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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639249
