Slip Modeling and Simulation of Spiral Zipper Friction-Driven Prismatic Actuator

Seohyeon Lee,Sahoon Ahn,Devin Carroll,Mark Yim,TaeWon Seo,Seohyeon Lee,Sahoon Ahn,Devin Carroll,Mark Yim,TaeWon Seo

In this study, based on an analysis of experimental results, we propose a method for slip modeling of Spiral Zipper. The Spiral Zipper is a prismatic actuator that extracts a length-changeable cylindrical tube from a flexible ABS band. The band tube is driven by a friction wheel; the slip results due to the lack of synchronization between the motion of the band and that of the friction wheel. Thro...