodiment
Below with reference to embodiment and attached drawing, the present invention is described in further detail, it is described be explanation of the invention and
It is not to limit.
Referring to Fig. 1, a kind of Ultralight robot based on the driving of dielectric elastomer resonator of the present invention, mainly includes dielectric
Elastomer resonator 1 and pearl cotton support 2 two parts of foam.
Supporting foam 2 includes bottom plate 22 disposed in parallel and top plate 24, and one end of bottom plate 22 and top plate 24 by setting vertically
The side wall 23 set connects, so that top plate 24 is in cantilever-shaped;The upper surface of bottom plate 22 and the lower surface of top plate 24 are far from the one of side wall
End is equipped with a pair of of groove 2-1, and the shape of foam is supported to be cut into via heating wire, later to its bottom plate 22 and ground face contact
Surface 2-2, which carries out the polishing of one direction sand paper, keeps its front and back frictional force inconsistent.
The production needs of dielectric elastomer resonator 1 first carry out dielectric elastomer basis material 1-4 on stretching device
The mechanical pretension of equal 4 × 4 times of twin shafts, has larger viscosity by VHB4910 itself, and the material after pre-stretching has with two layers
Machine glass (above constraining frame 1-2 and lower constraint frame 1-6) attaches can be constrained up and down.The upper constraint frame of organic glass
After 1-2 and lower constraint frame 1-6 is attached on dielectric elastomer basis material 1-4, by the VHB material constrained and two layers of organic glass
Glass is cut, and pastes upper surface copper foil electrode 1-3 and lower surface copper foil respectively on upper constraint frame 1-2 and lower constraint frame 1-6
Then electrode 1-5 prints upper liquid carbon rouge electrode as upper surface flexibility in the upper and lower surface of dielectric elastomer basis material 1-4
(upper surface flexible electrode 1-1 and lower surface flexible electrode 1-7 are rounded, upper constraint by electrode 1-1 and lower surface flexible electrode 1-7
The center of frame 1-2 and lower constraint frame 1-6 have circular space, upper surface flexible electrode 1-1 and lower surface flexible electrode 1-7
There is certain distance with the circular space edge of corresponding upper constraint frame 1-2 and lower constraint frame 1-6, be not filled by completely upper constraint
The circular space of frame 1-2 and lower constraint frame 1-6);Upper surface flexible electrode 1-1 connection upper surface copper foil electrode 1-3, following table
Face flexible electrode 1-7 connection lower surface copper foil electrode 1-5.It, can be first in dielectric in order to make the shape of carbon rouge electrode keep rule
Hollow out is adhered on elastomeric substrate materials 1-4 has the release paper of anticipation electrode shape to apply carbon rouge again, then removes release paper i.e.
The carbon rouge electrode of predetermined shape can be obtained.By dielectric elastomer resonator 1 be inserted into pearl cotton support foam 2 groove 2-1 after
When the vibration force that resonator generates is greater than the maximum static friction force in some direction, robot starts under the load of dynamic electric voltage
Movement.The initial motion direction of robot it is possible that certain deviation and cannot move along a straight line, at this moment can be humorous by sliding
Position of the device in supporting member shake to realize its linear motion.
Round carbon is printed with specific embodiment 1: the sinusoidal signal after biasing is connected to after high-voltage amplifier amplifies
On the copper foil electrode of the robot of rouge electrode, the straight line of robot can be realized when frequency input signal reaches mechanism resonance frequency
It is mobile.When resonator is slid onto leftward position, robot divertical motion to the right;When resonator is slid onto right positions,
Robot divertical motion to the left.
Round carbon is printed with specific embodiment 2: the sinusoidal signal after biasing is connected to after high-voltage amplifier amplifies
On the copper foil electrode of the robot of rouge electrode, the vibration force for making resonator export left and right uneven distribution by changing frequency, when
When left side vibration force is bigger than normal, robot moves to the right, and vice versa.
The above content is a further detailed description of the present invention in conjunction with specific preferred embodiments, and it cannot be said that
A specific embodiment of the invention is only limitted to this, for those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, is not taking off
Several simple deduction or replace are made under the premise of from present inventive concept all shall be regarded as belonging to the present invention by being submitted
Claims determine scope of patent protection.