Elephant trunk-like flexible mechanical arm

A flexible robotic arm and elephant trunk technology, applied in the field of robotics, can solve the problems of affecting positioning accuracy, high cost, and slow response speed, and achieve the effect of simple and compact structure, improved stability and motion accuracy, and small footprint

Active Publication Date: 2019-07-30
ZHEJIANG UNIV
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However, there are still some limitations in the current artificial elephant trunk robotic arm: 1. The deformation of the SMA wire is controlled by temperature, and the response speed is slow during the control process; 2. It is driven by an elastic rod and thread, but it is easy to Stability problems occur; 3. Or only use compression springs for support, but large deformation will occur under heavy load conditions, which will affect positioning accuracy; 4. Or hydraulic drive, but the structure is complex, large in size, high in cost, and the applicable occasions are limited

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[0048] In this embodiment, two trunk-like robotic arm units are used in series, the second drive unit support 1 is fixed on the mobile car platform, and the charging plug is used as the end effector 16 for automatic charging of new energy vehicles.

[0049] The effective length of the compression spring 12 of the first section of the artificial trunk arm unit is 280mm, and the four guide discs 14 are evenly distributed on the neutral rod 11; The three guide discs 14 are evenly distributed on the neutral rod 11 . The pitch of the compression spring is 16mm in the free state, and the axial length of the fixing ring of the compression spring is 12mm. When the bending degree of the mechanical arm is relatively large and exceeds 90°, the axial length of the compression spring fixing ring should be appropriately increased to be equal to the pitch in the free state of the compression spring. The motor 2 used for driving uses a stepping motor to accurately control the spatial positio...

Embodiment 2

[0056] The elephant trunk flexible robotic arm can also be applied to other occasions to serve people's daily life. Use two trunk manipulator units in series, and use a pneumatic, electromagnetically controlled or motor controlled manipulator as the end effector 16 to fix the manipulator on the wall or table. After the user extracts the image features of the target object, the robot arm can be used to identify and grasp the specific object within a certain range. Other aspects are not different from Example 1.

Embodiment 3

[0058] The robotic arm can also use the camera 17 as the end effector 16 without installing other devices, and use a trunk-like robotic arm unit to monitor the surrounding environment. The monitoring range can reach a hemisphere, with a maximum of 3 / 4 sphere. Under this light load condition, if the requirements for the working space are not high, the compression spring 12 with lower rigidity and shorter length can be selected, and the number of guide discs 14 can be appropriately reduced, but it is recommended not to be less than three. When the bending angle requirement is low and the effective length of the compression spring 12 is insufficient, only two are allowed. When there is no special requirement for motion accuracy, a DC motor can be used as the drive motor 2 .

[0059] The robotic arm can be installed on a fixed platform to monitor a specific area; it can be installed on a mobile trolley platform to monitor the flow of a larger area; it can also be held by a perso...

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The invention discloses an elephant trunk-like flexible mechanical arm. The mechanical arm comprises a plurality of elephant trunk-like mechanical arm units and an end execution assembly, wherein eachelephant trunk-like mechanical arm unit comprises a drive mechanism and an elephant trunk-like mechanism; and the stretching and retreating of steel wire ropes in the elephant trunk-like mechanisms are driven through motors in the drive mechanisms, so that the movement speed of the mechanical arm can be conveniently controlled by controlling the rotational speeds of the motors. According to the elephant trunk-like flexible mechanical arm, sensitive control over a movement process is realized through the driving for the steel wire ropes and the combined bearing of a pressure spring and a flexible rod, the stability problem under a high load is avoided, and accurate location is achieved; and meanwhile, a mechanical arm structure is simplified, and the advantages of being flexible in movement, high in load capacity, simple in structure, and the like are achieved. Meanwhile, a modularized design is adopted, hand-eye control is introduced, and the elephant trunk-like flexible mechanical arm is especially applicable to a service robot for life service, and also applicable to other intelligent application occasions.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of robots, in particular to a service-type robot applied to life services, in particular to a structural design of a flexible manipulator arm imitating an elephant trunk. Background technique [0002] As the concept of intelligent life is mentioned more and more, the robotic arm, as an important channel for the interaction between people and technology, has gradually entered the fields of daily life such as office, entertainment, and home. Traditional manipulators are mostly composed of rigid links in series or in parallel, which are large in size, complex in structure and high in cost. Their rigid motion characteristics are easy to cause danger in human-machine interaction, such as rigid impact on the body and damage to the socket or body. [0003] In contrast, the flexible trunk-like robotic arm has unique advantages in these aspects. However, there are still some limitations in the current elephant trunk robotic a...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B25J9/12
CPCB25J9/104B25J9/109B25J9/12
Inventor 杨克己郁海洋廖奎蒲凯
Owner ZHEJIANG UNIV
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