CN107498575A - A kind of flexible micro-clamp with force snesor - Google Patents

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CN107498575A
CN107498575A CN201710813884.6A CN201710813884A CN107498575A CN 107498575 A CN107498575 A CN 107498575A CN 201710813884 A CN201710813884 A CN 201710813884A CN 107498575 A CN107498575 A CN 107498575A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25JMANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J15/00Gripping heads and other end effectors
    • B25J15/02Gripping heads and other end effectors servo-actuated
    • B25J15/0206Gripping heads and other end effectors servo-actuated comprising articulated grippers
    • B25J15/022Gripping heads and other end effectors servo-actuated comprising articulated grippers actuated by articulated links
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    • B25JMANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
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    • B25JMANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
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The present invention discloses a kind of flexible micro-clamp with power sensing, it includes micro-clamp body, controller, electrostatic actuator, capacitive force transducer, wherein, micro-clamp body includes a pair of jig arm, flexible drive mechanism, flexible guiding part and pedestal, and a pair of jig arm are connected with electrostatic actuator and capacitive force transducer respectively by flexible drive mechanism.The present invention realizes the measurement to chucking power and environment contact force in two orthogonal directions, improves the precision of clamping, and compact overall structure, reduces manufacturing cost.

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A kind of flexible micro-clamp with force snesor
Technical field
The present invention relates to minimum automatic machine tool technical field, specifically a kind of flexible micro-clamp with power sensing.
Background technology
Micro-clamp based on compliant mechanism has without friction, without abrasion, without lubrication, kinematic accuracy height, simple structure etc. Advantage.As typical microactrator, micro-clamp has wide in the fields such as microoperation technology, microassembly system, bioengineering General application.The design form of micro-clamp is varied, is mainly determined by the structure type and work characteristics of clamp.It is existing micro- Clamp has a variety of type of drive, such as electrostatic drive, electrothermal drive, Piezoelectric Driving, marmem driving mode.With it He compares type of drive, electrostatic drive have the advantages that response it is fast, without Hysteresis Nonlinear, it is compatible with IC manufacturing process.
Because micro-clamp is generally used for the gripping to small items, in order to avoid to held object cause damage, it is necessary to The chucking power of micro-clamp is sensed and fed back (along X-direction).It is in addition, micro- to avoid micro-clamp from being caused when being contacted with environment The damage of clamp in itself, it is also necessary to sensed to the contact force of environment (along Y direction).
The force snesor that micro-clamp uses has diversified forms, such as electrothermal, pressure resistance type, condenser type, piezoelectric type.It is existing The micro-clamp with power sensing can only mostly realize chucking power is measured, such as Chinese patent CN101407060 B, CN2352945 Y, CN101327592 B etc., it is less able to realize the measurement to the contact force of environment.In order to realize to folder simultaneously The measurement of holding force and contact force, United States Patent (USP) US8317245 B2 propose a kind of electrothermally actuated microengine using two force snesors Clamp, but the micro-clamp have the shortcomings that it is complicated, be difficult to fabricate, size is big, cost is high.At present, based on flexibility The micro-clamp of mechanism can only mostly realize one-dimensional chucking power sensing, it is necessary to which the power that could realize two dimension using two sensors passes Sense.This has resulted in that micro-clamp is complicated, manufacturing cost is high.The content of the invention
For produced problem in the prior art, the shortcomings that overcoming existing micro-clamp, the present invention, which provides, a kind of there is power to pass The flexible micro-clamp of sense, it can be sensed to the power for clamping and contacting in both direction.
Specifically, the present invention provide it is a kind of with power sensing flexible micro-clamp, it include micro-clamp body, controller, Electrostatic actuator, capacitive force transducer, wherein, micro-clamp body includes a pair of jig arm, flexible drive mechanism, flexible guiding portion Part and pedestal, a pair of jig arm are connected with electrostatic actuator and capacitive force transducer respectively by flexible drive mechanism.
Preferably, the first jig arm in a pair of jig arm is driven by the first connects hinge in flexible drive mechanism and electrostatic Dynamic device is connected, and the second jig arm is connected by the second connects hinge in flexible drive mechanism with capacitive force transducer.
Preferably, the first jig arm and the second jig arm pass through the first turning joint and second in flexible drive mechanism respectively Turning joint couples with pedestal.
Preferably, flexible guiding part includes driver flexible guiding beam and sensor guide beam, wherein, driver is soft Property guide beam be connected with electrostatic actuator, by applying driving voltage, to export lateral displacement, sensor flexible guiding beam with Capacitive force transducer is connected, to produce vertical motion.
Preferably, controller includes high pressure amplifier chip and capacitance-voltage conversion chip, high pressure amplifier chip configuration ground For producing voltage and being applied to electrostatic actuator, capacitance-voltage conversion chip configuration ground is used for capacitive force transducer 8 Capacitance change signal is converted to output voltage signal.
Preferably, high pressure amplifier chip uses PA69 or OPA454 chips, capacitance-voltage conversion chip uses AD7746 or MS3110 chips.
Preferably, capacitive force transducer by vertical broach to forming, electrostatic actuator is by horizontal broach to forming.
Preferably, the rigidity of the second jig arm, the second turning joint and the second connects hinge be correspondingly greater than the first jig arm, The rigidity of second turning joint and the second connects hinge.
Preferably, the first turning joint and the first connects hinge use folding type flexible hinge format, the second rotating hinge Chain and the second connects hinge use single flexible beam form.
Preferably, distance d1 is connected with the second turning joint and second between the first turning joint and the first connects hinge The distance between hinge d2 is unequal.
Flexible micro-clamp of the present invention, realized by single force snesor combination transmission mechanism and hung down mutually at two The upward measurement to chucking power and environment contact force of Nogata, and improve by flexible hinge the precision of clamping.In addition, this Invention passes through integrated static driver and capacitive force transducer so that compact overall structure, IC manufacturing process is compatible with, can be Batch machining is carried out on Silicon Wafer, reduces manufacturing cost.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the flexible micro-clamp of the present invention with power sensing.
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The jig arm of 1- first;The jig arm of 2- second;The turning joints of 3- first;The turning joints of 4- second;The connects hinges of 5- first;6- Second connects hinge;7- electrostatic actuators;8- capacitive force transducers;The movable end of 9- electrostatic actuators 7;10- capacitive forces The movable end of sensor 8;11- driver flexible guiding beams;12- sensor flexible guiding beams;13- pedestals.
Fig. 2 is the electrode division schematic diagram of micro-clamp of the present invention.
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14th, the positive and negative electrode of 15- electrostatic actuators;16th, the electrode of 17- earth terminals;18th, 19,20- capacitive force transducers Output end electrode.
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The present invention is described in further detail with specific implementation example below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but not as to the present invention's Limit.
The present embodiment is related to a kind of flexible micro-clamp with power sensing, as shown in figure 1, it includes micro-clamp body, control Device (not shown) processed, electrostatic actuator 7, capacitive force transducer 8.Wherein, micro-clamp body specifically includes the first jig arm 1st, the second jig arm 2, flexible drive mechanism and pedestal 13, the first jig arm 1 and the second jig arm 2 are used to clamp object, Flexible Transmission machine Structure is made up of flexible hinge, the shortcomings of can so avoiding friction, the gap of traditional chain fitting, ensure that the precision of clamping.It is quiet Electric drive 7 and capacitive force transducer 8 are installed using integrated form, compact-sized, are compatible with IC manufacturing process, such as can be Batch machining is carried out on Silicon Wafer.Controller is used to apply voltage to electrostatic actuator 7 and carries out signal conversion, wherein, control Device includes high pressure amplifier chip and capacitance-voltage conversion chip, and specifically, high pressure amplifier chip is used to produce voltage and be applied to Electrostatic actuator 7, high pressure amplifier chip can preferably use chip, the caused voltages such as PA69, OPA454 to be generally 0 to 150 Volt, capacitance-voltage conversion chip are used to the capacitance change signal of capacitive force transducer 8 being converted to output voltage signal, Chip, electrostatic actuator 7 and the capacitive force transducers 8 such as AD7746, MS3110 can be used to be arranged in pedestal 13, capacitive force Sensor 8 is preferably by vertical broach to forming;The voltage driving jig arm that electrostatic actuator 7 is applied by controller is grasped Make, as a preferred embodiment, electrostatic actuator 7 by horizontal broach to forming.
Further, in flexible micro-clamp of the present invention, the first jig arm 1 and the second jig arm 2 pass through Flexible Transmission Mechanism is connected with electrostatic actuator 7 and capacitive force transducer 8 respectively, and specifically, the first jig arm 1 passes through the first connects hinge 5 are connected with the movable end 9 of electrostatic actuator 7, and the second jig arm 2 passes through the second connects hinge 6 and the work of capacitive force transducer 8 Moved end 10 is connected, and the first jig arm 1 and the second jig arm 2 pass through the first turning joint 3 and the second turning joint 4 and pedestal 13 respectively Connection, so that preferably the position of two jig arm to be fixed.
Further, in order to carry out more accurate measurement to chucking power and environment contact force, flexible micro-clamp also wraps Some driver flexible guiding beams 11 are included, it is connected with the movable end 9 of electrostatic actuator 7, by applying driving voltage, with Purely lateral displacement is exported, in the present embodiment, it is preferred to use four flexible guiding beams 11;If in addition, flexible micro-clamp also includes Dry root sensor flexible guiding beam 12, it is connected with the movable end 10 of capacitive force transducer 8, to produce pure vertical motion, This vertical motion can cause the differential capacitance of capacitive force transducer 8 to change, in the present embodiment, it is preferred to use four flexibilities Guide beam 12.It can be realized to the second jig arm 2 along chucking power suffered by X-direction and the ring along Y direction by this set The accurate measurement of border contact force, so as to realize the measurement to the power in both direction by single sensor.
On clamping direction, the second jig arm 2 and its second turning joint 4 and the rigidity of the second connects hinge 6 that are connected More than the first jig arm 1 and its first turning joint 3 being connected and the rigidity of the first connects hinge 5, the so mistake in clamping object Cheng Zhong so that the second jig arm 2 can produce smaller elastic deformation.
Displacement progress clipping operation is carried out due to when clamping object, relying primarily on the first jig arm 1, it is contemplated that the first jig arm 1 and coupled part caused by elastic deformation it is larger, as a preferred embodiment, the first turning joint 3 and the first connects hinge 5 Folding type flexible hinge format can be used, to reduce the stress suffered by material, while in view of the second jig arm 2 and coupled Elastic deformation is smaller caused by part, as a preferred embodiment, the second turning joint 4 and the second connects hinge 6 can use it is single soft Property beam form.
In addition, distance d1 and the second turning joint between the first turning joint 3 of flexible micro-clamp and the first connects hinge 5 4 and second the distance between turning joint 6 d2 it is unequal, wherein, distance d1 size can be according to by the work of electrostatic actuator The displacement of moved end 9 is delivered to the displacement equations multiple of the end of jig arm 1 to select, and distance d2 size can be according to both direction The sensitivity requirement of sensing, i.e., rigidity size in both direction select.
In addition, flexible micro-clamp of the present invention can use the Silicon Wafer on insulator, processed using etch process Production, so that maximum batch production can be realized, reduce manufacturing cost.
When the flexible micro-clamp in using the present embodiment grips object, it is attached flexible micro-clamp can be moved to object first Closely, object is between the first jig arm 1 and the second jig arm 2, driving voltage is then applied by controller, to drive the first jig arm 1 moves clamping object so that object is clamped by the first jig arm 1 and the second jig arm 2.Now, along the chucking power quilt of X-direction It is transferred at the second jig arm 2, and the movable end 10 of capacitive force transducer 8 is transferred to via the second connects hinge 6, so as to realizes To the sensing along X-direction chucking power, while the second jig arm 2 is also delivered to condenser type along environment contact force suffered by Y direction The movable end 10 of force snesor 8, so that can be realized using single capacitive force transducer 8 real in two perpendicular direction The now measurement to power and sensing.
As shown in Fig. 2 the device layer of micro-clamp is processed as seven main regions using etch process, each region has one Individual electrode.Electrode 14-20 can use sputtered aluminum or gold technique processing generation, in order to controller (not shown) Corresponding ports are electrically connected.
Certainly, described above is the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is noted that for the ordinary skill of the art For personnel, under the premise without departing from the principles of the invention, some improvements and modifications can also be made, these improvements and modifications It is considered as protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a kind of flexible micro-clamp with power sensing, it includes micro-clamp body, controller, electrostatic actuator (7), condenser type Force snesor (8), wherein, the micro-clamp body includes a pair of jig arm, flexible drive mechanism, flexible guiding part and pedestal (13), a pair of jig arm are passed with the electrostatic actuator (7) and the capacitive force respectively by the flexible drive mechanism Sensor (8) is connected.
2. flexible micro-clamp according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the first jig arm (1) in a pair of jig arm is logical The first connects hinge (5) crossed in the flexible drive mechanism is connected with the electrostatic actuator (7), and the second jig arm (2) is logical The second connects hinge (6) crossed in the flexible drive mechanism is connected with the capacitive force transducer (8).
3. flexible micro-clamp according to claim 2, it is characterised in that first jig arm (1) and second jig arm (2) the first turning joint (3) in the flexible drive mechanism and the second turning joint (4) and the pedestal (13) are passed through respectively Connection.
4. the flexible micro-clamp according to any one of claim 1-3, it is characterised in that the flexible guiding part includes Driver flexible guiding beam (11) and sensor guide beam (12), wherein, the driver flexible guiding beam (11) with it is described quiet Electric drive (7) is connected, by applying driving voltage, to export lateral displacement, the sensor flexible guiding beam (12) with The capacitive force transducer (8) is connected, to produce vertical motion.
5. flexible micro-clamp according to claim 4, it is characterised in that the controller includes high pressure amplifier chip and electricity Appearance-voltage conversion chip, the high pressure amplifier chip configuration ground are used to produce voltage and are applied to the electrostatic actuator (7), The capacitance-voltage conversion chip configuration ground is used to the capacitance change signal of the capacitive force transducer 8 being converted to output Voltage signal.
6. flexible micro-clamp according to claim 5, it is characterised in that the high pressure amplifier chip using PA69 or OPA454 chips, the capacitance-voltage conversion chip use AD7746 or MS3110 chips.
7. flexible micro-clamp according to claim 6, it is characterised in that the capacitive force transducer (8) is by vertically combing Tooth is to composition, and the electrostatic actuator (7) is by horizontal broach to forming.
8. flexible micro-clamp according to claim 2, it is characterised in that second jig arm (2), the second turning joint (4) and the rigidity of the second connects hinge (6) is correspondingly greater than the first jig arm (1), the first turning joint (3) and the first connects hinge (5) rigidity.
9. flexible micro-clamp according to claim 8, it is characterised in that first turning joint (3) and described first Connects hinge (5) uses folding type flexible hinge format, and second turning joint (4) and second connects hinge (6) are adopted With single flexible beam form.
10. flexible micro-clamp according to claim 9, it is characterised in that first turning joint (3) and described first The distance between distance d1 and second turning joint (4) and second connects hinge (6) d2 is not between connects hinge (5) It is equal.
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