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Practical control methods for vacuum driven soft actuator modules

Robertson, Matthew Aaron  
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Paik, Jamie  
2017
Practical control methods for vacuum driven soft actuator modules
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Vacuum-powered Soft Pneumatic Actuator (VSPA) Modules have been described to afford advantages for rapid development of reconfigurable, multi-DoF soft pneumatic robots powered by vacuum by reducing their logistical complexity, however they also present new challenges in the control of resulting systems. This framework features modules joined together over a simple embedded pneumatic and serial communication network and requires a unique approach to both low-level control implementation and high-level control strategy. We describe the structure and activation characteristics of a V-SPA Module and present practical methods for its control. These methods utilize software generated PWM activation through a unique serial protocol designed for LED networks and a heuristic mapping strategy for simplifying the spherical control of 3-DoF actuator modules.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/IROS.2017.8202296
Author(s)
Robertson, Matthew Aaron  
Paik, Jamie  
Date Issued

2017

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Practical control methods for vacuum driven soft actuator modules
Subjects

Soft pneumatic actuators

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heuristic control

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modular robots

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vacuum power

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vacuum actuators

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

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NCCR-ROBOTICS  
RRL  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Vancouver, Canada

September 24-28

Available on Infoscience
October 16, 2017
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/141448
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