Design and analysis of a soft prismatic joint by Amelia Tepper Servi.
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2010.
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| author | Servi, Amelia Tepper |
| author2 | Martin L. Culpepper. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/599192019-04-12T09:29:03Z Design and analysis of a soft prismatic joint by Amelia Tepper Servi. Soft prismatic joint Servi, Amelia Tepper Martin L. Culpepper. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2010. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 47). This thesis documents the design and analysis of a soft prismatic joint for use in soft robotics. While this joint can be utilized in any soft robot, its immediate application is for Squishbot, a soft robot developed for the DARPA Chembot challenge. For the Squishbot application, the joint must fit within a cylindrical envelope 4cm long and 1cm in diameter, compress 1.2cm axially without buckling, and be soft such that it can undergo large deformations without plastically deforming. After considering a wide range of design concepts, a screw design was chosen. This design concept was selected because it has a high axial to bending compliance ratio and does not expand radially when compressed axially. A model was developed to describe this design as a function of its design parameters. A metric was also developed to predict based on a single-cell sample whether a full-scale model would be able to fulfill the design requirements. The model was validated with respect to the parameter of blade thickness by testing 3D printed, TangoPlus cell-pairs. The results show that the model is correct to within a factor of three over blade thickness but needs further modifications to better predict trends in joint behavior. The design still needs to be tested over other parameters such as cell height. Preliminary work was also conducted on designing a locking mechanism for the joint, but more work is needed in this area. Overall, the design presented in this thesis fulfills the project's design requirements and the model that was developed describes the joint's behavior to first order. S.B. 2010-11-08T17:45:42Z 2010-11-08T17:45:42Z 2010 2010 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59919 676697751 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 47 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Servi, Amelia Tepper Design and analysis of a soft prismatic joint by Amelia Tepper Servi. |
| title | Design and analysis of a soft prismatic joint by Amelia Tepper Servi. |
| title_full | Design and analysis of a soft prismatic joint by Amelia Tepper Servi. |
| title_fullStr | Design and analysis of a soft prismatic joint by Amelia Tepper Servi. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and analysis of a soft prismatic joint by Amelia Tepper Servi. |
| title_short | Design and analysis of a soft prismatic joint by Amelia Tepper Servi. |
| title_sort | design and analysis of a soft prismatic joint by amelia tepper servi |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59919 |
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