2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of Wearable Driving Units Driven for Long Time
| Project/Area Number |
22760201
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
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| Research Institution | Okayama University of Science |
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Principal Investigator |
AKAGI Tetsuya 岡山理科大学, 工学部, 准教授 (50311072)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
DOHTA Shujiro 岡山理科大学, 工学部, 教授 (10090218)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | ソフトメカニクス / ウェアラブルシステム / メカトロニクス |
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| Research Abstract |
Due to the aging Japanese society, the wearable driving system such as rehabilitation device is required. The purpose of this study is to develop small-sized wearable control devices. We aim to develop wearable driving units driven for long time. As a result, a displacement sensor and a bending sensor for a novel flexible pneumatic cylinder that could be used even if the cylinder bends was proposed and tested. The flexible pneumatic cylinder with built-in linear encoder and banding sensor was also proposed and tested. As a control device for wearable actuator, fluid control valve with self-holding function that can be driven for a long time by using a small-sized battery was proposed and tested. In addition, the performance of these tested wearable control devices was improved.
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