Development of electric environment to control mollusk-shaped gel robots made of electroactive polymer PAMPS gel

Mihoko Otake; Masayuki Inaba; Hirochika Inoue

doi:10.1117/12.387791

7 June 2000 Development of electric environment to control mollusk-shaped gel robots made of electroactive polymer PAMPS gel

Mihoko Otake, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue

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Proceedings Volume 3987, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD); (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.387791
Event: SPIE's 7th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 2000, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes the design and implementation of electric fields to actuate mollusk-shaped robots made entirely of PAMPS gel, which is a kind of electro-active polymer (EAP). The purpose of this study is to develop a system to control the shape of both simulated and real gel robots using electric fields. We present a modeling framework and experimental results using a prototype mollusk-shaped EAP robot that locomotes by changing the shape of its whole body.

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Mihoko Otake, Masayuki Inaba, and Hirochika Inoue "Development of electric environment to control mollusk-shaped gel robots made of electroactive polymer PAMPS gel", Proc. SPIE 3987, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD), (7 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.387791

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