Multi-mode elastic driver for walking robot
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of robots, in particular to a multi-mode elastic driver for a walking robot and a brake module of the multi-mode elastic driver.
Background
At present, the robot technology is rapidly developed, more and more robots are applied to dangerous and complex environments instead of human beings, which has higher requirements on the walking performance of the robots, wherein the environmental adaptability and the motion flexibility are particularly important. The existing walking robot is mostly formed by connecting rigid kinematic pairs made of hard materials, the walking mode is single, the environmental adaptability is poor, the problems of large system energy consumption and the like during movement exist, the buffering force is large when the walking robot using rigid transmission touches the ground, the reaction force can be transmitted to each part of the robot through the structure, vibration is generated between each part, and the walking stability and precision of the robot are influenced. The highly bionic walking robot aims at realizing the motion characteristics of human body muscles, can adjust the viscoelasticity characteristics of the human body muscles in real time according to the environmental change and realize variable stiffness driving, so that the research on a driver with multi-mode output is used for driving the walking robot, and the research on the driving output of the robot in different walking stages has important research significance.
The applicant 2014.04.18 discloses a multi-mode elastic driver for a lower limb assistance exoskeleton robot, which is composed of three brake modules, a motor series spring, and a pure motor rigid driving mode, a motor series spring series elastic driving mode, and a spring-only passive mode, and is applied to a walking robot, and can precisely control the motion of a robot mechanical leg in the rigid mode, and achieve the purposes of shock absorption, energy storage, and energy release by using an elastic element in the passive mode and the series elastic mode when the foot of the robot mechanical leg touches the ground and pedals the ground.
The original design multi-mode elastic driver utilizes a steering engine to connect a brake block, the brake and the release of a brake module are controlled by the forward and reverse rotation of the steering engine, and the brake module comprises a rack rail, a left push rod, a right push rod, a left brake pad, a right brake pad, a brake device supporting block, a first brake motor supporting seat, a second brake motor supporting seat, a brake motor, a rack and a gear. The rack slides on the rack rail, and the rack is connected with left push rod, right push rod, and left push rod links to each other with left brake block, and right push rod links to each other with right brake block, and the rack meshes with the gear mutually, and the whole brake module of rack and pinion structural control who adopts discovers to have following problem in the application of this mechanism, if: the push rod is used for pushing the brake block to brake, and the brake is only suitable for the condition of small impact force, and the motor can be damaged due to long-time locked rotation of the motor.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior multi-mode driver, the invention provides a multi-mode elastic driver facing a walking robot and a brake module thereof, wherein a brake sliding block is extruded through the rotation of a ratchet wheel, so that the brake sliding block is locked with a brake outer sleeve, and the driver can bear larger impact force; through the self-locking principle of the worm gear and the worm, the brake sliding block and the brake outer sleeve can be still locked under the condition that the brake motor is powered off, so that the brake motor is protected.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:
the invention provides a multi-mode elastic driver facing a walking robot, which comprises a brake outer sleeve, an outer connecting piece and an inner brake component, wherein the outer connecting piece is arranged at one end of the brake outer sleeve, and the inner brake component is arranged in the brake outer sleeve:
the inner brake component comprises a driving motor, a guide rail, a lead screw, a spring, a lead screw nut, a coupler, a driving motor fixing seat and a brake module, wherein the brake module comprises a first brake module, a second brake module and a third brake module respectively, the structures of the first brake module, the second brake module and the third brake module are the same, the guide rail is arranged in the brake outer sleeve, the brake modules are connected on the guide rail in series, the driving motor is connected with the third brake module through the driving motor fixing seat, the driving motor is connected with the lead screw through the coupler, the other end of the lead screw is connected with the second brake module through the lead screw nut, the lead screw penetrates through the third brake module and the second brake module, the spring is connected between the second brake module and the first brake module, and;
the structure of the brake module comprises a ratchet wheel, a worm, a first bevel gear, a second bevel gear, a brake sliding block, a torsion spring, a brake module shell sleeve, a brake module shell surface, a brake motor, a pressure spring and a pressure spring iron core, wherein the ratchet wheel and the worm wheel are coaxially attached and arranged in the brake module shell sleeve, the worm is fixed in the brake module shell sleeve, the brake sliding block is embedded in a brake module shell sleeve sliding groove, the torsion spring is embedded and fixed on the brake module shell sleeve, two ends of the torsion spring are respectively fixed with the brake sliding block and the brake module shell sleeve, the worm wheel is meshed with the worm, the first bevel gear is coaxially connected with the worm, the second bevel gear is meshed with the first bevel gear, the pressure spring is embedded with the pressure spring iron core, the brake motor is arranged.
The invention is further improved in that: when the brake motor rotates forwards to drive the second bevel gear, the second bevel gear drives the first bevel gear, the worm rotates, the worm drives the worm gear, the worm gear rotates to compress the pressure spring, the pressure spring drives the ratchet wheel, the ratchet wheel rotates, the ratchet wheel progressive side line touches and extrudes the brake sliding block, the brake sliding block slides outwards to twist the torsion spring and finally contact and extrude the inner wall of the brake outer sleeve, and the brake module is locked on the inner wall of the brake outer sleeve in a friction mode; when the brake motor rotates reversely, the ratchet wheel rotates reversely to the limiting position of the brake module shell and does not extrude the brake sliding block any more, and the torsion spring pulls back the brake sliding block and is attached to the ratchet wheel, so that the brake sliding block and the inner wall of the outer sleeve are not in friction locking, and the brake module can freely move on the guide rail.
According to the further optimization of the driver, when the brake module is locked with the brake outer sleeve in a friction mode, the brake motor is powered off, the worm and gear self-locking function is triggered, the brake module and the brake outer sleeve can be locked in a friction mode, and the brake module cannot slide on the guide rail.
In a further preferred embodiment of the driver of the present invention, the ratchet wheel and the worm wheel have two protrusions, respectively, one end of the core of the compression spring is fixed to the protrusion of the worm wheel, the other end of the core of the compression spring passes through the notch of the protrusion of the ratchet wheel, and both ends of the compression spring are fixed to the protrusion of the worm wheel and the protrusion of the ratchet wheel.
In a further preferred embodiment of the driver of the present invention, the brake module housing is sleeved with a mechanical locking surface of the ratchet wheel, and when the ratchet wheel is mechanically locked, the torsion spring pulls the brake slider to fit the asymptote surface of the ratchet wheel and to be away from the brake outer sleeve.
In a further preferred embodiment of the driver of the invention, the first brake module, the second brake module and the third brake module are sequentially arranged on the guide rail, and the shell surfaces of the two brake modules of the first brake module and the second brake module are connected through a spring.
According to the further optimization of the driver, the driving motor drives the lead screw and the lead screw nut to move through the coupler, so that the spring is compressed, and then the spring is combined with the brake module, and different working modes are realized.
The multi-mode elastic driver for the walking robot and the brake module thereof have the following advantages; according to the invention, the brake sliding block is extruded through the rotation of the ratchet wheel, so that the brake sliding block is locked with the brake outer sleeve, and a driver can bear larger impact force; the invention adopts a mode of combining active and passive modes, fully utilizes the functions of energy storage and energy release of an energy storage device in a walking stage, actively drives the motor to drive only in a timely stage, and has the characteristic of low power consumption.
The multi-mode elasticity and the brake module thereof can be used for walking of the foot type robot, and can also be used for posture adjustment, buffering and shock absorption and multi-mode driving of various mechanical structures.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of the inner brake member of the multi-mode resilient actuator and its brake module of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a right side view of the inner brake member of the multi-mode resilient actuator and its brake module of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a side view of the multi-mode resilient actuator and its brake module of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram of the internal components of the internal brake member of the multi-mode resilient actuator and its brake module of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an isometric view of a brake module of the multi-mode resilient actuator and its brake module of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a portion of the components of the brake module of the multi-mode resilient actuator and its brake module of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is an exploded view of a portion of the components of the brake module of the multi-mode resilient actuator and the brake module thereof according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is an exploded view of a portion of the components of the brake module of the multi-mode resilient actuator and its brake module of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is an exploded view of a portion of the components of the brake module of the multi-mode resilient actuator and its brake module of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is an exploded view of a portion of the components of the brake module of the multi-mode resilient actuator and its brake module of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is an exploded view of a portion of the components of the brake module of the multi-mode resilient actuator and its brake module of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is an exploded view of a portion of the components of the brake module of the multi-mode resilient actuator and its brake module of the present invention.
Wherein, 1, an outer sleeve of the brake; 2. a drive motor; 3. a guide rail; 4. a lead screw; 5. a spring; 6. a lead screw nut; 7. a coupling; 8. a driving motor fixing seat; 9. an outer connecting member; 10. a first brake module; 11. a second brake module; 12. a third brake module; 13. a ratchet wheel; 14. a worm gear; 15. a worm; 16. a first bevel gear; 17. a second bevel gear; 18. a brake slide block; 19. a torsion spring; 20. a brake module housing; 21. a brake module shell face; 22. a brake motor; 23. a pressure spring; 24. and the compression spring iron core.
Detailed Description
In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous implementation details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the various embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood, however, that these implementation details are not to be interpreted as limiting the invention. That is, in some embodiments of the invention, such implementation details are not necessary. In addition, some conventional structures and components are shown in simplified schematic form in the drawings.
In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.
The invention provides a multi-mode elastic driver facing a walking robot and a brake module thereof.A brake sliding block is extruded by the rotation of a ratchet wheel, so that the brake sliding block is locked with a brake outer sleeve, and the driver can bear larger impact force; through the self-locking principle of the worm gear and the worm, the brake sliding block and the brake outer sleeve can be still locked under the condition that the brake motor is powered off, so that the brake motor is protected.
The invention provides a multi-mode elastic driver facing a walking robot and a brake module thereof, which are an active-passive combined driver, wherein an active device is a driving motor 2, a passive device is a spring 5, the motor drives a lead screw 4 and a lead screw nut 6 to move through a coupler 7, so that the energy storage and release of the spring 5 are realized, and different working modes of the driver are realized by combining the locking of each brake module.
The driving motor 2 of the multi-mode elastic driver drives when the mechanical leg of the walking robot needs to move, namely the motor drives in the stage that the mechanical leg of the walking robot needs to move, and the multi-mode driver fully utilizes the advantages of active and passive combination, buffers energy storage and energy release driving in the walking process, so as to realize low power consumption of robot driving.
In fig. 1, 2 and 3, the multi-mode elastic driver is composed of a brake outer sleeve 1, a driving motor 2, a guide rail 3, a lead screw 4, a spring 5, a lead screw nut 6, a coupler 7, a driving motor fixing seat 8, an outer connecting piece 9 and a brake module, wherein the brake module is composed of a first brake module 10, a second brake module 11 and a third brake module 12. Brake outer sleeve 1 is inside to be equipped with guide rail 3, and the brake module cluster is on guide rail 3, and driving motor 2 links to each other with third brake module 12 through driving motor fixing base 8, and driving motor 2 passes through shaft coupling 7 and links to each other with lead screw 4, and the lead screw 4 other end is connected with second brake module 11 through screw nut 6, lead screw 4 passes third brake module 12 and second brake module 11's inside, and coupling spring 5 between second brake module 11 and the first brake module 10, and outer connecting piece 9 links to each other with driving motor fixing base 8.
In fig. 4, the internal mechanisms of the three brake modules are the same, and as shown in fig. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, the brake modules include a ratchet wheel 13, a worm wheel 14, a worm 15, a first bevel gear 16, a second bevel gear 17, a brake slider 18, a torsion spring 19, a brake module housing 20, a brake module housing 21, a brake motor 22, a compression spring 23 and a compression spring iron core 24. The brake module is characterized in that: the ratchet wheel 13 and the worm wheel 14 are coaxially attached and are arranged in a brake module shell 20, the worm 15 is fixed in the brake module shell 20, the brake slider 18 is embedded in a sliding groove of the brake module shell 20, the torsion spring 19 is embedded and fixed on the brake module shell 20, two ends of the torsion spring 19 are respectively fixed with the brake slider 18 and the brake module shell 20, the worm wheel 14 is meshed with the worm 15, the first bevel gear 16 is coaxially connected with the worm 15, the second bevel gear 17 is meshed with the first bevel gear 16, the pressure spring 23 is embedded with the pressure spring iron core 24, one side of the brake module shell 21 is provided with the brake motor 22, a rotating shaft of the brake motor 22 is connected with the second bevel gear 17,
when the brake module in the embodiment works, the specific working process is as follows: when the brake motor 22 rotates positively to drive the second bevel gear 17, the second bevel gear 17 drives the first bevel gear 16, the worm 15 is further rotated, the worm 15 drives the worm wheel 14, the worm wheel 14 rotates to compress the pressure spring 23, the pressure spring 23 drives the ratchet wheel 13, the ratchet wheel 13 rotates, the progressive side line of the ratchet wheel 13 touches and extrudes the brake slider 18, the brake slider 18 slides outwards, simultaneously twists the torsion spring 19 and finally contacts and extrudes the inner wall of the brake outer sleeve 1, so that the brake module is locked on the inner wall of the brake outer sleeve 1 in a friction mode, conversely, when the brake motor 22 rotates negatively, the ratchet wheel 13 rotates reversely to the position limited by the brake module shell 20 and does not extrude the brake slider 18 any more, the torsion spring 19 pulls back the brake slider 18 and is attached to the.
When the multi-mode elastic driver of the embodiment works, according to the locking and unlocking states between the brake module and the guide rail 3, there are eight working modes as shown in table 1, wherein 0 represents that the brake module and the brake outer sleeve are not locked, and 1 represents that the brake module and the brake outer sleeve are locked.
TABLE 1 operating modes of a multimode elastic actuator
In the working process of the embodiment, the multi-mode elastic driver fully utilizes the characteristics of energy storage and energy release of the spring 5, and the driving motor 2 does not need to be driven in the full time in the walking process, so that the multi-mode elastic driver has the advantages of low power consumption and walking shock absorption.
The embodiment combines an active driving element, namely a driving motor 2, and an elastic element, namely a spring 5, and realizes multiple modes of movement of the elastic driver by changing the locking and releasing relations between the three brake modules and the brake outer sleeve 1, and the elastic driver is small in size, reliable in performance, low in power consumption and has bionic characteristics, and can be used for walking and walking bradyseism of a walking robot.
It is obvious to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it is within the scope of the present invention to adopt various insubstantial modifications of the method concept and technical scheme of the present invention, or to directly apply the concept and technical scheme of the present invention to other occasions without modification.