Open AccessDevelopment of a PVC Gel Actuator with a Particulate Structure
Author(s) -
Aya Suzuki,
Minoru Hashimoto
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.2022.p0273
Subject(s) - actuator , materials science , particle (ecology) , polyvinyl chloride , degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) , voltage , surface (topology) , control theory (sociology) , composite material , computer science , engineering , artificial intelligence , electrical engineering , physics , geometry , geology , control (management) , oceanography , quantum mechanics , mathematics
Actuators are usually driven in a uniaxial direction, which limits their ability to be driven with multiple degrees of freedom. In this study, we propose an actuator that is not limited to a uniaxial direction. We developed a polyvinyl chloride gel actuator with a particulate structure. The actuator can change its surface shape by displacing each particle in the structure. As the first step in this experiment, each particle was displaced independently, by applying a voltage to the anode to change the actuator’s surface into an uneven shape.