Abstract
This work reports the design, fabrication, and characterization of a centimetre-scale autonomous robot with locomotion based on in-plane piezoelectric resonators and 3D-printed inclined legs. The robot consists of a pair of cooperative piezoelectric motors, an electronic power circuit and a battery-powered microcontroller. The piezoelectric motors feature a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) plate of dimensions 20 mm × 3 mm × 0.2 mm vibrating on its first extensional resonant mode at around 70 kHz. A particular position of 3D-printed inclined legs allowed the conversion of the in-plane movement into an effective forward thrust. To enable arbitrary trajectories of the robot on a surface, two parallel piezoelectric plate motors were arranged in a differential drive scheme. The signals to excite these plates were generated by the microcontroller and adapted by a supplementary electronic circuit to increase the effective voltage supplied by the onboard battery. The fully assembled robot had a size of 27 mm × 15 mm and a weight of 7 g and reached a linear speed of approximately 15 mm/s and a rotational speed of up to 50 deg./s. Finally, the autonomous robot demonstrated the ability to follow pre-programmed paths.
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Control and Systems Engineering
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