Flexible adhering mechanism with profile-followed capability

Abstract

The invention relates to a flexible adhering mechanism with a profile-followed capability. The flexible adhering mechanism comprises a control unit, a linear driving unit and an auxiliary structure thereof, and an adhering bionic mechanism unit, a single-chip microcomputer and several switches are adopted by the control unit to control the linear driving unit and the auxiliary structure thereof, and finally, the adhering bionic mechanism unit is controlled to achieve the function; the single-chip microcomputer judges whether the mechanism works or not by dynamically scanning the state of the switches, and a push-and-pull electromagnet and a motor connected to a sheave are controlled separately; closing and opening of the push-and-pull electromagnet and the rotation of the motor all directly change the state of a steel wire rope connected with the push-and-pull electromagnet and the motor, and the adhering bionic mechanism unit is driven to conduct the corresponding motion. The flexibleadhering mechanism has the advantages of being high in working stability, large in working adhesive force, and capable of adapting to a certain terrain environment. Meanwhile, the mechanism can alsoserve as an open platform, corresponding improvement is made, and a robot tail end executor can be added to enrich the functions of the flexible adhering mechanism.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a flexible attachment mechanism with shape-following capability, which belongs to the field of robots. Background technique [0002] As one of the greatest inventions of mankind in the 20th century, robot technology is widely used in various fields of society. Due to the working limitations of traditional robots, special robots for various purposes have come out one after another, and are moving towards practical application at a rapid speed. Nature has always been an inexhaustible and inexhaustible source of inspiration for human inventors and engineers. Researchers have developed a variety of bionic robots based on biological structures such as elephant trunks, octopus tentacles, and snakes, such as Festo's elephant-like trunk flexible robotic arm, OC Robotics' snake-like robot, and Vanderbilt University's multi-spine snake-like robot. Wait. At present, attachment mechanisms based on claws, such as Stanford University's Sp...

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Problems solved by technology

At present, attachment mechanisms based on claws, such as Stanford University's SpinybotII robot and BostonDynamics' Rise series robots, can only move on a plane, and the conformal attachment on complex surfaces is poor.

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