A Novel Model for Layer Jamming-based Continuum Robots

Publisher:
IEEE
Publication Type:
Conference Proceeding
Citation:
2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024, 00, pp. 12727-12733
Issue Date:
2024-01-01
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Continuum robots with variable stiffness have gained wide popularity in the last decade Layer jamming LJ has emerged as a simple and efficient technique to achieve tunable stiffness for continuum robots Despite its merits the development of a control oriented dynamical model 1 tailored for this specific class of robots remains an open problem in the literature This paper aims to present the first solution to the best of our knowledge to close the gap We propose an energy based model that is integrated with the LuGre frictional model for LJ based continuum robots Then we take a comprehensive theoretical analysis for this model focusing on two fundamental characteristics of LJ based continuum robots shape locking and adjustable stiffness To validate the modeling approach and theoretical results a series of experiments using our OctRobot I continuum robotic platform was conducted The results show that the proposed model is capable of interpreting and predicting the dynamical behaviors in LJ based continuum robots
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