TY - GEN
T1 - Chemical robots-design of active soft materials
AU - Maeda, Shingo
AU - Hara, Yusuke
AU - Hashimoto, Shuji
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Here, we introduce autonomous gel actuators driven by the chemical energy. The polymer gels prepared here have cyclic chemical reaction networks. With a cyclic reaction, the polymer gels generate periodical motion. The periodic motion of the gel is produced by the chemical energy of the oscillatory Belouzov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction. We have succeeded in making the synthetic polymer gel move autonomously like a living organism. This experimental fact represents the great possibility of the chemical robot.
AB - Here, we introduce autonomous gel actuators driven by the chemical energy. The polymer gels prepared here have cyclic chemical reaction networks. With a cyclic reaction, the polymer gels generate periodical motion. The periodic motion of the gel is produced by the chemical energy of the oscillatory Belouzov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction. We have succeeded in making the synthetic polymer gel move autonomously like a living organism. This experimental fact represents the great possibility of the chemical robot.
KW - Gel actuator
KW - Soft robot
KW - active material
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U2 - 10.1109/HSI.2011.5937404
DO - 10.1109/HSI.2011.5937404
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79961192094
SN - 9781424496402
T3 - 4th International Conference on Human System Interaction, HSI 2011
SP - 427
EP - 430
BT - 4th International Conference on Human System Interaction, HSI 2011
T2 - 4th International Conference on Human System Interaction, HSI 2011
Y2 - 19 May 2011 through 21 May 2011
ER -