An inchworm robot using electro-conjugate fluid

Shouhei Ueno; Kenjiro Takemura; Shinichi Yokota; Kazuya Edamura

doi:10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491102

An inchworm robot using electro-conjugate fluid

Shouhei Ueno, Kenjiro Takemura, Shinichi Yokota, Kazuya Edamura

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

An electro-conjugate fluid (ECF) is a kind of functional fluid, which produces a flow (ECF flow) when subjected to a high DC voltage. This study develops a novel inchworm robot having flexible body and using two suckers both of which are driven by the ECF flow. The robot imitates the movement pattern of inchworm and is introduced the ECF to realize the motion. First, we developed and evaluated an ECF flow generator, a pressure source integrated sucker and an expansion/contraction actuator (flexible body). Next, we developed a prototype with 59 mm long, 12 mm wide and 9.5 g weight. Finally, we conducted moving experiments of the robot on an acrylic board. The robot could move on a horizontal surface, and on surfaces with inclination of 5&cDeg; and 10&cDeg;.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2012 - Conference Digest
Pages	1017-1022
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491102
Publication status	Published - 2012 Dec 1
Event	2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2012 - Guangzhou, China Duration: 2012 Dec 11 → 2012 Dec 14

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Name	2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2012 - Conference Digest

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Other	2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2012
Country/Territory	China
City	Guangzhou
Period	12/12/11 → 12/12/14

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Artificial Intelligence
Biotechnology

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Ueno, S., Takemura, K., Yokota, S., & Edamura, K. (2012). An inchworm robot using electro-conjugate fluid. In 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2012 - Conference Digest (pp. 1017-1022). [6491102] (2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2012 - Conference Digest). https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491102

An inchworm robot using electro-conjugate fluid. / Ueno, Shouhei; Takemura, Kenjiro; Yokota, Shinichi et al.

2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2012 - Conference Digest. 2012. p. 1017-1022 6491102 (2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2012 - Conference Digest).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Ueno, S, Takemura, K, Yokota, S & Edamura, K 2012, An inchworm robot using electro-conjugate fluid. in 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2012 - Conference Digest., 6491102, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2012 - Conference Digest, pp. 1017-1022, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2012, Guangzhou, China, 12/12/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491102

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