Fluid-filled micro suction-controller array for handling objects

Satoshi Nishita; Hiroaki Onoe

doi:10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2015.7181048

Fluid-filled micro suction-controller array for handling objects

Satoshi Nishita, Hiroaki Onoe

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

This paper reports fluid-filled flexible micro suction-controller array (MISCA) that can hold diverse shape of objects. MISCA is made of PDMS and each suction unit works independently. Key technical issue was gas permeability of PDMS, which decreases the suction pressure for handling. We overcome this problem by using ethylene glycol as working fluid. We confirmed that MISCA filled with ethylene glycol had the highest suction pressure, and successfully demonstrated that 100 mm²-area MISCA can pull up a 75 g object, or a grooved object held by partial contact of the suction array.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	815-818
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781479989553
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2015.7181048
Publication status	Published - 2015 Aug 5
Event	18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015 - Anchorage, United States Duration: 2015 Jun 21 → 2015 Jun 25

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Other	18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Anchorage
Period	15/6/21 → 15/6/25

Keywords

gas permeability
PDMS
robotic manipulation
Suction devices

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Instrumentation
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Fluid-filled micro suction-controller array for handling objects. / Nishita, Satoshi; Onoe, Hiroaki.
2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. p. 815-818 7181048.

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Nishita, S & Onoe, H 2015, Fluid-filled micro suction-controller array for handling objects. in 2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015., 7181048, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 815-818, 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015, Anchorage, United States, 15/6/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2015.7181048

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