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Improving Piezoceramic Artificial Muscles for Flying Insect-Sized Mini Robots

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Advances in Computer Science for Engineering and Education VI (ICCSEEA 2023)

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The relevance of the work is associated with the development of artificial muscles of flying insect-sized mini robots. The development of such robots is due to a significant decrease in the population of insects, namely bees. The purpose of the article is to improve the design of the piezoceramic artificial muscle of flying insect-sized mini robot by determining the rational dimensions of the actuator and developing its design. 3D-dimensional numerical simulation of the process was carried out using the COMSOL Multiphysics software package to study and determine the maximum mechanical vibrations of the piezoactuator. On the basis of the obtained data the graphical dependencies were constructed to determine the rational parameters of the piezoelectric actuator. In addition, a new design of an artificial muscle based on a cruciform piezoelectric actuator has been created and studied. The research results showed an increase in the oscillation amplitude by 7 times compared with the basic design. These results will reduce the power consumption by about 7 times by reducing the amplitude of the control voltage of artificial muscles based on piezoactuators. In addition, this will reduce the weight of the entire structure and make it more autonomous and lighter. The obtained results can be used in the design of piezoelectric actuators for insect-sized mini robots.

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    Sergey Filimonov, Constantine Bazilo, Olena Filimonova & Nadiia Filimonova

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Filimonov, S., Bazilo, C., Filimonova, O., Filimonova, N. (2023). Improving Piezoceramic Artificial Muscles for Flying Insect-Sized Mini Robots. In: Hu, Z., Dychka, I., He, M. (eds) Advances in Computer Science for Engineering and Education VI. ICCSEEA 2023. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 181. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36118-0_47

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