H2020Индивидуална стипендия2019–2021

TexRobots · Textile based soft sensing actuators for soft robotic applications

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2019-05-01 → 2021-04-30
Финансиране от ЕС: 157 356 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-RI

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Накратко на български

Текстилните материали се изследват за създаване на леки и гъвкави сензори и задвижващи механизми за мека роботика. Те помагат за разработването на по-безопасни и удобни носими устройства за физиотерапия при хора с невромускулни увреждания.

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Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Textile based soft sensing actuators for soft robotic applications

Physical therapy has been shown to be a highly effective treatment for improving muscle function in acute patients. Robots have been used to aid in the treatment of people with neuromuscular disabilities since the early 1990s, and soft robotics provides a unique platform for developing wearable assistive devices to empower human motions due to their inherent conformability to the body and enables safe human-device interaction. Unlike rigid counterparts, they are made with stretchable and deformable components. Highly complex motions can be achieved due to their high deformability and flexibility; thus, their ability to adapt to curved and irregular surfaces allows them to overcome the limitations of rigid robots and makes them more compatible for human interactions. A general approach to manufacturing soft pneumatic actuators is based on the use of elastomeric materials such as silicone and rubber, followed by the use of pneumatic pressure to power actuators. Such structures can be built using monolithic or layered structures with embedded chambers. Although elastic materials have superior properties such as heat resistance, chemical resistance, and the ability to conform to different range motions, the properties of elastomeric materials – material density, stiffness, and strength – present challenges in wearable applications. Objectives of this Marie Skłodowska Curie Action have been to employ textile materials to achieve both sensing and actuation. The textile-based approach leads to system that are lighter and with higher force-to-weight ratio than the elastomeric counterpart. The seamless integration of the sensing part during the knitting stage also fix any integration problems between the sensor and actuator body, and the knitting technology enables the creation of soft actuators with different range of elastic regions during the manufacturing stage of fabric structures.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Since the early 1990’s, robots have been used to aid the treatment of people with neuromuscular disabilities and soft robotics offers a unique platform due their inherent conformability to the body and enables safe human-device interaction. Previous studies showed that soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) have great potential to build wearable devices for rehabilitative purpose. A general approach to manufacture SPAs is based on using elastomeric materials such as silicone and rubber; and then pneumatic pressure is employed to power actuators. Although elastic materials offer some superior properties, some properties of elastomeric materials – material density, stiffness, and strength - present challenges in wearable applications. As the soft robotics domain ventures into more comprehensive and demanding applications, sensor information becomes key to achieve high task performance, and thus the seamless integration of soft actuating and sensing parts is needed to achieve a continuum of sensing and actuation. Sensors also need to have similar material properties (modulus, extensibility) to be used for the actuator themselves in order to not to hinder the actuator’s performance. To address the challenges mentioned above, I will employ textile materials to achieve both sensing and actuation and computerized flatbed knitting technology will be primarily utilized for the fabrication of such structures and soft robotic glove as a hand rehabilitative device will be constructed. The combination of the acquired new technical skills, the advanced training received, the research management experience and the international and inter-sectoral mobility of this fellowship will significantly diversify my competences. This will enhance my capacity to pursue an independent academic career, i.e., to build my own lab after the fellowship and to apply for international grants both in soft robotics and wearable technologies.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

ISTANBUL TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI · Maslak, IstanbulКоординаторТурция