Printing Fabrication of a Bucky Gel Actuator/Sensor and Its Application to Three-Dimensional Patterned Devices

被引：15

作者：

Kamamichi, Norihiro ^{[1
]}

Maeba, Toshiharu ^{[2
]}

Yamakita, Masaki ^{[2
]}

Mukai, Toshiharu ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Tokyo Denki Univ, Dept Robot & Mechatron, Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo 1018457, Japan

[2] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Control & Syst Engn, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1528552, Japan

[3] Inst Phys & Chem Res RIKEN, RIKEN TRI Collaborat Ctr Human Interact Robot Res, Moriyama Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 4630003, Japan

来源：

ADVANCED ROBOTICS | 2010年 / 24卷 / 10期

关键词：

Electro-active polymer; artificial muscle actuator; soft actuator; sensor; printing fabrication; FULLY PLASTIC ACTUATOR;

D O I：

10.1163/016918610X505585

中图分类号：

TP24 [机器人技术];

学科分类号：

080202 ; 1405 ;

摘要：

A bucky gel actuator is a novel electro-active polymer (EAP), which is a low-voltage-driven dry soft actuator. In addition, the bucky gel device generates electromotive force when bending and then it can also be used as a sensor. Its device has a bimorph structure with polymer-supported bucky gel electrodes and a polymer-supported ionic gel electrolyte. It can be fabricated by layer-by-layer casting to easily form any shape. In this paper, we demonstrate an automatic fabrication method of bucky gel devices based on a printing method. By using a dispensing machine, we construct the printing system and the manual forming process is replaced with automatic printing. We investigate the printing of complicated shapes and three-dimensional electrode patterns through experiments. (c) Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden and The Robotics Society of Japan, 2010

引用

页码：1471 / 1487

页数：17

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