Self-oscillating gel actuator for chemical robotics

Shingo Maeda; Yusuke Hara; Ryo Yoshida; Shuji Hashimoto

doi:10.1163/156855308X344855

Self-oscillating gel actuator for chemical robotics

Shingo Maeda, Yusuke Hara, Ryo Yoshida, Shuji Hashimoto

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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce self-oscillating gel actuators for chemical robotics. The polymer gels prepared here have cyclic reaction networks like in a metabolic process itself. With a cyclic reaction, the polymer gel swells-shrinks autonomously. The periodic self-oscillating motion of the gel is produced by the dissipating chemical energy of the oscillatory Belouzov-Zhabotinsky reaction. We have succeeded in making the synthetic polymer gel walk autonomously like a living organism. This experimental fact represents the great possibility of the chemical robot.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1329-1342
Number of pages	14
Journal	Advanced Robotics
Volume	22
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/156855308X344855
Publication status	Published - 2008 Oct 1
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Belouzov&ndash
Chemical robotics
Polymer gels
Self-oscillation
Zhabotinsky reaction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Science Applications

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