ECF-jet driven micro artificial muscle actuators and its application to an ECF micro hand
We proposed a novel micro hand in which three kinds of soft actuators driven by ECF jet. The electroconjugate fluid (ECF) is a dielectric fluid that works as a functional fluid, generating a powerful jet flow (ECF jet) when subjected to high DC voltage. First, we have proposed an ECF micro artificial muscle cell using ECF and integrated the cells. Second, we newly proposed and fabricated an ECF micro artificial antagonistic muscle, which consist of a pair of sleeve-type artificial muscles like a McKibben type and a common tube. Finally, we proposed an ECF micro finger which is composed of two fiberreinforced soft tubes. The main advantage of the ECF soft actuator is tank and power source built-in.
Functional fluid Soft actuator ECF jet
Shinichi Yokota Fumiya Yajima Kenjiro Takemura Kazuya Edamura
P&I Lab., Tokyo Institute of Technology, R2-41, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, J Dept. mechanical engineering, Keio University, JAPAN New Technology Management Co., Ltd., JAPAN
国际会议
杭州
英文
33-37
2009-04-08（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）