Abstract
Molluskan robots perform their tasks by freely deforming their shape like slugs and amoebas on the basis of soft actuator materials. This paper presents a new actuator model, Fukuhara-Tadokoro model of a high polymer actuator, ICPF (or IPMC) as a fundamental of design, fabrication, control and application of future mollukan robotics. Ionic migration in actuator material causes electric unbalance of sulfo groups producing lateral strain in addition to volume change by water unbalance. Simulation results show internal state change according to the motion principle.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 2010-2017 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Publication status | Published - 2002 Dec 21 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - Lausanne, Switzerland Duration: 2002 Sept 30 → 2002 Oct 4 |
Other
Other | 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems |
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Country/Territory | Switzerland |
City | Lausanne |
Period | 02/9/30 → 02/10/4 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Software
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Computer Science Applications