标题：
A novel robotic arm driven by sandwich piezoelectric transducers
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所属单位：
航空学院
发表刊物：
ULTRASONICS
关键字：
Robotic arm Sandwich piezoelectric transducer Experimental investigation
摘要：
In this work, a novel robotic arm driven by sandwich piezoelectric transducers is proposed. The proposed robotic arm is composed of three arms and four joints. Each arm consists of a sandwich piezoelectric transducer and an H-shaped hollow frame. The sandwich piezoelectric transducer utilizes frictional force to drive the joints on its both sides to rotate simultaneously. The joint between two arms can be driven to rotate in two perpendicular directions by two sandwich piezoelectric transducers. The rotation of joints results in the arm motion. Utilizing the finite element method, the optimized geometrical parameters of the sandwiched piezoelectric transducer are obtained, and the operating principle is demonstrated. A prototype of the robotic arm is also fabricated and assembled, it is 573 g in weight and 412 mm in length, and the maximum rotation angle of each joint is 160 degrees. The mechanical characteristics of the robotic arm prototype are investigated by experiments. The results indicate that, when the excitation frequency of one sandwich piezoelectric transducer is 37.4 kHz, the arms on its two sides rotate in opposite directions with an average rotational velocity of 320 deg/s at 330 V-pp, a resolution of 100 mu rad at 230 V-pp, and a startup and shutdown response time of 40 ms and 30 ms at 230 V-pp, respectively. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
ISSN号：
0041-624X
是否译文：
否
发表时间：
2018-03-01
合写作者：
蒋正,王亮
通讯作者：
金家楣
发表时间：
2018-03-01
学位：工学博士学位
职称：教授
所在单位：航空学院