DocumentCode :
3517454
Title :
Development of a suction cup with a disc spring
Author :
Matsuno, Toshiya ; Kakogawa, Atsushi ; Shugen Ma
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Robot., Ritsumeikan Univ., Kusatu, Japan
fYear :
2013
fDate :
6-10 May 2013
Firstpage :
1362
Lastpage :
1367
Abstract :
This paper presents a new suction cup with a disc spring for exiting adsorption mechanisms (for example, wall-climbing robots). The center of the suction cup can be pulled up manually through the use of buckling of the disc spring. When deformation of the disc spring reaches a certain balance point, it can sufficiently generate adsorption force. However, with time, the adsorption force will gradually decrease because of air inflow into the suction cup. Then, the spring can be automatically pulled up again to next balance point according to the air inflow. Repeating this process enables the adsorption for a long duration. By pushing back the disc spring to the original position manually, the suction cup is easily detached from the wall. This proposed suction cup can achieve long adsorption, easy attachment and detachment, and energy saving. In this paper, analysis of the adsorption force, design of the suction cup, and experiment of the prototype are conducted.
Keywords :
adsorption; buckling; deformation; energy conservation; mobile robots; motion control; springs (mechanical); adsorption force; adsorption mechanisms; air inflow; balance point; buckling; disc spring deformation; energy saving; suction cup; wall-climbing robots; Adsorption; Commercialization; Force; Force measurement; Resilience; Robots; Springs;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Karlsruhe
ISSN :
1050-4729
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5641-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630748
Filename :
6630748
Link To Document :
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