Active gel locomotion

Author

Maeda, Shigenobu ; Kato, Toshihiko ; Takahashi, Koichi ; Hashimoto, Shuji

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Shibaura Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

10-13 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Many types of functional gels have been developed and applied to soft actuators or artificial muscles. In particular, electroactive polymer gels that change shape when controlled electrically seem to be promising. But the mechanical motion is driven by electric stimuli. In the present study, we describe the autonomous hydrogel locomotion powered by the chemical energy. The polymer gels can generate periodical expansion and contraction coupled with the oscillatory Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction. This active gel system reported in this proceeding is excellent tools for the successful design and use of the electric-free devices.

Keywords

electroactive polymer actuators; polymer gels; active gel locomotion; active gel system; artificial muscles; autonomous hydrogel locomotion; chemical energy; electric stimuli; electric-free devices; electroactive polymer gels; functional gel; mechanical motion; oscillatory BZ reaction; oscillatory Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction; periodical expansion; soft actuators; Chemicals; Metals; Oscillators; Polymers; Stress; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS), 2013 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Nagoya

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1527-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MHS.2013.6710468

Filename

6710468