The application relates to a bionic
jellyfish robot driven by a bistable
soft actuator. The bionic
jellyfish robot comprises a head
assembly and a propulsion mechanism, the head
assembly comprises a shell and a
control system, the
control system comprises a pneumatic
telescopic cylinder; the propulsion mechanism comprises a bistable
soft actuator connected with the pneumatic
telescopic cylinder, the bistable
soft actuator is driven to realize first and second
stable state switching through the pneumatic
telescopic cylinder; the bistable soft
actuator is obtained by cross combination of a plurality of bistable curved beams sharing a top surface, first soft hinges are arranged on both sides of the top of each bistable
curved beam outside the top surface, and a
fish fin structure is arranged on each bistable
curved beam; when the pneumatic telescopic cylinder is actuated, the bistable soft
actuator realizes
jumping between the first and second stable states through the first soft hinges. The bionic
jellyfish robot has a unique bistable soft
actuator structure design, can achieve the collaborative matching of low driving force and high output energy, and simultaneously decouples the pulse propulsion and steering functions, thereby avoiding the shortcomings of propulsion efficiency and steering sensitivity constraints.