Descripción del proyecto
Nuevos sistemas de robótica blanda que sienten el dolor y se curan de forma automática
Los seres vivos son capaces de curarse cuando resultan heridos. Los robots dañados deben reemplazarse o repararse, lo cual no es viable desde los puntos de vista ecológico o económico. El Pacto Verde Europeo es un paso importante en la dirección adecuada, así como el derecho a la reparación. El proyecto SHERO, financiado con fondos europeos, está logrando avances tecnológicos en materia de robots blandos autorregenerativos, lo cual supone una innovación para toda la cadena de valor. Los materiales utilizados van más allá de los recubrimientos e implican componentes tridimensionales estructurales con diferentes propiedades materiales. Una serie de tecnologías de producción, incluida la impresión tridimensional, permiten obtener componentes de varios materiales. Los sensores reparables integrados permiten sentir y detectar los daños. El proyecto demostró que unas pinzas robóticas con control inteligente que habían sufrido daños graves podían repararse y recuperar su rendimiento original.
Objetivo
"While artificial intelligence, robotics and computing power advance at a stunning pace, the physical interactions between such systems remain as an unsolved question. Replacement aftermarket parts for robotics account for $400 billion a year. This figure, comparable to the entire GDP of Belgium, could be reduced if smart materials were combined with robotics and AI to heal robotic parts or prevent damage. The natural healing function has inspired chemists to impart similar properties to synthetic materials, creating “self-healing materials"". These materials have the ability to recover their key-properties after damage through a self-healing (SH) mechanism. A broad range of SH materials has been developed, based on a variety of chemical and physical principles, and has led to innovative applications. While Europe was well positioned in the discovery of new SH materials, this project aims to take a leading position in an emerging area of application of these materials. In robotics and machines in general, SH materials and healing abilities have not yet been explored. This project will realize the scientifically ambitious and technologically concrete breakthroughs to exploit the combination of self-healing materials with (damage) sensing capabilities, intelligence and automated healing in soft robotics. This implies the design of anthropomorphic materials, capable of feeling pain. By intelligent control the inflicted damage will prompt the whole system to rest and heal before (more) serious damage occurs, restoring not only structural integrity by reattaching broken parts, but also restoring complex functions like sensing and actuation. To achieve this, dedicated SH materials will be synthesized and characterised, SH actuators and sensors will be created, and dedicated control intelligence for structural health monitoring and autonomous SH procedures will be investigated. All these technologies will be integrated in two demonstrators to disseminate the objectives."
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligence
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringstructural engineeringstructural health monitoring
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticssoft robotics
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
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Programa(s)
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H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2019-2020-01
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
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