PIRE: Advanced Artificial Muscles for International and Globally Competitive Research and Education in Soft Robotics

PIRE：用于国际和全球竞争性软机器人研究和教育的先进人造肌肉

• 批准号: 1545857
• 负责人: Kwang Kim
• 金额: $ 379.78万
• 依托单位: University of Nevada Las Vegas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1545857&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PIRE; Advanced; Artificial; Muscles; International

This international project addresses a technologically important issue ?soft robotics. Soft robotics is an important emerging field in robotics, mechatronics, and automation. Soft robotic components and systems offer new features and advances over conventional robotic devices. This project focuses on the creation of advanced multifunctional artificial muscles (AM) based on new polymer-metal composites which can be used in soft robotic applications. Artificial muscles can be transformative for millions of people with disabilities. The development of AM will benefit biomimetic soft robotics, medical diagnostics and tools, and invasive surgical systems. The potential market for reliable, cost-effective and easily scalable Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMCs)-based AM technology is substantial. If successful and cost effective, the impact on people?s lives and on economies could be very significant. The international partners are from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Graduate School of Ocean Systems Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Hybrid Actuator Group, Inorganic Functional Material Research Institute at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan. The international team has strong expertise in manufacture engineering and has the necessary computational and experimental resources. The strength of soft robotics research in Japan and very active industry efforts in Korea are especially valuable. Owing to their soft and flexible structure and ability to emulate the motion of biological muscles, IPMCs are considered excellent candidates for future AM technology in soft robotic systems. The main challenges with IPMC materials include: relatively high fabrication costs associated with the use of fluorinated ionic polymers, low actuation force, and limited control accuracy. This project will bring together experts from around the world to address these challenges toward developing effective IPMC-based AMs for soft robotic applications.

这个国际项目解决了一个重要的技术问题？软机器人软机器人是机器人、机电一体化和自动化领域的一个重要新兴领域。 软机器人组件和系统提供了新的功能和传统机器人设备的进步。 该项目的重点是创建先进的多功能人工肌肉（AM）的基础上，新的聚合物-金属复合材料，可用于软机器人应用。人造肌肉可以改变数百万残疾人的生活。 AM的发展将有利于仿生软机器人，医疗诊断和工具，以及侵入性手术系统。 基于离子聚合物-金属复合材料（IPMC）的AM技术具有可靠、成本效益高和易于扩展的潜在市场。 如果成功和成本效益，对人们的影响？的生活和经济可能是非常重要的。 国际合作伙伴来自韩国高级科学技术研究所机械工程系和海洋系统工程研究生院，以及日本国家高级工业科学技术研究所无机功能材料研究所混合致动器小组。国际团队在制造工程方面拥有强大的专业知识，并拥有必要的计算和实验资源。日本软机器人研究的实力和韩国非常活跃的工业努力尤其有价值。 由于其柔软而灵活的结构和模仿生物肌肉运动的能力，IPMC被认为是未来软机器人系统中AM技术的优秀候选者。 IPMC材料的主要挑战包括：与使用氟化离子聚合物相关的相对高的制造成本、低致动力和有限的控制精度。该项目将汇集来自世界各地的专家，以解决这些挑战，为软机器人应用开发有效的基于IPMC的AM。

项目成果

Multiaxial deformations of ionic polymer metal composites

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2020.103227
• 发表时间: 2020-04-01
• 期刊: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE
• 影响因子: 6.6
• 作者: Boldini, Alain;Porfiri, Maurizio
• 通讯作者: Porfiri, Maurizio

On Structural Theories for Ionic Polymer Metal Composites: Balancing Between Accuracy and Simplicity

• DOI: 10.1007/s10659-020-09779-4
• 发表时间: 2020-06
• 期刊: Journal of Elasticity
• 影响因子: 2
• 作者: A. Boldini;L. Bardella;M. Porfiri

Modeling Actuation of Ionomer Cilia in Salt Solution Under an External Electric Field

模拟外部电场下盐溶液中离聚物纤毛的驱动

• DOI: 10.1115/dscc2019-9060
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Proceedings of the ASME 2019 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference DSCC 2019
• 作者: Boldini, Alain;Rosen, Maxwell;Cha, Youngsu;Porfiri, Maurizio
• 通讯作者: Porfiri, Maurizio

On structural models for ionic polymer metal composites (SPIE Best Student Paper Finalist)

离子聚合物金属复合材料的结构模型（SPIE 最佳学生论文入围）

• DOI: 10.1117/12.2558302
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD
• 作者: Boldini, Alain;Bardella, Lorenzo;Porfiri, Maurizio
• 通讯作者: Porfiri, Maurizio