自主机器人人工进化方法研究

在介绍人工进化研究状况的基础上 ,着重阐述了进化机器人学的关键问题 :基本概念、进化技术、进化计算和实验研究方法等 ,探索了进化机器人学未来的研究趋势及所面临的挑战 .     

解释学习在机器人过程控制中的应用

机器人过程控制是智能机器人系统的一个特别重要而又十分复杂的研究课题。本文将解释学习应用于机器人过程控制，为之开发了一种新的方法。仿真结果表明，该方法可行、有效。同时，还尝试了将Ｐｒｏｌｏｇ语言作为机器人过程控制的运行机制的形式化表达工具的可能性。     

Motion Control by ZV Shaper Synthesis Extended for Fractional Systems and Its Application to CRONE Control

Shaping command input or preshaping is used for reducing system oscillation in motion control. Desired systems inputs are altered so that the system finishes the requested move without residual oscillation. This technique, developed by N.C. Singer and W.P. Seering, is used for example in the aerospace field, in particular in flexible structure control. This paper presents the study of ZV shaper for explicit fractional derivative systems (generalized derivative systems). A robustness study of ZV shaper is then presented and applied to improve second generation CRONE control response time. Results from simulation and from a DC motor bench are also given.     

机器人运动学仿真教学软件研究

借助VisualC++、OpenGL等编程语言技术,就一种典型机器人(PUMA560)运动学的仿真教学实现进行了研究,并开发了相应的仿真系统;有关运动学的正解和逆解的仿真结果表明,该系统能较好地运用于教学,效果良好,具有易开发、应用等特性,对机器人学教育教学研究有着借鉴作用。     

柔性双段腿的SLIP模型参数敏感性分析

为了反映腿部多段串联的多参数耦合特性,以SLIP(spring loaded inverted pendulum)模型为基础,建立了小腿含有串联线性伸缩弹簧的机器人柔性双段腿动力学模型。通过仿真分析其运动,获得柔性双段腿弹簧刚度、触地角度、虚拟腿长、膝关节角度、质量分布等参数的稳定域。通过对各个参数稳定域进行归一化处理和曲线拟合,获得参数稳定域变化曲线及参数敏感度排序。最后基于ADAMS与MATLAB联合仿真验证了柔性双段腿模型中参数敏感度排序的正确性。     

Actuating Shape Memory Polymer for Thermoresponsive Soft Robotic Gripper and Programmable Materials

For soft robotics and programmable metamaterials, novel approaches are required enabling the design of highly integrated thermoresponsive actuating systems. In the concept presented here, the necessary functional component was obtained by polymer syntheses. First, poly(1,10-decylene adipate) diol (PDA) with a number average molecular weight M_n of 3290 g·mol⁻¹ was synthesized from 1,10-decanediol and adipic acid. Afterward, the PDA was brought to reaction with 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate and 1,4-butanediol. The resulting polyester urethane (PEU) was processed to the filament, and samples were additively manufactured by fused-filament fabrication. After thermomechanical treatment, the PEU reliably actuated under stress-free conditions by expanding on cooling and shrinking on heating with a maximum thermoreversible strain of 16.1%. Actuation stabilized at 12.2%, as verified in a measurement comprising 100 heating-cooling cycles. By adding an actuator element to a gripper system, a hen’s egg could be picked up, safely transported and deposited. Finally, one actuator element each was built into two types of unit cells for programmable materials, thus enabling the design of temperature-dependent behavior. The approaches are expected to open up new opportunities, e.g., in the fields of soft robotics and shape morphing.     

Stimuli‐Responsive Theragrippers for Chemomechanical Controlled Release

We report on a therapeutic approach using thermo‐responsive multi‐fingered drug eluting devices. These therapeutic grippers referred to as theragrippers are shaped using photolithographic patterning and are composed of rigid poly(propylene fumarate) segments and stimuli‐responsive poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide‐co‐acrylic acid) hinges. They close above 32 °C allowing them to spontaneously grip onto tissue when introduced from a cold state into the body. Due to porosity in the grippers, theragrippers could also be loaded with fluorescent dyes and commercial drugs such as mesalamine and doxorubicin, which eluted from the grippers for up to seven days with first order release kinetics. In an in vitro model, theragrippers enhanced delivery of doxorubicin as compared to a control patch. We also released theragrippers into a live pig and visualized release of dye in the stomach. The design of such tissue gripping drug delivery devices offers an effective strategy for sustained release of drugs with immediate applicability in the gastrointestinal tract.     

基于Voronoi图的机器人复杂装配新策略

提出了一种基于Voronoi图技术的机器人复杂装配的新策略；在机器人装配研究中引入形象思维方式，即集成Voronoi图技术；装配知识的表示采用Voronoi图方式，通过Voronoi分析对机器人复杂装配过程进行有效规划，从而形成机器人关于装配过程的所有过程；机器人于通过力觉和力控制来感知装配件之间的精确物理关系，并调整装配件的位姿，实施基于Voronoi图知识的机器人装配，实验证明，该方法是有效的。     

The Chemistry of Cyborgs—Interfacing Technical Devices with Organisms

The term “cyborg” refers to a cybernetic organism, which characterizes the chimera of a living organism and a machine. Owing to the widespread application of intracorporeal medical devices, cyborgs are no longer exclusively a subject of science fiction novels, but technically they already exist in our society. In this review, we briefly summarize the development of modern prosthetics and the evolution of brain–machine interfaces, and discuss the latest technical developments of implantable devices, in particular, biocompatible integrated electronics and microfluidics used for communication and control of living organisms. Recent examples of animal cyborgs and their relevance to fundamental and applied biomedical research and bioethics in this novel and exciting field at the crossroads of chemistry, biomedicine, and the engineering sciences are presented.     

Directional fields algebraic non-linear solution equations for mobile robot planning

In this study, a novel approach to robot navigation/planning by using half-cell electrochemical potentials is presented. The half-cell electrode’s potential is modelled by the Nernst equation to yield automatic search/detection of pipeline flaws by using the direct current voltage gradient (DCVG) technique. We introduce a theory of spherical volumetric electric density in the soil to sustain our postulates for navigational potential fields. The Nernst potential is correlated with the distance to a pipe’s flaw by proposing a fitted theoretical-empirical nonlinear regression model. From this, volumetric derivatives are solved as gradient-based fields to control wheeled robot’s motion. A nonlinear system for trajectory planning is proposed, and analytically solved by an algebraic solution. This solution directly adjust robot’s speed kinematic values to lead it toward the flaw. The inverse/forward kinematic constraints are non-holonomic, and are recursively integrated into the general potential equation. Analytical modelling is reported, and a set of numerical simulations are presented to prove the feasibility of the proposed formulations.