DocumentCode
2040792
Title
A Chemo-Mechanical Rotational Actuator Driven by BZ Reaction
Author
Maeda, Shingo ; Hara, Yusuke ; Yoshida, Ryo ; Hashimoto, Shuji
Author_Institution
Dept. of Pure & Appl. Phys., Waseda Univ., Tokyo
fYear
2006
fDate
20-22 Feb. 2006
Firstpage
1160
Lastpage
1165
Abstract
This paper introduces and describes a novel chemical robotic actuator which is driven by the Belousov-Zhanbotinsky (BZ) reaction. It is known that the BZ reaction generates the redox oscillation, and when it occurs inside a thermo-sensitive polymer gel, a spontaneous mechanical oscillation is generated (Self-oscillating gel). Our research aim is to construct a chemo-mechanical actuator using the self-oscillating gel as a part of a robot controlled by chemical reaction networks
Keywords
actuators; biomimetics; oscillations; oxidation; polymer gels; reduction (chemical); robots; BZ reaction; Belousov-Zhanbotinsky reaction; biomimetics; chemical reaction network; chemical robotic actuator; chemo-mechanical rotational actuator; redox oscillation; robot control; self-oscillating gel; spontaneous mechanical oscillation; thermo-sensitive polymer gel; Actuators; Biomimetics; Chemicals; Isothermal processes; Organisms; Polymer films; Polymer gels; Rhythm; Robots; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006. BioRob 2006. The First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on
Conference_Location
Pisa
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0040-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639249
Filename
1639249
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