Abstract
Owing to the twist degree of freedom (DOF), soft torsional motion can increase flexibility and quickly achieve positional and attitude adjustment in complex and narrow spaces. Compared with bending actuator, there is much less research on soft torsional actuators. Current soft torsional actuators often accompany with other motion couplings, so it is difficult to provide pure twist. Based on the princi-ple of spiral chambers with pneumatic driving, a new type of torsional actuator module is designed in this paper. Combined with finite element simulation, the ge-ometric parameters of the module are optimized and then fabrication is carried out by two stages. In order to control the module, a kinematic model, which is the relationship between the air pressure and the twist angle, is established by means of experimental calibration. Finally, a test platform is set up, which is used for measuring the static characteristics of the designed module. The maximum ob-tainable torsion angle and torque are obtained separately through the experiments on torsion angle test and torsion torque test.
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Research supported by Self-Planned Task (No. SKLR201501A05) of State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System.
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Yan, J., Xu, B., Zhang, X., Zhao, J. (2017). Design and Test of a New Spiral Driven Pure Torsional Soft Actuator. In: Huang, Y., Wu, H., Liu, H., Yin, Z. (eds) Intelligent Robotics and Applications. ICIRA 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10462. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65289-4_13
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