Open AccessMulti-material 3D-Printing Soft Robot Functional Component
Author(s) -
Kaiqi Ma,
Yin Zhang,
Guoqing Jin
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2246/1/012002
Subject(s) - 3d printing , soft materials , 3d printed , component (thermodynamics) , extrusion , soft robotics , materials science , mechanical engineering , robot , three dimensional printing , engineering drawing , computer science , engineering , nanotechnology , composite material , manufacturing engineering , artificial intelligence , physics , thermodynamics
—3D printing has a wide range of applications and addresses many challenges inherited from conventional manufacturing techniques. This paper presents a dual-extrusion 3D printing platform capable of printing soft materials for soft robot functional components. Dow Corning-737 and Dragon Skin-0030 materials are used. Single-line experiment is used to determine the optimization parameters of extrusion pressure, printing speed, and layer thickness of the developed multi-material 3D printing platform. A soft valve consisting of two soft materials has been fabricated, and the printed soft valve is verified by a performance experiment. The results indicate that the developed 3D printing platform can fabricate soft robot functional components at high speed with high accuracy.