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Sensors and Materials, Volume 36, Number 9(1) (2024)
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pp. 3645-3661
S&M3756 Research Paper
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5094
Published: September 2, 2024

Shape Self-sensing Pneumatic Soft Actuator Based on the Liquid-metal Piecewise Curvature Sensor [PDF]

Zhifang Zhu, Ran Zhao, Bingliang Ye, Pengfei Su, and Longlong Tu

(Received May 7, 2024; Accepted July 16, 2024)

Keywords: pneumatic soft actuator, self-sensing, shape estimation, liquid-metal, piecewise strain sensor, K-nearest neighbors algorithm

The shape estimation technique can help solve the end positioning or grasping control of soft robots. However, there is a lack of sensing and modeling techniques for accurate deformation estimation and soft robots with axial elongation, e.g., pneumatic soft actuators (PSAs). This paper presents a shape-self-sensing pneumatic soft actuator (SPSA) with integrated liquid-metal piecewise curvature sensors (LMCSs). Two types of LM composite (Ga–In–Sn/Ga2O3 composites for the sensor and Ga–In–Sn/NdFeB/Ni for the electronic wire) were used to build the strain sensor network. Furthermore, a piecewise variable curvature (PVC) model was developed to predict the bending deformation of the soft actuator. A two-SPSAs-based gripper was built to test the identification performance of LMCSs. The results indicate that SPSA could perform contact and size identification using the PVC model. In addition, the K-nearest neighbors (KNN) algorithm was used to classify the shape of the targets. Finally, the circular, triangular, and square targets were identified with an accuracy rate of 93.3%. The work was expected to be applied to the size and shape perception and deformation planning of soft robots.

Corresponding author: Bingliang Ye


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Zhifang Zhu, Ran Zhao, Bingliang Ye, Pengfei Su, and Longlong Tu, Shape Self-sensing Pneumatic Soft Actuator Based on the Liquid-metal Piecewise Curvature Sensor, Sens. Mater., Vol. 36, No. 9, 2024, p. 3645-3661.



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