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Soft Robotics: Fiber Reinforced Soft Pneumatic Multidirectional Manipulators, Designing, Fabricating, and Testing
| Title: | Soft Robotics: Fiber Reinforced Soft Pneumatic Multidirectional Manipulators, Designing, Fabricating, and Testing. |
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| Name(s): |
Holdar, Mohammad, author Engeberg, Erik, Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Created: | 2018 | |
| Date Issued: | 2018 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 82 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Traditional robots are made from hard materials like hard plastic or metal and consist of regular rigid mechanical parts. Using those parts has some limitations, like limited dexterity and lack of flexibility. Some of these limitations could be avoided through using a compliant material, because it has higher flexibility and dexterity. It is also safer to be in direct contact with humans. This thesis studies soft pneumatic manipulators (SPMs) that move in multi degrees of freedom (MDOF), which makes them able to perform various functions. The study will include designing, fabricating, and testing three different SPMs with different taper angles -- 0^0, 1^0, and 2^0 -- to measure the effect of varying this geometry on the achievable force by the end effector and the range of bending and elongation. Every single SPM consists of three soft pneumatic chambers to reach unlimited points on its workspace through implementing bending and elongating movements. There are a lot of applications for this kind of soft actuators, like rehabilitation, underwater utilizes, and robots for surgery and rescues. Most soft pneumatic actuators provide one kind of movement, for bending, twisting, or elongating. Combining more than one kind of movement in one soft pneumatic actuator provides considerable contributions to the body of research. The SPMs were controlled and tested to evaluate the achieved force and two kinds of movement, bending and elongating range. The results of each module has been compared with the others to determine which actuator has the best performance. Then a force controller was created to maintain the desired force that was achieved by the end effector. The results indicated that the optimal angle of the SPM was 2^0. | |
| Identifier: | FA00013030 (IID) | |
| Degree granted: | Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): | Includes bibliography. | |
| Subject(s): |
Robotics Pneumatic control Actuators--Design and construction Soft robotics |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013030 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
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| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
