Force Enhanced Multi-Twisted and Coiled Actuator and Its Application in Temperature Self-Adaptive Tensegrity Mechanisms

Zhou, Dejian; Liu, Yingxiang; Deng, Jiaqi; Jiang, Shuyun; Fu, Yuan

doi:10.1109/tmech.2022.3150761

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“…In the last 2 years, the performance metrics of artificial muscles have been upgraded and have continued to gain new applications in the field of soft robotics. We can see the refinement of artificial muscle powered insect-sized robots ( Wang Z et al, 2021 ; Kim D et al, 2022 ), the improvement of artificial muscle driven water-walking robots ( Zhou X et al, 2021 ; Kim S et al, 2022 ), soft tension robots for exploring unknown spaces ( Kobayashi et al, 2022 ; Zhou et al, 2022a ), the enhancement of artificial muscle driven soft crawling robots ( Liu et al, 2021 ; Wu et al, 2022 ), the realization of rehabilitation assistance training robot based on pneumatic artificial muscles ( Wang and Xu, 2021 ; Chu et al, 2022 ; Tsai and Chiang, 2022 ), control optimization and modeling of artificial muscle-actuated endo-exoskeleton robots ( Chen et al, 2022 ; Lin et al, 2021 ; Liu H et al, 2022 ; Yang et al, 2022 ), and the application of SNA in soft wearable robots ( Jeong et al, 2022 ).…”

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Advances in artificial muscles: A brief literature and patent review

Jing

Su²,

Yu³

et al. 2023

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

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Background: Artificial muscles are an active research area now.Methods: A bibliometric analysis was performed to evaluate the development of artificial muscles based on research papers and patents. A detailed overview of artificial muscles’ scientific and technological innovation was presented from aspects of productive countries/regions, institutions, journals, researchers, highly cited papers, and emerging topics.Results: 1,743 papers and 1,925 patents were identified after retrieval in Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) and Derwent Innovations Index (DII). The results show that China, the United States, and Japan are leading in the scientific and technological innovation of artificial muscles. The University of Wollongong has the most publications and Spinks is the most productive author in artificial muscle research. Smart Materials and Structures is the journal most productive in this field. Materials science, mechanical and automation, and robotics are the three fields related to artificial muscles most. Types of artificial muscles like pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) and dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) are maturing. Shape memory alloy (SMA), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and other novel materials have shown promising applications in this field.Conclusion: Along with the development of new materials and processes, researchers are paying more attention to the performance improvement and cost reduction of artificial muscles.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Advances in artificial muscles: A brief literature and patent review

Jing

Su²,

Yu³

et al. 2023

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

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“…At the same time, Li et al [97] used artificial McKibben muscles to actuate a TS. In various applications, the equipment with actuators of the TSs is fundamental, using piezoelectric ceramic actuators [98], twisted and coiled [99], dielectric elastomer in the form of tape [100], among others, offering deformations in the structure, that can be controlled electrically, thermally, or magnetically. Hybrid techniques have also been developed, using 3D printing combined with magnetoactive materials to generate shape-changing structures [101].…”

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confidence: 99%

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2023

JESTR

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Tensegrity is composed of structures that are characterized by compressive elements (bars) and tension elements (cables) that work together to transmit and/or withstand forces in an efficient and balanced manner. Their kinetic analysis, design, and control are study topics with various methods still being explored. Furthermore, research and development have been conducted in different areas such as architecture, engineering, biomechanics and robotics, exploring lightweight and resilient tensegrity structures for more flexible and adaptable movements. Tensegrity is a structure increasingly used and studied in different areas, thanks to its ability to transmit forces efficiently and its versatility in the application of designs and solutions in different areas. So, this review presents initial definitions of this area, as well as recent methods and applications that have been developed and are the focus of study for future advances.

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“…Furthermore, it is difficult to fully utilize the lightness and flexibility of tensegrity structures, especially soft tensegrity structures with rubber threads, when hard and heavy actuators such as electromagnetic motors and cylinders are used [9]. A method using thermally driven artificial muscles [17] has also been suggested; however, it presents difficulties related to long thermal response.…”

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Large Torsion Thin Artificial Muscles Tensegrity Structure for Twist Manipulation

Kobayashi

Nabae

Suzumori

2023

IEEE Robot. Autom. Lett.

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Tensegrity structures have been actively studied in recent years because they are lightweight, compliant, and flexible, which are properties not typically found in conventional robots. This structure can be modularized to create soft robots that operate in unknown environments such as cave or space with more complex and effective behavior. The basic deformation elements in modularization are stretching, bending, and torsion. Among them, torsional motion is important for proper manipulation and rotational operation. However, active, and large torsion in soft tensegrity structures has not been developed. Therefore, this study describes torsional deformation and a novel arrangement method for thin artificial muscles. The proposed method leads to the optimal placement of artificial muscles for torsion, by which we generated a large torsion of ±50 deg. This is more than 2.5 times larger than that of a previous tensegrity without compromising the favorable properties of the structure. Furthermore, by modularizing the tensegrity structure, a tensegrity arm capable of removing a plastic bottle cap was developed. The applicability of torsional deformation and the usefulness of modularization of the structure are demonstrated.

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Force Enhanced Multi-Twisted and Coiled Actuator and Its Application in Temperature Self-Adaptive Tensegrity Mechanisms

Cited by 14 publications

References 41 publications

Advances in artificial muscles: A brief literature and patent review

Advances in artificial muscles: A brief literature and patent review

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Large Torsion Thin Artificial Muscles Tensegrity Structure for Twist Manipulation

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