A Turtle-like Robot Driven by Dielectric Elastomers

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of soft robot preparation, in particular to a turtle-imitating robot based on dielectric elastomer drive. The turtle-imitating robot comprises a dielectricelastomer driving module, a body plate, a shell, a wireless signal transceiving module, a control terminal, a power supply module and a tail water inlet and drainage mechanism. When the robot is putinto water to start to work, the control terminal and a power supply terminal control the water inlet and drainage mechanism, so that the internal water quantity is changed, and the robot is enabled to keep in a suspended state in the required depth of water. Meanwhile, the dielectric elastomer driving module starts to work, and the control terminal controls the power on and off states of a powersupply, so that flippers in the dielectric elastomer driving module realize a reciprocating motion from a bending state to a straight state, and finally the autonomous motion, environmental detectionand other work of a bionic turtle based on a dielectric elastomer are realized.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of soft robot preparation, in particular to a turtle-like robot driven by a dielectric elastic body. Background technique [0002] Soft-actuated robots are mainly made of highly elastic polymers. In theory, due to soft actuation, they have unlimited degrees of freedom and continuous deformation capabilities. Compared with traditional rigid robots, the soft-actuated robot has its own Softness, it can work normally without causing harm to other organisms in the surrounding working range, and has broad application prospects in high-tech fields such as bionic detection. [0003] Traditional rigid robots are generally connected by rigid modules, with relatively few degrees of freedom. Although they can meet precise requirements, due to the rigid structure of the robot, they have poor adaptability to the environment. When working in complex environments, they may cause unnecessary damage. At the same time, it ma...

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[0003] Traditional rigid robots are generally connected by rigid modules, with relatively few degrees of freedom. Although they can meet precise requirements, due to the rigid structure of the robot, they have poor adaptability to the environment, and may work in complex environments. cause unnecessary damage

At the same time, it may not be applicable in a specific environment

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