Title :
Fibrous optical actuator containing photochromic molecules
Author :
Tanaka, Takayuki ; Mitsui, Ryujiro ; Yamagishi, Naoto ; Kawamura, Toshihiko
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
This study aims to develop the fibrous optical actuator including the photochromic molecules, which isomerize in reversible by optical energy. This actuator is expected to be eco-friendly, lightweight, small-sized, flexible and noiseless. In this paper, we produce the prototype by diffusing β-carotene in the crystal structure of nylon-6 filament. We investigate the feasibility of the proposed actuator to apply to robots and mechatronics experimentally.
Keywords :
crystal structure; isomerisation; mechatronics; microactuators; optical polymers; photochromism; robots; β-carotene diffusion; crystal structure; fibrous optical actuator; mechatronics; nylon-6 filament; optical energy; photochromic molecules; robots; Actuators; Biomedical optical imaging; High speed optical techniques; Mechatronics; Optical control; Optical noise; Optical polymers; Photochromism; Prototypes; Robots;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003. (IROS 2003). Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7860-1
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2003.1248939
