HydROS 104: Interactive ROS compatible Electro-Hydraulic Educational Platform
Résumé
Actuation is the cornerstone on which each mechatronics device is built. Hydraulic actuation offers features that no other actuators can provide. In particular, it provides high power-weight and high power-volume ratios that are indispensable for portable devices. At the hardware level, recent trends have led to the development of electro-hydraulic actuators. Those actuators combine the advantages of hydraulic and electrical actuation while masking their disadvantages. At the software level, the Robot Operating System has emerged as a suitable solution for developing robotics applications in the past few years. To comply with these trends, KALYSTA Actuation, a French company, proposes an educational development kit, "HydROS 104", to train the workforce to use ROS-compatible electro-hydraulic actuators, notably the patented Servo Electro-Hydraulic Actuator SEHA.