座屈誘起バンドによる反転ロボットの高曲率ナビゲーション
Enabling High-Curvature Navigation in Eversion Robots through Buckle-Inducing Constrictive Bands
反転ロボットの外壁に座屈を誘発する環状バンドを配置し、受動的に曲げ剛性を下げることで、狭く曲がりくねった経路を滑らかに通過できるようにした研究。
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著者: Cem Suulker, Muhie Al Haimus, Thomas Mack, Mohammad Sheikhsofla, Neri Niccolò Dei, Reza Kashef, Hadi Sadati, Federica Barontini, Fanny Ficuciello, Alberto Arezzo, Bruno Siciliano, Sebastien Ourselin, Kaspar Althoefer
分類: cs.RO
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Tip-growing eversion robots are renowned for their ability to access remote spaces through narrow passages. However, achieving reliable navigation remains a significant challenge. Existing solutions often rely on artificial muscles integrated into the robot body or active tip-steering mechanisms. While effective, these additions introduce structural complexity and compromise the defining advantages of eversion robots: their inherent softness and compliance. In this paper, we propose a passive approach to reduce bending stiffness by purposefully introducing buckling points along the robot's outer wall. We achieve this by integrating inextensible diameter-reducing circumferential bands at regular intervals along the robot body facilitating forward motion through tortuous, obstacle cluttered paths. Rather than relying on active steering, our approach leverages the robot's natural interaction with the environment, allowing for smooth, compliant navigation. We present a Cosserat rod-based mathematical model to quantify this behavior, capturing the local stiffness reductions caused by the constricting bands and their impact on global bending mechanics. Experimental results demonstrate that these bands reduce the robot's stiffness when bent at the tip by up to 91 percent, enabling consistent traversal of 180 degree bends with a bending radius of as low as 25 mm-notably lower than the 35 mm achievable by standard eversion robots under identical conditions. The feasibility of the proposed method is further demonstrated through a case study in a colon phantom. By significantly improving maneuverability without sacrificing softness or increasing mechanical complexity, this approach expands the applicability of eversion robots in highly curved pathways, whether in relation to pipe inspection or medical procedures such as colonoscopy.
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