Pneumatic balloon actuator with tunable bending points

Lanying Zheng; Shotaro Yoshida; Yuya Morimoto; Hiroaki Onoe; Shoji Takeuchi

doi:10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7050875

Pneumatic balloon actuator with tunable bending points

Lanying Zheng, Shotaro Yoshida, Yuya Morimoto, Hiroaki Onoe, Shoji Takeuchi

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Abstract

We propose a pneumatic balloon actuator capable of controlling its bending points. Local stiffness of the balloon actuator can be controlled by embedding low-melting-point-alloy that becomes solid by cooling. The bending points can be changed depending on the position of the melted low-melting-point-alloy since the pneumatic actuator bends at soft point. The advantage of our actuator is that its bending point can be simply controlled without changing the design of the whole device. We believe that the proposed actuation mechanism will be useful in designing highly flexible actuators for soft robotics.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	18-21
Number of pages	4
Edition	February
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479979554
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7050875
Publication status	Published - 2015 Feb 26
Externally published	Yes
Event	2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015 - Estoril, Portugal Duration: 2015 Jan 18 → 2015 Jan 22

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Number	February
Volume	2015-February
ISSN (Print)	1084-6999

Other

Other	2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Estoril
Period	15/1/18 → 15/1/22

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Zheng, L., Yoshida, S., Morimoto, Y., Onoe, H., & Takeuchi, S. (2015). Pneumatic balloon actuator with tunable bending points. In 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015 (February ed., pp. 18-21). [7050875] (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS); Vol. 2015-February, No. February). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7050875

Pneumatic balloon actuator with tunable bending points. / Zheng, Lanying; Yoshida, Shotaro; Morimoto, Yuya et al.
2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015. February. ed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. p. 18-21 7050875 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS); Vol. 2015-February, No. February).

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

Zheng, L, Yoshida, S, Morimoto, Y, Onoe, H & Takeuchi, S 2015, Pneumatic balloon actuator with tunable bending points. in 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015. February edn, 7050875, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), no. February, vol. 2015-February, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 18-21, 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015, Estoril, Portugal, 15/1/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7050875

Zheng L, Yoshida S, Morimoto Y, Onoe H, Takeuchi S. Pneumatic balloon actuator with tunable bending points. In 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015. February ed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. p. 18-21. 7050875. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS); February). doi: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7050875

Zheng, Lanying ; Yoshida, Shotaro ; Morimoto, Yuya et al. / Pneumatic balloon actuator with tunable bending points. 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015. February. ed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. pp. 18-21 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS); February).

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