Journal of South China University of Technology (Natural Science Edition) ›› 2006, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (7): 45-49.

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Transmission Force of Micro-Elastic Mesh Wheel in In-Tube Micro Robot Actuator

Chen Yang-zhi  Xing Guang-quan  Liu Wen-guang  Yao Hua-ping   

  1. College of Mechanical Engineering, South China Univ. of Tech. , Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2005-11-29 Online:2006-07-25 Published:2006-07-25
  • Contact: 陈扬枝 (1965-) ,男 ,副教授 ,硕士生导师 ,主要从事微机械传动技术及现代设计理论等研究. E-mail:meyzchen@scut.edu.cn
  • About author:陈扬枝 (1965-) ,男 ,副教授 ,硕士生导师 ,主要从事微机械传动技术及现代设计理论等研究.
  • Supported by:

    广东省自然科学基金资助项目 (B05006497); 教育部留学回国人员科研启动基金资助项目(B01B7050100)

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Abstract:

A novel drive mechanism named micro-elastic mesh wheel was developed to transfer power between the cross axes in a limited space by in-tube micro robot. During the investigation, a mechanical model of the novel drive mechanism was established based on the large deformation theory in themechanics of materials, and themaxi-mum transmission force of the mechanism was formulated and calculated. Experiments are finally carried out on a micro-force test platform to test the transmission force. The calculated and experimental results show that the pro-posed drive mechanism fully meets the requirements of power transfer to micro robot in tube.

Key words: in-tube micro robot, micro-elastic mesh wheel, transmission force