Researchers at Cornell University are studying batteries that can ‘flow’ through the internal structure of the robot, as the blood of the human vein gives our bodies.
The team is looking for an idea called ’embodimented energy’ that all power is organically integrated into the machine, unlike the power.
Engineers previously demonstrated this concept in the soft robot inspired by Lionfish in 2019. Now, we have developed worms and jellyfish that emit energy with circulating hydraulic fluid and emit energy into the system. Anyone Horizon Zero dawn The atmosphere from this?
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How the hell are you asking? And why do all the other standards and jellyfish -shaped robots are well managed with regular batteries?
All good questions. The Robot Blood System can reduce the weight of small robots that challenge the application field, such as submarine monitoring, pipe irradiation and hard space exploration, and increase the battery density of the power source. That is, this robot can work longer before searching and charging.
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Robot blood also allows greater mobility. As describing the worm, the project leader, Rob Shepherd, said, “… The battery provides two purposes to provide the power of the system and move the system, which can have the same bugs as all places. Energy, energy, energy, energy, energy, energy, energy, energy, energy, energy, energy, So it can travel long distances. ”
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If you supply power to the worm with a flexible battery system, it can be an inch along the robot. Its design is characterized by a segment that is interconnected along the length of the body along with the motor and tendon actuator, respectively. They can contract and expand to push the robot forward. You can also move to a vertical pipe similar to the larvae.
Researchers point out that worm robots are slow. All charging is only 344.5 feet (105m) in 35 hours, but it is actually faster than other hydraulic power.
The robot blood system itself uses a pair of reduction flow battery (RFB). They have an electrolytic zinc and zinc bromide fluid that dissolve and releases energy through chemical reduction and oxidation reactions (the term ‘reduction’). The team does not need to use this concept to create a flexible battery inside the robot to fix the rigidity structure in place.
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In the case of jellyfish -shaped robots, the RFB is connected to the tendon that changes the shape of the species of the top of the body and promotes up through water. When the paper tension is relaxed, the jellyfish will retreat back. This design can work for 90 minutes with one charge.
Concretorized energy approaches can help you guide you to the entire range of professional research robots in the future. To this end, Shepherd pointed out that the next step of evolution can include a skeletal structure and a walking machine.
Source: Cornell Chronicle
