Bioinspired SMA based Actuator

Kanhaiya Lal Chaurasiya, Yashaswi Sinha, A Sri Harsha, Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya
Jan 1, 2023
Bipenniform Muscle Inspiration

Objectives

Project Milestones
-Design and development of scalable and modular shape memory alloy (SMA) based novel actuation mechanism based on bipennate muscle architecture for fast cyclic applications
-Active feedback system using SMA as a self-sensing element based on LSTM (Long short-term memory) based-RL (Reinforcement Learning) control architecture
-Integration of evaporative cooling method for obtaining high actuation frequency of SMA-based agonist-antagonistic system
-Analytical modelling and simulation of the actuation system, design optimization and experimental validation of the model
Bioinspired SMA-based Linear Actuator for building control and automation operations
Bioinspired SMA-based Linear Actuator for building control and automation operations
Signal Conditioning Circuit for SMA based self-sensing
Signal Conditioning Circuit for SMA based self-sensing

Bioinspired SMA based Artifical Muscle - Poster

Peer-reviewed Article

Kanhaiya Lal Chaurasiya, A. Sri Harsha, Yashaswi Sinha, Bishakh Bhattacharya (2022). Design and development of non-magnetic hierarchical actuator powered by shape memory alloy based bipennate muscle. Scientific Reports.

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Patents

Bishakh Bhattacharya, A Sri Harsha, Kanhaiya Lal Chaurasiya (2022). Bipennate Muscle Architecture-based Shape Memory Alloy Embedded Hierarchical Actuator. Patent Number - 414106.

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Bishakh Bhattacharya, Kapil Das Sahu, Kanhaiya Lal Chaurasiya, Ujjain Kumar Bidila, P Mani Kumar (2021). An Actuator for a Valve. Application Number - PCT/US2022/041899.

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International Conference

Yashaswi Sinha, Kanhaiya Lal Chaurasiya, Yash Ashok Kumar Patel, Tanuj Gupta, Bishakh Bhattacharya, Amanpreet Singh (2023). Design and development of novel rotary actuation system based on shape memory alloy springs driven mechanism arranged in bipennate muscle architecture. Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems XVII.

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Shape Memory Alloy Bioinspired System
Kanhaiya Lal Chaurasiya
Kanhaiya Lal Chaurasiya
PhD Candidate