Modality analysis on the structure of a novel bionic miniature water strider robot

Author

Tiehong, Gao ; Dunyu, Zhu ; Junyi, Cao ; Yuxia, Qin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mech. Eng., Hebei Univ. of Technol., Tianjin

fYear

2007

fDate

15-18 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

775

Lastpage

780

Abstract

Water strider is an insect that can walk on water surface and will not sink using the especial structure of its legs. Based on the basic principle that water strider can walk on water surface, a novel bionic Miniature Water Strider Robot that can walk on water surface is put forward in this paper. The 3D model of the Miniature Water Strider Robot is established in the Pro/E. Based on this, the finite element model is set up using ANSYS software and the modality analysis of the robot is carried out. The five natural frequency and vibration mode are solved. The unsubstantial areas and resonant areas of the robot structure can be found through the modality analysis on the structure of the miniature water strider robot, and the credible data to modify the structure dynamic design can be offered.

Keywords

control engineering computing; finite element analysis; robots; ANSYS software; Pro/E; finite element model; modality analysis; novel bionic miniature water strider robot; Biomimetics; Finite element methods; Frequency; Insects; Leg; Legged locomotion; Mechanical engineering; Resonance; Robots; Turning; bionic Robot; finite element model; modality analysis; water strider;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Biomimetics, 2007. ROBIO 2007. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sanya

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1761-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1758-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBIO.2007.4522261

Filename

4522261