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Establishment of design theory for tendon-driven mechanism using synthetic fiber ropes, and its application to ultra light weight arm with gravity compensation by propellers

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K04044
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 20020:Robotics and intelligent system-related
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Endo Gen  東京工業大学, 工学院, 准教授 (70395135)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords高強度化学繊維 / ワイヤ駆動 / マニピュレータ / 自重補償 / 腱駆動 / 摩擦熱 / 耐久性 / 製紐法
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, we studied basic properties of synthetic fiber ropes such as (1) durability against heat due to friction, (2) structure of synthetic fiber rope that maximizes output power of the wire-driven system, (3) scalability of the diameter of the synthetic fiber rope. Additionally, we investigated a feasibility of a super lightweight, super long reach articulated manipulator driven by thrusters using a wire-pulley parallel link mechanism. A 12.4-meters long, 19.2 kg weight prototype model succeeded to float in the air. Moreover, we proposed a new mechanical structure which achieve higher rigidity around the longitudinal axis, and demonstrated its effectiveness by experiments with a prototype model.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

化学繊維ロープの基礎特性について3つの観点から検討を行った.現在データと取りまとめ中であり,まとまり次第順次論文化し,公知化してゆく予定である.このような基礎的データはロボット工学のみならず汎用的な機械設計の指針となり得る.また従来の金属製ワイヤロープでは実現しえないロボット機構を創出することが出来る可能性がある.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2021 2020

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Toward mission-dependent long robotic arm enhancement: design method of flying watch attachment allocation based on thrust drivability2021

    • Author(s)
      Pan Siyi、Endo Gen
    • Journal Title

      ROBOMECH Journal

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-22

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40648-021-00198-1

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Development of Hiryu-II: A Long-Reach Articulated Modular Manipulator Driven by Thrusters2020

    • Author(s)
      Ueno Yusuke、Hagiwara Tetsuo、Nabae Hiroyuki、Suzumori Koichi、Endo Gen
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

      Volume: 5 Issue: 3 Pages: 4963-4969

    • DOI

      10.1109/lra.2020.3004775

    • NAID

      120007041911

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] スラスタ駆動型超長尺多関節アーム“ 飛龍-II ”の開発 -12 m試作機の浮上実験-2021

    • Author(s)
      上野雄祐、萩原哲夫、難波江裕之、鈴森康一、遠藤玄
    • Organizer
      日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] スラスタ駆動型超長尺多関節アーム”飛龍-II”の開発 6.6m 試作機の実現2020

    • Author(s)
      上野雄祐、萩原哲夫、難波江裕之、鈴森康一、遠藤玄
    • Organizer
      日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 高強度化学繊維によるワイヤ駆動のための基礎的検討ー第十報:マニピュレータ関節駆動耐久試験ー2020

    • Author(s)
      遠藤玄
    • Organizer
      第38回日本ロボット学会学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-12-25  

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