Crabbot: A Pole-Climbing Robot Driven by Piezoelectric Stack

被引:81
作者
Ma, Xuefeng [1 ]
Liu, Yingxiang [1 ]
Liu, Junkao [1 ]
Jie, Deng [1 ]
机构
[1] Harbin Inst Technol, State Key Lab Robot & Syst, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Clamps; Robots; Fasteners; Force; Friction; Elongation; Strain; Flextensional mechanism; high resolution; piezoelectric robot; pole-climbing; small size; INSPECTION; DESIGN;
D O I
10.1109/TRO.2021.3102418
中图分类号
TP24 [机器人技术];
学科分类号
080202 ; 1405 ;
摘要
Problems of large sizes and low displacement resolutions widely exist in most of the pole-climbing robots based on electromagnetic or electrostatic motors, which greatly decrease the reachable workspace and influence their utility for inspection tasks. Here, we present a piezoelectric pole-climbing robot (Crabbot) to overcome these shortcomings, which has the advantages of small size, high load-to-weight ratio and high resolution. Moreover, Crabbot can climb poles with different cross-sections through the designed crab-like clamp. This robot was composed of two clamping units and an elongation unit, and the stepping displacements were amplified by the designed flextensional mechanism. A prototype with weight of 0.35 kg was manufactured, the external dimension was 50 x 54 x 86 mm. Experimental results showed that the robot achieved a maximum speed of 100.9 mu m/s under a voltage of 150 V and a frequency of 9 Hz; moreover, a load weight ratio of 1.42 and a displacement resolution of 85 nm were obtained. As a demonstration of its potential for industrial applications, Crabbot achieved stable step motion on climbing poles of different cross-sections under different climbing angles.
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页码:765 / 778
页数:14
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