Study on insect-inspired robots with micro functional surfaaces
Project/Area Number |
19360121
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
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Research Institution | Kogakuin University |
Principal Investigator |
MIURA Hirofumi Kogakuin University, 顧問 (50010682)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SUZUKI Kenji 工学院大学, 工学部, 教授 (50251351)
TAKANOBU Hideaki 工学院大学, 工学部, 准教授 (40308177)
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Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥19,890,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,590,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥10,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,400,000)
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Keywords | ロボティクス / 昆虫 / マイクロマシン / 表面張力 / マイクロ・ナノデバイス / 表面・界面物性 / 撥水性 / メニスカス力 / メニスカスカ / ロボッティクス |
Research Abstract |
Two kinds of insect-inspired miniatrue robots with micro- and nano-functional surfaces have been studied. One is a wall-climbing robot based on adhesive mechanism of ants. Adhesive pads made of glass and PDMS were fabricated using MEMS processes and adhesive properties were investigated. Then, a hexapod robot with glass and PDMS pads was developed. The robot successfully walked on vertical and inverted glass surfaces. The other robot is water strider robot that is able to stay and move on the surface of water using surface tension force. Various kinds of supporting legs with hydrophobic microstructures were developed utilizing MEMS techniques. Lift, pull-off and thrust forces of these legs on the surface of water were investigated experimentally. Then, two kinds of autonomous water strider robots with hydrophobic legs were developed. Actuation utilizing resonant vibration and "origami structure" that is assembled by folding a flat plate were proposed. The robots successfully moved forward and also made left/right turns on the surface of water.
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[Presentation] コオロギを規範とした移動ロボットの研究2009
Author(s)
坂井恵盛, 小池裕之, 鈴木健司, 高信英明, 三浦宏文
Organizer
2009 JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics
Place of Presentation
福岡
Year and Date
2009-05-25
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[Presentation] 昆虫規範型羽ばたき飛翔ロボットの研究2009
Author(s)
山下瑛礼, 阿部直樹, 鈴木健司, 高信英明, 三浦宏文
Organizer
2009 JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics
Place of Presentation
福岡
Year and Date
2009-05-25
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