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1 Rob Scharff – Constructeursdag – 10/11/15
3D-Printing Soft Robots
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Printable Pneumatic Technology
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Research focus - Potential of the technology for Human-Robot
Interaction
- Potential of the technology for
designers/engineers
Printable Pneumatic Technology
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Rigid hand Soft hand
Actuators 5 8
Sensors 0 2-10
Joints 16 Infinite
Degrees of Freedom 16 Infinite
Material Metals and plastics (rigid) Plastic (flexible)
Weight Unknown 400g
Material costs 100 euro 550 euro
Assembly costs High (>550 euro) Very low (<10 euro)
Adaptive grip Yes Yes
Amount of parts >100 <10
Force distribution Independent Independent /Distributed
Flexor Cords Compressed air
Extensor Cords Compliant mechanism
Printing method FDM SLS
3D-printed Robotic Hands/ Prosthetics
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Impact of 3D-Printing on Design
- Customizability
- No batch size needed
- Availability
- Design freedom
- Aesthetic
- Functional
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Design Freedom for Optimization
- Optimize Strength to weight ratio
- Save material
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Design Freedom for Optimization
- Optimize bellow for desired force and movement
- 2.5 times less volume, more movement
Freyer et al. (2015)
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Design Freedom for Optimization
- Optimize for assembly
- 10 actuators/sensors integrated in one part
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- Challenges of flexible materials - Simulation is difficult
- large deformations
- Self-intersecting parts
- Non linear material behavior
- Hard to control
Design freedom with soft materials
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- Torsional trunk muscles for rotation
- Antagonistic setup in double bellow
Design freedom & soft materials: Biomimicry
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Design freedom & soft materials: Biomimicry
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Design freedom & soft materials: Biomimicry
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- Removal of support material
- Strength
- Consistency
- Software tools
Design limitations of 3D-Printing
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Volunteers to shake hands?