Flexible Actuators for Soft Robotics
Flexible Actuators for Soft Robotics
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DOI：
10.1002/aisy.201900077
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发表时间：
2019-12
影响因子：
7.4
通讯作者：
Ying Yang;Yanxiao Wu;Cheng Li;Xiaoming Yang;Wei Chen
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作者：
Ying Yang;Yanxiao Wu;Cheng Li;Xiaoming Yang;Wei Chen
刚性机器人承担了各种自动化制造任务，为工业发展做出了巨大贡献;然而，由于其结构刚性和笨重，环境适应性差，安全性低，因此不适合进一步的可穿戴应用。软机器人主要由柔性或弹性材料制成，可以很容易地适应环境变化并完成复杂的任务，为实现人机顺应性提供了新的范例。软机器人不会取代刚性机器人，而是为软机器人应用添加了各种功能。特别是在机器人系统中使用柔性驱动器，可以实现一定的智能功能，丰富软机器人系统，将学术研究转移到工程应用中。目前，柔性驱动器在软机器人领域的应用还处于萌芽阶段。然而，当将柔性致动器与软可穿戴机器人相结合时，可以设想巨大的应用空间。因此，目前的柔性驱动器，依赖于不同的外部刺激解决在这里，他们的材料，设计和方法，适合于软机器人的应用突出。讨论了柔性驱动器原型在各种软机器人中的应用进展和前景。
Rigid robots have taken on a variety of automated manufacturing tasks and have made a huge contribution to industrial development; however, they are not suitable for further wearable applications due to their rigid and bulky structure, poor environmental adaptability, and low safety. Soft robots, which are mainly fabricated with flexible or elastomeric materials, can easily adjust to environmental changes and accomplish complex tasks, offering a new paradigm to achieve human–machine compliance. Soft robots do not replace rigid robots but add diverse features for softer robotic applications. In particular, the use of flexible actuators in robotic systems can realize certain intelligent functions, enrich soft robotic systems and migrate academic research to engineering applications. Currently, the application of flexible actuators in soft robotic fields is still at the embryonic stage. However, tremendous application spaces can be envisaged when combining flexible actuators with soft wearable robotics. Therefore, the current flexible actuators that rely on different external stimuli are addressed herein, and their materials, designs, and approaches suitable for soft robotic applications are highlighted. The application advancement and future perspective of flexible actuator prototypes toward various soft robotics are also discussed.