3D printing magnetic soft gripper
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摘要: 柔性抓手能够在外部刺激下发生形变，在货物运输等领域有较好的应用。然而，目前使用的柔性抓手响应速度慢，对货物的形态和质量都有着较高要求，无法像人手一样适配绝大多数场景，因此有必要开发一种响应速度快、适配各种货物的柔性抓手。本文将硬磁材料——钕铁硼粉末(NdFeB)与硅橡胶(Room temperature vulcanized rubber，RTV橡胶)进行共混复合，形成了一种可打印的磁响应NdFeB-RTV橡胶复合材料。通过对墨水直写3D打印技术的制造工艺参数的探索和优化，将NdFeB-RTV橡胶复合材料的前驱体墨水打印成型。该材料固化后呈现出优异的力学性能—断裂伸长率接近300%，抗拉强度为1.03 MPa，拉伸杨氏模量为1.27 MPa，弯曲强度为78.06 MPa，弯曲模量为160.96 MPa。最后，本文采用墨水直写3D打印技术，设计制造了磁响应的四臂抓手机器人。利用机器人的磁致动与柔韧特性，实现了灵活变形、快速抓取、平稳运输等功能。Abstract: The soft gripper can deform under external stimuli, and has a good application in the fields of cargo transportation. However, the current soft gripper has a slow response speed, and cannot adapt to most scenarios like a human hand to move the cargoes with various shapes and weights. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a soft gripper with fast response speed and adaptation for various cargoes. In this work, a hard magnetic material—Neodymium-Iron-Boron powder (NdFeB) was blended with a room temperature vulcanized rubber (RTV rubber) to form a printable magnetically responsive NdFeB-RTV rubber composite. Through the exploration and optimization of the manufacturing process-related parameters of the direct ink writing technology, the precursor ink of the NdFeB-RTV rubber composite could be accurately printed into various shapes. The material exhibits excellent mechanical properties after curing: The elongation at break is close to 300%, the tensile strength is 1.03 MPa, the tensile Young's modulus is 1.27 MPa, the flexural strength is 78.06 MPa, and the flexural modulus is 160.96 MPa. Finally, the direct ink writing technology was used to design and manufacture a magnetically responsive four-arm gripper robot. Using the magnetic actuation and flexibility characteristics of the robot, functions such as soft deformation, fast grasping, and smooth transportation are realized.
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Key words:
- magnetic responsive material /
- direct ink write 3D printing /
- soft gripper /
- elastomer /
- actuator
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图 1 NdFeB-室温固化橡胶(NdFeB-RTV)复合材料前驱体墨水的制备流程
DCM—Dichloromethane
Figure 1. Preparation process of precursor ink for NdFeB-room temperature vulcanized rubber (NdFeB-RTV) composite
图 2 墨水直写3D打印技术打印四臂柔性抓手的流程图：(a)四臂抓手的设计图；(b)切片软件切片的示意图；(c)打印路径
Figure 2. Flow chart of the four-arm soft gripper printed by direct ink write 3D printing technology: (a) Design of the four-arm gripper; (b) Schematic diagram of the slicing software; (c) Printing path
图 3 (a) NdFeB-RTV橡胶复合材料前驱体墨水的黏度；(b)前驱体墨水直写(DIW)打印多层单壁结构实物图
Figure 3. (a) Viscosity of the precursor ink for NdFeB-RTV rubber composite; (b) Physical image of the multi-layer single-wall structure printed by the precursor direct ink writing (DIW)
图 4 NdFeB微型粉末的微观形貌(a)和粒径分布(b)；(c)磁粉NdFeB和NdFeB-RTV橡胶复合材料的磁性能
Figure 4. Micromorphology (a) and particle size distribution (b) of NdFeB micropowder; (c) Magnetic properties of magnetic powder NdFeB and NdFeB-RTV rubber composite
图 5 (a)墨水直写3D打印过程示意图；在1100 kPa的分配气压下不同打印速度下打印的墨水线宽(b)和实物图(c)
p—Pressure; D—Diameter; V—Printing speed; h—Height
Figure 5. (a) Schematic diagram of direct ink write 3D printing; Printing ink line width (b) and optical image (c) printed at different printing speeds with distribution pressure is 1100 kPa
图 6 NdFeB-RTV橡胶复合材料的拉伸测试样品的设计图(a)、实物图(b)及样品的表面微观图((c), (d))
Figure 6. Design drawing (a), physical drawing (b) and surface micrographs ((c), (d)) of the tensile test sample of NdFeB-RTV rubber composite
图 7 (a)单轴拉伸测试示意图；(b)三点弯曲测试示意图；NdFeB-RTV橡胶复合材料的单轴拉伸测试数据图(c)和三点弯曲测试数据图(d)
F—Pull
Figure 7. (a) Schematic diagram of uniaxial tensile test; (b) Schematic diagram of three-point bending test; Uniaxial tensile test data diagram (c) and three-point bending test data diagram (d) of NdFeB-RTV rubber composite
图 8 ((a), (b))四臂抓手实物图；(c)四臂抓手致动原理
Figure 8. ((a), (b)) Pictures of the gripper; (c) Actuation principle of the gripper
图 9 四臂抓手机器人完成任务1的过程及运动轨迹分析：(a)泡沫货物平地转移过程；(b)泡沫货物平地转移的运动轨迹分析；(c)泡沫货物抬高转移过程；(d)泡沫货物抬高转移的运动轨迹分析
B—Magnetic field; FB—Magnetic force
Figure 9. Process and motion trajectory analysis of the four-arm gripper robot completing task 1: (a) Process of transferring the foam cargo to the ground; (b) Trajectory analysis of the transfer of the foam cargo on the ground; (c) Lifting transfer process of the foam cargo; (d) Movement trajectory analysis of foam cargo lift and transfer
图 10 四臂抓手机器人完成任务2(圆筒形物体)的过程(a)及运动轨迹分析(b)
FE—Elastic force of material
Figure 10. Process (a) and motion trajectory analysis (b) of the four-arm gripper robot completing task 2 (Cylindrical object)
图 11 四臂抓手机器人完成任务3的过程
Figure 11. Process of the four-arm gripper robot completing task 3
表 1 NdFeB粉末的物理性能
Table 1. Physical properties of NdFeB powder
Particle size Br/kOe Hcj/kOe HcB/kOe BHmax/MGOe ~5 μm 14.43 14.70 13.40 49.50 Notes: Br—Remanence; Hcj—Intrinsic coercivity; HcB—Coercivity; BHmax—Maximum magnetic energy product. 
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