Linbots: Soft Modular Robots Utilizing Voice Coils
Linbots: Soft Modular Robots Utilizing Voice Coils
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Linbots：利用音圈的软模块化机器人
作者：
R. M. McKenzie;M. E. Sayed;Markus P. Nemitz;B.W. Flynn;A. Stokes
摘要在不受控制的环境中执行自动化任务的机器人需要适应环境的变化。通过构建大型的机器人群体，这种健壮和自适应的行为可以从简单的个体规则中产生。这些集体也可以重新配置，允许适应新的任务。规模较大的集体更强大，能力更强，但现有集体的规模受到单个单位成本的限制。在这篇文章中，我们提出了一个软的，模块化的机器人，我们已经明确设计的可制造性：Linbots。Linbots使用多功能音圈来线性驱动，产生音频输出，并感知触摸。当在集体中使用时，Linbots可以与相邻的Linbots进行通信，从而允许隔离行为以及在整个集体中传播信息。我们证明，这些集体的Linbots可以执行复杂的任务，在一个可扩展的分布式方式，我们显示运输的对象集体的运输和排序的对象由一个二维数组的Linbots。
Abstract Robots performing automated tasks in uncontrolled environments need to adapt to environmental changes. Through building large collectives of robots, this robust and adaptive behavior can emerge from simple individual rules. These collectives can also be reconfigured, allowing for adaption to new tasks. Larger collectives are more robust and more capable, but the size of existing collectives is limited by the cost of individual units. In this article, we present a soft, modular robot that we have explicitly designed for manufacturability: Linbots. Linbots use multifunctional voice coils to actuate linearly, to produce audio output, and to sense touch. When used in collectives, the Linbots can communicate with neighboring Linbots allowing for isolated behavior as well as the propagation of information throughout a collective. We demonstrate that these collectives of Linbots can perform complex tasks in a scalable distributed manner, and we show transport of objects by collective peristalsis and sorting of objects by a two-dimensional array of Linbots.
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3.2
作者：
Scott, W;Stevens, J;Binder-Macleod, SA
通讯作者：
Binder-Macleod, SA