Article ; Online: 3D-printed hierarchical arrangements of actuators mimicking biological muscular architectures.
2023
Abstract: Being able to imitate the sophisticated muscular architectures that characterize the animal kingdom in biomimetic machines would allow them to perform articulated movements with the same naturalness. In soft robotics, multiple actuation technologies have ...
| Abstract | Being able to imitate the sophisticated muscular architectures that characterize the animal kingdom in biomimetic machines would allow them to perform articulated movements with the same naturalness. In soft robotics, multiple actuation technologies have been developed to mimic the contraction of a single natural muscle, but a few of them can be implemented in complex architectures capable of diversifying deformations and forces. In this work, we present three different biomimetic muscle architectures, i.e., fusiform, parallel, and bipennate, which are based on hierarchical arrangements of multiple pneumatic actuators. These biomimetic architectures are monolithic structures composed of thirty-six pneumatic actuators each, directly 3D printed through low-cost printers and commercial materials without any assembly phase. The considerable number of actuators involved enabled the adoption and consequent comparison of two regulation strategies: one based on input modulation, commonly adopted in pneumatic systems, and one based on fiber recruitment, mimicking the regulation behavior of natural muscles. The straightforward realization through additive manufacturing processes of muscle architectures regulated by fiber recruitment strategies facilitates the development of articulated muscular systems for biomimetics machines increasingly similar to the natural ones. |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-04-28 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2235670-8 |
| ISSN | 1748-3190 ; 1748-3182 |
| ISSN (online) | 1748-3190 |
| ISSN | 1748-3182 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-3190/acd159 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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