A robot finger using electro-conjugate fluid

A. Yamaguchi; K. Takemura; S. Yokota; K. Edamura

doi:10.1109/ICELMACH.2010.5607950

A robot finger using electro-conjugate fluid

A. Yamaguchi, K. Takemura, S. Yokota, K. Edamura

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

Electro-conjugate fluid (ECF) is a kind of functional fluid, which produces a jet flow (ECF jet) when subjected to high DC voltage. It is known that a strong ECF jet is generated under nonuniform electric field, for example, the field with a pair of needle and ring electrode (a needle-ring electrode pair). This study introduces the ECF jet to develop a novel robot finger. First, we propose a concept of novel robot finger driven by ECF jet. The robot finger mainly consists of a bending actuator, an ECF tank, and ECF jet generators. Next, we characterize the bending actuator and the ECF jet generator. Finally, we investigate the characteristics of the robot finger. The length, the diameter, and the mass of the robot finger are 34.2mm, 12mm, and 3.8g, respectively. The robot finger can generate force of 0.28N and bend approximately 70deg.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICELMACH.2010.5607950
Publication status	Published - 2010 Dec 6
Event	19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010 - Rome, Italy Duration: 2010 Sep 6 → 2010 Sep 8

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Name	19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010

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Other	19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010
Country	Italy
City	Rome
Period	10/9/6 → 10/9/8

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Keywords

Dexterous manipulators
Electrodeconjugate fluid
Functional fluid
Micro actuator
Soft actuator

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

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Yamaguchi, A., Takemura, K., Yokota, S., & Edamura, K. (2010). A robot finger using electro-conjugate fluid. In 19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010 [5607950] (19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICELMACH.2010.5607950

Yamaguchi, A, Takemura, K, Yokota, S & Edamura, K 2010, A robot finger using electro-conjugate fluid. in 19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010., 5607950, 19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010, 19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010, Rome, Italy, 10/9/6. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICELMACH.2010.5607950

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