A soft bouncing robot with rapid energy release and recovery and its method

Abstract

The invention discloses a soft bouncing robot and its method for quick release and recovery of energy. A main body is arranged in the housing, and an energy storage part is arranged at one end of the main body. The energy storage part is used to convert the input mechanical energy into elastic energy for storage to realize For the jumping of the bouncing robot, the other end of the energy storage part is provided with a foot, and the other end of the main body is provided with a control center of gravity part. Tilting in a fixed direction produces a fixed take-off angle; the energy storage part is equipped with an energy collection part and an energy release part. The energy collection part is used to control the relative movement between the main body and the foot; release the elastic energy stored in the energy storage part. The invention has the advantages of compact structure, simple control, stability and reliability.

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Technical field [0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of bounce robots, and specific relates to a solution of energy rapid release and recovery of soft bounce robots and methods. Background technique [0002] Traditional hard robots have been developed for a long time, and their technologies have gradually matured. The currently existing ground mobile robots are mainly based on round robots, walking robots and crawling robots. For most conventional robots, excessive limited freedom makes it difficult to achieve three-dimensional motion in a small space, and traditional robots are usually too bulky, low energy efficiency, require complex control systems. Moreover, for the above three ground mobile robots, the overcome capacity is always limited. When working in a complex environment, it is often unable to span obstacles that are larger than their own size. [0003] Inspired in biological soft construction and its efficient sport mode, soft robots as complemen...

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Problems solved by technology

Robots actuated by chemical reactions have high energy density, but due to the existence of facilities such as cylinders, they are usually cumbersome, difficult to achieve stable control, and unable to achieve high-performance and continuous jumping; the rest of the actuation methods, although common It can make soft robots bounce, but there are still some problems, and it is impossible to make soft robots jump with high performance

First of all, its energy density is low, and the energy cannot be released quickly, and the energy utilization efficiency of bouncing during the take-off process is too low, so that the soft robot cannot achieve a higher jump than its own size; secondly, these soft robots The driving method has no energy capture device, cannot store energy, and cannot achieve continuous jumping, and consumes a lot of energy during exercise, which limits its bouncing performance

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