Lightweight multiple output control valve for pneumatic soft robots

Expand
  • School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

Received date: 2022-11-26

  Online published: 2025-05-09

Abstract

The aim of this study was to simplify the driving system of pneumatic soft robots by developing a lightweight, small, and highly integrated multiple-output logic control valve. In addition, it could be embedded into the robot body as a component, thereby replacing the traditional large and heavy control valves and reducing the number of driving pipes as well as the volume and weight of external driving systems. The relationship be-tween the pre-tightening force of the elastic band and the critical conduction air pressure of the valve was derived, and the model was verified experimentally. Through an application experiment on a typical pneumatic software pipeline robot, the performance advantages of the proposed lightweight multi-output logic control valve for simplifying the driving system of the robot were demonstrated.

Cite this article

KANG Shuo, YANG Yang, ZHAO Runhe, ZHONG Songyi . Lightweight multiple output control valve for pneumatic soft robots[J]. Journal of Shanghai University, 2025 , 31(2) : 329 -337 . DOI: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.2473

Outlines

/