Wearable Soft Actuators with Integrated Tactile Sensors for Feedback Grip of Medical Prosthesis

具有集成触觉传感器的可穿戴软执行器，用于医疗假肢的反馈握力

• 批准号: 2887346
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Glasgow
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2887346
• 关键词: Wearable; Soft; Actuators; Integrated; Tactile

Over the last few decades, a lot of research has been conducted to develop suitable prosthetics for amputees, veterans and those born with defects or missing limbs, to aid them in daily tasks. Despite the efforts and research carried out to date, the current prosthetics lack force and tactile feedback and have very limited gripping abilities, making them difficult and discouraging to use. This PhD project will explore and develop soft tactile sensors and soft actuators based on nanocomposite materials and bioinspired structures. The performance of the manufactured soft systems will be further investigated both experimentally and computationally. Different strategies for the seamless integration of soft sensors and actuators will be examined to develop soft fingers capable of delivering a more 'human-like' behaviour for preventing slippage or breaking of more fragile objects. Then, the project will look into how digital manufacturing tools can be used to develop a full-scale prosthetic hand.

在过去的几十年里，人们进行了大量的研究，为截肢者、退伍军人和先天肢体缺陷或缺失的人开发合适的假肢，以帮助他们完成日常任务。尽管迄今为止进行了努力和研究，但当前的假肢缺乏力和触觉反馈，并且抓握能力非常有限，这使得它们使用起来困难且令人沮丧。该博士项目将探索和开发基于纳米复合材料和仿生结构的软触觉传感器和软执行器。所制造的软系统的性能将通过实验和计算进一步研究。将研究软传感器和执行器无缝集成的不同策略，以开发能够提供更“类人”行为的软手指，以防止更脆弱的物体滑动或破裂。然后，该项目将研究如何使用数字制造工具来开发全尺寸的假手。