2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of Next Generation Medical Robotics Soft Actuators
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21500417
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Biomedical engineering/Biological material science
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| Research Institution | Suzuka University of Medical Science |
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Principal Investigator |
IHARA Tadashi 鈴鹿医療科学大学, 医用工学部, 教授 (70261039)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 人工筋肉 / アクチュエータ / センサ / 高分子電解質膜 |
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| Research Abstract |
Ion polymer metal compound is a conductive polymer chemically plated with precious metal such as gold or platinum. It works both as an actuator and sensor. As an actuator, it works with relatively low voltage of 1-3 V, generates large displacement, deformable to any shape, and with no noise. It is one of the most ideal actuator material for artificial muscle. We have succeeded to develop a prototype artificial tongue as well as artificial vocal cord. Further, we have developed a smart interactive textile that continuously monitors the displacement angle of human motion using ion polymer metal compound as a sensor.
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