Development of Swimming Robot Driven by Frog Muscle

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15K12119
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Intelligent robotics
Research Institution	Osaka University
Principal Investigator	Shimizu Masahiro 大阪大学, 基礎工学研究科, 准教授 (50447140)
Project Period (FY)	2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords	アフリカツメガエル / 生体・機械ハイブリッドシステム / 遊泳運動
Outline of Final Research Achievements	We developed a packaged actuator consisting of a muscle tissue of a frog and physiological solution. We controlled the frog robot by micro controller. Based on this system, we can various biomechanical verification by utilizing our proposed system. Based on DPIV analysis, we can deeply estimate the relationships between musculoskeletal structure and hydrodynamic effect.

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