Novel design of a soft pump driven by super-coiled polymer artificial muscles

Yu Alexander Tse; Ki Wan Wong; Yang Yang; Michael Yu Wang

doi:10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9341366

Novel design of a soft pump driven by super-coiled polymer artificial muscles

Yu Alexander Tse, Ki Wan Wong, Yang Yang, Michael Yu Wang

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Abstract

The widespread use of fluidic actuation for soft robots creates a high demand for soft pumps and compressors. However, current off-the-shelf pumps are usually rigid, noisy, and cumbersome. As a result, it is hard to integrate most commercial pumps into soft robotic systems, which restricts the autonomy and portability of soft robots. This paper presents the novel design of a soft pump based on bellow structure and super-coiled polymer (SCP) artificial muscles. The pump is flexible, lightweight, modular, scalable, quiet, and low cost. The pumping mechanism and fabrication process of the proposed soft pump is demonstrated. A pump prototype is fabricated to verify the proposed design and characterize its performance. From the characterization results, the pump can reach an output flow rate of up to 54 ml/min and delivers pressure up to 2.63 kPa. The pump has potential applications in untethered soft robots and wearable devices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2020
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	8789-8794
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728162126
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9341366
Publication status	Published - 24 Oct 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2020 - Virtual, Las Vegas, United States of America Duration: 24 Jan 2021 → 24 Jan 2021 https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/xpl/conhome/9340668/proceeding https://www.iros2020.org (Website)

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Name	IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
ISSN (Print)	2153-0858
ISSN (Electronic)	2153-0866

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Conference	IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2020
Abbreviated title	IROS 2020
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	Las Vegas
Period	24/01/21 → 24/01/21
Internet address	https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/xpl/conhome/9340668/proceeding https://www.iros2020.org (Website)

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Tse, Y. A., Wong, K. W., Yang, Y., & Wang, M. Y. (2020). Novel design of a soft pump driven by super-coiled polymer artificial muscles. In 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2020 (pp. 8789-8794). (IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems). IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9341366

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Tse, YA, Wong, KW, Yang, Y & Wang, MY 2020, Novel design of a soft pump driven by super-coiled polymer artificial muscles. in 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2020. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 8789-8794, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2020, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, 24/01/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9341366

Novel design of a soft pump driven by super-coiled polymer artificial muscles. / Tse, Yu Alexander; Wong, Ki Wan; Yang, Yang et al.
2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2020. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020. p. 8789-8794 (IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems).

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